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A BOOK ABOUT ROSES 



MINIATURE PROVENCE or POMPON ROSES. 



Burgundy. Pale purplish-pink. Very small. 

 De Meaux or Pompon. Rosy-lilac. A sport from Spong. 

 Spong. Rosy-lilac. A somewhat larger flower than De Meaux, 

 White Burgundy. White, slightly tinted. 



MOSS ROSES (Rosa Centifolia Muscosa). 



Baron de Wassenaer. Light crimson. Flowers in clusters. 

 Blanche Moreau. Pure white. The best white moss. 

 Celina. Crimson, shaded purple. Veiy free-flowering ; a good dark 

 moss. 



Common or Old. Pale rose. Very fragrant. 



Comtesse de Murinais. White. Very free. 



Crested. Rosy-pink. Well mossed. 



Gloire des Mousseuses. Rosy-blush. One of the largest. 



Laneil. Rosy -crimson. 



Little Gem. Crimson. Small flowers ; very pretty. 

 *Madame Edouard Ory. Rosy-carmine. A perpetual bloomer. 

 Muscosa Japonica. Crimson. Leaves, calyx, and stem mossed. 

 ^Perpetual White, or Quatre Saisons Blanche. Pure white. Bloom- 

 ing in clusters. 

 *Sal^t. Pale pink. A perpetual bloomer. 



White Bath. White. Of English origin, and, like all the Mosses, 

 only valuable in bud. 



MINIATURE MOSS ROSES. 



De Meaux. Rosy-pink. Rather delicate constitution. 

 Little Gem. Crimson. Beautifully mossed. 



FRENCH AND DAMASK ROSES (Rosa Gallica and Rosa 



Damascena). 



Commandant Beaurepaire. Bright rose, striped purple, violet and 

 white. 



(Eillet Parfait. Blush, striped white and pink. 



Red Damask. Red. Self-red form of Rosa Micndi. 



Rosa Mundi. Red, striped white. Rosa Gallica Versicolor. 



Village Maid. WTiite, with slaty-red coloured stripes. 



York and Lancaster. Pale rose or white, sometimes striped. Rosa 



Mundi or Village Maid is generally but incorrectly known as 



this Rose. 



ALBA ROSES (Rosa Alba). 



Celestial. Light blush. Bluish foliage. 

 FeUcite. Pale blush. 



Maiden's Blush. Flesh, darker centre. In Kew collection in 1797. 



