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LXIII. Account of an original Plant of the Moss Rose 

 de Meaux ; with Physiological Observations by Thomas 

 Hake, Esq. F. L. S. fyc. Assistant Secretary. 



Read September 3, 1816. 



As it appears to have been generally understood, that the 

 Moss Rose de Meaux, which has so recently become an 

 object of attention, was first introduced into this country 

 from France, the following particulars of an original plant 

 which occurred in the county of Somerset, seem worthy of 

 being recorded. 



In a shady and neglected part of a garden, belonging to 

 Mr. Penny of Taunton, a common Rose de Meaux had for 

 a long time flourished near a common Moss Rose. 



Fifteen years ago, a healthy young sucker of this Rose de 

 Meaux, corresponding in all its characters with the parent 

 stock, was accidentally observed to be clothed with moss, 

 in every respect like the common Moss Rose. In the course 

 of successive years, it received due attention from the pos- 

 sessor, who regarded it as an elegant variety, without having 

 any suspicion of its being unique; and as it had excited the 

 admiration of visitors, several were presented with layers, 

 one or more of which, was about six years since transported 

 to Guernsey, where it was highly esteemed. Thus it may be 

 reasonably conjectured, that the plants imported from Paris 

 about three years since, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, 



