Rosacea Rosa. 



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white. Moss Roses exhibit all shades of colour from pure white 

 to deep crimson : Sage-leaved Moss Rose, medium, double, 

 rose ; Shining-leaved Moss Ro.se, medium, full, delicate rose ; 

 Blanche or White, medium, double, white ; Carnee, large, full, 

 flesh-coloured ; cristata ( fig. 85 ), large, full, rose, with the 

 calyx-lobes mossy ; Mousseuse de Mete., medium, full, deep 

 rose ; Mousseuse d'Orleans, medium, full, bright purple ; 

 Panachee double, medium, full, white or flesh, often striped ; 

 Pei^petuelle Mauget, medium, full, rose, very delicate ; Zoe (fig. 

 86), medium, full, rose, very mossy. There are besides some 

 Moss Roses with a longer flowering season, and thus called 



Fig. 85. Crested Moss Rose. Q nat. size.) 



Fig. 86. Mess Rose, Zoe. (J nat. size.) 



perpetual. Madame Ory and Salet are referred to this 

 category. 



R. Gallica, the French or Provins Rose, and R. Provincialis 

 (of some authors), the Provence Rose, are merely races of 

 R. centifolia, from which they are with difficulty distinguished. 

 Indeed, it seems probable that they are derived from crosses 

 between this species and another, the differences being too 

 slender to warrant any other assumption. The Provins Rose 

 differs but slightly from the typical Centifolia, and chiefly 

 in having larger clusters of flowers, which are erect instead of 

 drooping. An immense number of varieties of all shades, from 



