270 GARDEN CLASSIFICATION. 



Prolific is a dwarf variety of the common Moss, and most 

 excellent for forcing. It is globular, rose-colored, and a most 

 abundant bloomer. 



Princesse Adelaide is a remarkably vigorous-growing va- 

 riety, with large and handsome foliage, and would make a good 

 pillar rose. Its regularly-formed flowers, of a bright pink or 

 rose, are produced in clusters and open well. This is one of the 

 most desirable of this class, and owes its origin to Laffay. 



Princess Royal is a very robust rose, almost equal to the 

 preceding in vigor. Its young leaves and branches have a red 

 tinge, and its cupped flowers are of a deep crimson-purple, mar- 

 bled and spotted with red. Although not quite double when 

 fully open, they are very beautiful when in bud. A moss rose, 

 however double, is peculiar only in bud, for when fully expanded, 

 the mossy calyx must inevitably be hidden. 



Unique de Provence is precisely similar in robust habit and 

 abundant bloom to the old Unique. With the same large clus- 

 ters of beautiful white flowers, it unites the mossy calyx, and is 

 a most excellent and desirable rose. 



ZoE is a very singular and beautiful variety, with globular 

 and rose-colored flowers similar to the Common Moss. Its pe- 

 culiar beauty resides in the moss, which covers most abundantly 

 its buds, leaves, and branches. From this peculiarity arises one 

 of its names, Mousseuse Partout. 



Like all other roses, and even in a greater degree, the Moss 

 Rose requires a light and very rich soil, with a dry bottom. 

 Many of them make very beautiful beds and patches, when 

 planted in rich soil and kept well pegged down. A good supply 

 of stable manure should be given theim in the autumn, to be 

 washed down about their roots by the winter rains. They do 

 not generally require or bear so much pruning as other roses, but 

 their bloom may sometimes be prolonged by shortening part of 

 the shoots close, and only the tips of the remainder. When 

 properly cultivated, few objects can be more beautiful than these 

 roses, either singly or in masses. Without making so brilliant a 



