176 THE AUTUMNAL ROSE GARDEN. 



Fraserii, is not quite a pure Musk Rose : but as 

 it is the only rose of this division of the colour, 

 and also very fragrant, it has been much planted: 

 its flowers are semi-double, and produced in large 

 clusters. Eponine is a pure white, and very 

 double variety, one of the prettiest of the group. 

 The fringed or toothed Musk Rose has the end of 

 each petal indented : this is a vigorous-growing 

 and very fragrant little rose. Princesse de Nassau 

 is a very distinct and good variety, very fragrant, 

 and blooming in large clusters ; the flower-buds, 

 before they open, are nearly yellow, changing 

 to cream colour as they expand. The Ranun- 

 culus, or new White Musk, is merely an improved 

 variety of the old or original Musk Rose, with 

 flowers more double. Tea-scented is a hybrid, 

 with large flowers of a pure white, and very 

 pretty; this is apparently a seedling from the 

 Musk Rose, fertilised with some variety of the 

 Tea-scented Rose, as it has a most peculiar habit 

 and perfume. 



Moschata Nivea, or the " Snow Bush," and one 

 or two other roses, from Nepaul, have the scent 

 peculiar to this group; but as they bloom but once 

 in the summer, and differ totally in some other 

 respects from the true Rosa moschata, I have not 

 included them. For the culture of the roses of 

 this division, that recommended for Noisette roses, 

 in beds and as standards, may be adopted, as their 

 habits are very similar. 



