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or branches. In 1836 a plant in my nursery had a 

 large shoot on it that sported back to the Provins, 

 and entirely destitute of its mossy coat. I believe 

 that Sir James Smith mentions, in "Rees' Cyclo- 

 paedia," that in Italy it loses its mossiness almost 

 immediately through the influence of climate. It 

 was first noticed about the years 1720 to 17'24<, and 

 is mentioned by Miller in 1727. There is no rose 

 that has been and is still so highly esteemed as the 

 Moss, [t is figured and emblazoned in every quarter 

 of the globe ; every rose that has the word 7720s.? 

 attached to it increases in value, and this fact has 

 brought many under this head having very little of 

 its character; and among them all it is question- 

 able if there is one so very beautiful in bud as the 

 common Moss Rose, generally known under the 

 name of Red Moss, in contradistinction, I suppose, 

 to white, for it is not red ; it is purely rose-colour, 

 and in bud is truly lovely, but when full blown it 

 has no peculiar attraction. Blush Moss is in colour 

 as its name indicates. The Crimson^ Damask, or 

 Tinwell Moss is, when opening, a shade deeper in 

 colour than the common Moss, the foliage larger, 

 v^ood stronger and more mossy, and if the old Moss 

 Rose has a competitor, it is in this. Angdiqiu 

 Quetier is a strong growing plant, with rather sin- 

 gular foliage ; the flowers are very double, of a cherry 



