42 KOSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



rose colour ; flowers quite large, though not so perfect 

 as some others. The Provins Rose has undergone so 

 much hybridizing by cultivators, that it has, in many 

 instances, been eclipsed in colour, growth, and habit, 

 though few will say that it is excelled in beauty of 

 form. The striped and hybrid varieties from it w"ill 

 come under their proper heads, the best of which will 

 be fully described. They require a free rich loamy 

 soil ; close pruning, that is, shortening the shoots of 

 the preceding year to three or four eyes, keeps them 

 in the best order ; choosing the month of February 

 for the operation. 



ROSA CKNTIFOLIA, var. MUSCOSA. 



THE MOSS K05E.* 



This much admired rose is unquestionably a mere 

 variety of the Provins ; although its origin remains in 

 obscurity, it has been repeatedly proven to produce 

 flowers, without any moss, on either buds, leaves, 



* In very cold latitudes, "where the thermometer falls fre- 

 quently below zero, all the Moss Roses are better for being 

 protected by dry leaves or a mat, except Luxembourg and the 

 Perpetual White, which, 1 am informed, stand out most rigor- 

 ous winters. 



