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WHITE-FLOWERS. 



5. JFliite Moss Rose. 

 Leaves, glaucous. 



Leaflets, obtuse, round, or oval. 



Flowers, middle-sized, full, white; usually a little tinged 



with flesh-colour in the centre before they are 



perfectly expanded. 



6. Neve White Moss Rose. (Shatter' s.) 



Shrub, more vigorous and thorny than the preceding. 

 Leaves, greener and larger. 

 Moss, longer and more abundant. 

 Flowers, fuller, larger, and whiter. 



PINK OR FLESH-COLOURED FLOWERS. 



7. Monsieur Vilmorin. 

 Mousseuse Car nee. 



Shrub, vigorous. 



Flowers, full, middle-sized, and flesh-coloured. 



8. Muscosa Gracilis. (Shailer's.) 

 Pale -flower ing Moss Rose. 



Branches, slender. 



Leaflets, large. 



Flowers, usually drooping, full, of a pale pink. 



9. Common Moss Rose. 

 Muscosa Centifolia. 

 Rosa Ruhr a. 



Flowers, full, middle-sized or large; light pure pink. 

 10. Single Moss Rose. 



Flowers, middle-sized, single, or semi-double; of a 

 bright light pink. 



