THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 15 



which are much like those of the common sage. 

 The Single Moss and Single Lilac Moss are 

 desirable as being distinct, and capable of bearing 

 seed from which new varieties may be raised. 

 Eivers's Single Moss is inclined to be semi-double. 

 This is a remarkably luxuriant grower, as is the 

 Single Crimson Moss, a seedling which bloomed 

 for the first time in the season of 1836; a rose 

 quite worth notice, for its colour is beautiful ; and 

 as it is a true Moss Rose, and bears seed abun- 

 dantly, it will, I hope, be the parent of some first- 

 rate varieties. The White Bath or Clifton Moss 

 is a favourite and beautiful Rose : this owes its 

 origin to a sporting branch of the common Moss, 

 which was found in a garden at Clifton, near 

 Bristol, about thirty years since, from whence it 

 was distributed. The Old White Moss is, perhaps, 

 a French variety, as the French cultivators, when 

 speaking of the Clifton Moss, call it Mousseuse 

 Blanche Anglaise ; and the Old White Moss, 

 M. Blanche Ancienne. This has not so much 

 moss as the Clifton, and is not pure white, but 

 inclining to a pale flesh-colour: it is also much 

 more delicate in habit. 



To the Moss Roses described in the preceding 

 pages may now be added Lancel, so named from 

 its originator, which has the merit of producing 

 the most beautiful of flower-buds. The moss with 

 which they are enveloped is long and abundant, 

 and of the most lively green ; its flowers, when 



