CHAPTER II 



GARDEN ROSES NEW AND OLD 



Old Garden Roses 



The first Rose that comes to mind among the old 

 favourites is the Cabbage or Provence (R. centifolia). 

 No Rose surpasses it in excellence of scent ; it stands 

 alone as the sweetest of all its kind, as the type of the 

 true Rose smell. The Moss Rose is a variety of the 

 Cabbage Rose, with a mossy calyx having its own 

 delicious scent, of a more aromatic or cordial char- 

 acter. They are so well known that one need say 

 no more than that they should never be neglected or 

 forgotten. 



There are several dwarf Roses — dwarf not in the 

 nurseryman's sense, which only means a Rose that is 

 not a standard — but actually dwarf in stature and 

 correspondingly small in all their parts, that are 

 derived from the Provence Rose. These are the 

 neat little De Meaux and the still prettier Spong, and 

 the charming Moss de Meaux, and their white 

 varieties. 



Of the old Provins Roses (R. gallicd) there are a 

 number of catalogued varieties. They are mostly 

 striped or splashed with rosy and purplish colour. 

 I have grown them nearly all, but though certainly 



