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PBAGTIGAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS moss boses 



Cultv/re and Propagation. — Moss 

 Boses like the best of well-drained and 

 weU-mamired soil to produce their flowers 

 in abundance. Some flower in early 

 summer, others — known as ' Perpetual ' — 

 in autumn, thus giving a long season of 

 bloom. They may be grown as dwarf 

 standards or bushes and do well on their 

 own roots, or budded on the seedling 

 Briar. They enjoy a rich fibrous loam, 

 with which has been incorporated plenty 

 of well-rotted manure. About every third 

 or fourth year they vnU be improved by 

 transplanting, as they become stronger and 

 flower more freely. They Uke severe 

 pruning as a rule, but discretion must be 

 used and notice taken of weak and strong 

 growing varieties. They like a good 

 mulching of manure, and may be treated 

 generally as advised at p. 382. 



The foUowiug are among the best 

 varieties : — 



SUMMEE-FLOWEKING VAEIBTIES 



These bloom in May, June, and July, 

 and are all favourites on account of their 

 peeuUar and beautiful appearance. 



AUce Leroy, blush shaded with rose, 

 large and double. 



Baronne de Wassenaer, deep rose, very 

 early, double, and showy. 



Captain Ingram, dark velvety pinrple, 

 fine. 



CeUna, flowers rich crimson, produced 

 in panicles of 8 or 9, and with a well- 

 mossed calyx. 



Common Moss Bose, pale rose, large 

 and fi-ee. 



Comtesse de Mwrvnais, white, large 

 and double, each shoot with clusters of 

 blossom. 



Crested, pale rosy-pink, buds beauti- 

 fully crested, distinct. 



Crimson Globe, deep crimson, globular 

 shaped flowers, and beautifully mossed. 



Oloire de Mousseuses, blush, large and 

 full, one of the best. 



OraciUs or Prolific, deep pink, globu- 

 lar, large, full, and of good shape ; an 

 excellent kind. 



Henry Martin, shaded velvety car- 

 mine, fine. 



Lanei, deep brilliant rose, a beautiful 

 round handsome bud fairly well mossed. 



Little Oem, small double crimson 

 flowers ; charming miniature Moss Bose. 

 This is a good variety for growing in 

 pots. The buds are very small and very 

 mossy, but produced in great abundance. 



Luxemhowrg, dark purplish-crimson, 

 beautiful. 



Marie de Blois, bright rose, large, 

 fuU ; well mossed, handsome buds. 



kuits d' Young, velvety purple, very 

 double. 



Princess Boyal, flesh, very distinct, 

 small and pretty. 



Princess AUce, deep bluish-red, centre 

 pink, buds well mossed. 



Beime Blanche, white, a good variety, 

 pale green foliage. 



White Bath, paper-white, beautiful, 

 large and full. 



' PERPETUAL ' AUTtJMN-FLOWBEING 

 VAEIBTIES 



The following are all autumn as well 

 as summer blooming kinds, and are of 

 great merit. They should have good rich 

 sou, and should be closely pnmed. 



Blanche Moreani, pure white, of perfect 

 form, well mossed, the sepals passing 

 beyond the bud nearly an inch, and form- 

 ing a vivid contrast to the flowers. 



Eugine Verdier, crimson, very large 

 and fine. 



Mada/me Moreau, rose, edged with 

 white, deeper in the centre. 



Mada/me Wm. PomI, bright rose, firee- 

 flowering. 



MousseVme, white, sometimes slightly 

 tinted in opening, large and full, and 

 thoroughly perpetual. 



Perpetual White, white, blooming in 

 clusters, very mossy. 



Salet, very bright pink, flowering 

 freely in autumn. 



Soupert et Notting, flowers very 

 large and full, of the most perfect form, 

 fine bright rose, foliage large, equal to the 

 Provence or Cabbage Bose. 



BANKSIAN ROSES (B. Banksle). 

 The true Banksian Bose is a non-prickly 

 Chinese climber, with stems often 20-30 

 ft. long, in favourable places. The leaves 

 consist of 3-5 shiny, oblong, lance-shaped 

 serrated leaflets, very hairy at the base 

 of the middle nerve, and with oUiated 

 stipules. Flowers in Jime, white, very 

 double, nodding. 



It was named by Bobert Brown in 

 honour of Lady Banks — whose husband 

 Sir Joseph was a great patron of botany 

 and horticulture. The first plant was 

 introduced in 1807, and what is asserted 

 to be the identical one is still growing 

 at Spring Grove House, Isleworth, where 



