16 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



expanded, are of a deep reddish rose, rather irre- 

 gular in shape : it is in its buds that this rose is 

 interesting. The Agathe-leaved Moss, " Mous- 

 seuse & Feuilles d'Agathe," is a new hybrid, be- 

 tween the Rose gallica Agathe and the Moss Rose : 

 its flowers are of a pale flesh-colour, rather 

 irregular in form ; this is interesting from its 

 singularity, but not by any means beautiful. 

 Mousseuse de Metz proves to be a very pretty 

 bright carmine Moss Rose, with flowers double and 

 finely shaped ; in short, a rose quite worthy of cul- 

 tivation. 



The Scarlet Pompone, Pompone ecarlate, or 

 Mousseuse Picciola, is a new variety, something 

 like Mousseuse de la Fleche in character, but more 

 dwarf, with flowers much smaller, and nearly or 

 quite double ; it is a very pretty bright carmine 

 rose, and will probably prove one of the prettiest 

 of our dwarf Moss Roses. 



A new striped Moss Rose, Mousseuse Panachee 

 pleine, was received two years since from France ; 

 this has proved a much prettier rose than I at one 

 time thought it to be ; its flowers are pale flesh 

 striped with pink, and generally constantly so ; 

 sometimes half the flowers will be white, and the 

 remaining petals of a bright rose colour. 



Several moss roses have been lately introduced, 

 most of them emanating from the Luxembourg 

 Moss. I will take them in their alphabetical 

 order, and begin with a Feuilles Pourpres, so 



