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abundant bloomer than either of the above. The Wliite 

 Burgundy, similar except in colour, is less frequently met 

 with. All these Dwarf Eoses must have a free rich 

 loam ; they have a great tendency to send up young wood 

 annually from the roots, which young wood, principally, 

 but not exclusively, bears the blooms of the following 

 season, while the old wood becomes barren, sticky, and 

 half-dead. Hence it is better to cut out the wood which 

 has once flowered, without waiting for its natural decline, 

 and also to remove the plants every second year, pruning 

 them at the same time on this principle. To be sure, 

 the treatment is a little troublesome ; but it is the only 

 way to prevent Pompons and Burgundies from getting 

 rough and shabby. For the same reason, standards 

 of tbese Lilliputian Eoses, though very pretty, are apt to 

 be equally short-lived : they bloom well once, and then 

 they go dead, unless they can be made to throw out 

 vigorous young wood from the point where the original 

 bud was inserted. 



Of the Moss Rose we are ignorant whence it comes ; 

 we only know that it is nearly related to the Cabbage 

 Provence, and that everybody admires it. The Bath 

 White Moss greatly resembles it, with the exception of 

 colour and a much more delicate habit. It is largely 

 grown for the American market, where it is highly 

 admired ; but where it is probably even more short-lived 

 than with us, for we can only keep it going by continually 

 budding it afresh. Moss Unique is said to have been 

 obtained from a Unique branch producing flowers adorned 

 with moss. The branch was budded from, and the plants 

 so propagated produced flowers retaining (with more or 

 less certainty) their mossy characteristic. The Blush JIoss 

 is a beautiful rose, somewhat less fragile in constitution 

 than the "White Bath. The Crimson Moss is handsome 

 and vigorous ; sometimes called the Tinwell Moss, from 

 having been raised at Tinwell, in Eutlandshire. The 

 Moss Pompon is a charming little pet, which requires 

 every care to keep it in tolerable vigour. Zoe, or Mossy 

 Partout, is so called because the leaves even, and the 



