184 SYLVA FLOKIJFERA. 



M. Rossig, who has lately published a 

 work on roses, with good coloured figures, 

 says, that the moss rose is found on the 

 Alps. But this information comes rather late, 

 as it is improbable that a plant of such a size 

 and singular beauty should have escaped the 

 penetrating eyes of the various botanists who 

 have herbalised so frequently on these moun- 

 tains, as not to have left a species of grass or 

 even moss unrecorded. 



The moss rose is propagated by layers or 

 suckers, which it sends up plentifully when 

 growing in rich light garden mould, that is 

 rather moist than over dry. When the 

 branches are laid down they should be slightly 

 bent so as to crack the bark, which will cause 

 them to take root sooner. This beautiful 

 rose is also increased by budding upon stocks 

 of the other sorts, which is generally per- 

 formed in the month of May ; but these plants 

 are not so durable as those raised by layers. 



THE HUNDRED-LEAVED ROSE. — Rosa 

 Centifolia. 



This is the rose with which painters chuse to 

 represent Love and Hymen. It is certainly a 



