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beautiful buds they are great favorites with every 

 one, and form decidedly the most valuable group 

 of all the summer roses. The finest varieties of 

 tlie race are Common Moss, Crested, and Prolific 

 or Gracilis. Most of the kinds have 7 leaflets. 

 The Provence Rose {Rosa Centifolia Provin- 

 cialis), or Cabbage Eose, is supposed to have 

 been known to the Eomans, and derives its 

 botanical name from the great number of petals 

 or flower-leaves. Its origin is not known, but 

 growing abundantly in Provence, the South of 

 France, it has received that name, though the 

 French themselves always call it by the botanical 

 name of Rose a Cent-Feuilles. Their habit is 

 somewhat drooping and straggling, the foliage 

 massive ; the flowers are generally of globular 

 form and of delightful scent, so that to say a 

 variety is as fragrant as the Cabbage Rose is 

 commendation enough, so far as scent is con- 

 cerned. This class demands good culture and 

 close pruning ; though but few in numbers, it 

 was formerly an important group, and will ever 

 be remembered through the Common Provence, 

 or Cabbage Rose, a variety which, though blos- 

 soming but once, should be found in every col- 



