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ROSES. 



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crested moss or 

 crested Provins, 



Moss crimson or Damask, very bright rose, expanded and 

 double, and very mossy. 



This is not properly a moss rose, 

 but has a curiously mossy calyx 

 that envelops the bud — pink^ 

 globular, and double. 

 Luxemburg, bright red, compact and double, 

 panache, frequently striped, 

 perpetual red. 



white, blooming in clusters. 



unique de Provence, white. 



Negritina, pink, very compact, imbricated and double. 

 Nonpareil, rosy red, compact and perfectly double. 

 Oillet parfait, striped like a carnation. 

 Perlet des panaches, striped rose and white. 



red, see red Provins. 



white, see white Provins. 



Prince de Joinville, bright rose, large, expanded and finely 

 double. , 



Prolific blush, changeable blush, expanded and double. 



Provins cabbage, see Cahhage Provins. 



Queen of violets, violet color, compact, cupped and very 

 double. 



of E-oses, beautiful rosy purple, imbricated and double. 



Caroline, fine changeable red^ cupped and double. 



Sweetbrier, single pink. 



■ celestial, blush, Jine double flowered. 



Swiss Eose, large pink, expanded, and profusely double. 

 Unique or white Provins, pure white, very large, globular, 



and double, superb. 

 Unique striped, often is perfectly white, and merely a sport 



from the former. 

 Vandal carmine, compact, imbricated, and double. 

 Village Maid, or Belle liubine, striped. 

 Violatum, violet purple, expanded and double. 

 Yellow Persian, the finest yellow rose groicn. 



We mention these as fine ; but, among several thousand 

 cultivated varieties of the garden rose, there must be many 

 of equal, if not surpassing beauty; of Rosa sjyinostssima, 

 there are about five hundred varieties ; Posa galUca, two 

 hundred ; E. cenfi/dlia^ one hundred and fifty ; P. damas- 



