ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 167 



ROSA MOSCHATA. 



THE MUSK SCENTED ROSE. 



The Musk Clusur rose is an old inhabitant of our 

 gardens. Botanists consider it a distinct species, and 

 have named it from the peculiar and agreeable odour 

 it exhales in the evening, and in the cool autumnal 

 months, which is the season that it flowers most abun- 

 dantly, in large clusters, of a yellowish-white colour. 

 There are single, semi-double and fully double varie- 

 ties of it; the latter is the variety generally cultivated. 

 It is a native of India, from whence it was introduced. 

 From the seed of this plant the grand family of the 

 Noisettes originated. Though it is more delicate than 

 the generality of those plants, yet the same system ot 

 treatment recommended for them may be adopted 

 with the Musk Clusters. We have had several roses 

 introduced to our notice, under the head of Musk 

 Scented^ but they have nearly all proved worthless — 

 mere "cumberers of the ground." However, a few 

 deserve a passing remark before we close our descrip- 

 tions of the rose. Herbemont'' s Musk Cluster^ pure 

 white, very large, fully double, blooming the whole 

 season in large clusters and in great profusion, one of 



