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think that not much progress was made with the production of 

 new ones to interest us between Gerarde's and Alton's time. 



Of kinds now sought after and much in request then growing 

 at Kew, we find of Moss Eoses only one, the common mossed 

 form of the Provence. This was cultivated by Farber in 1724, 

 and has been more asked for during the last two years than for 

 many years past. 



Of the Musk Roses the double white has been regained, and 

 is well deserving of culture. Of the Alba section, the first of 

 which is reputed to be a natural hybrid, the large Maiden's 

 Blush has become suddenly asked for. We can understand its 

 popularity from its beautiful colours ; it never left old-fashioned 

 gardens for this reason. The small form which Aiton grew is, 

 I fear, lost. Gerarde grew the Austrian briar in 1596, and they 

 had B. sulphured, the old yellow Provence, both at Kew and at 

 Versailles. De la Quintinie gives its culture much as Gilbert 

 grew it at Burleigh, and its old name of Yellow Provence 

 (though it has nothing to do with Provence Roses proper) points 

 to its having reached us through Provence. I would suggest to 

 Mr. Jeans that he should turn his scholarly attention to the 

 Provence poets, as it is in the poems of the langue d'oc that he 

 would probably find more of the poetry of the^Rose than in either 

 the Greek or Roman poets. 



In the Cabbage or Provence Rose proper we are no richer 

 now than then. The Red, blush, and white, and the De Meaux 

 and large De Meaux (our Spong), have, though never lost, risen 

 again into favour. It is understandable. What makes a more 

 lovely vase decoration than a handful of Cabbage Roses with 

 long stalks ? I believe skilled Rose botanists, such as Crepin, 

 think B. centifolia (Provence) and B. gallica almost one. I 

 have quoted the Single Burgundy as a type of the old Provence, 

 but this July we have flowered the Single Provence ; of B. gallica 

 a typical form is the old Red Damask, and its striped form Rosa 

 Mundi — Queen Rosamund's Rose. 



Closely related is the York and Lancaster Rose, of which 

 Mr. Jeans speaks. The red and white are from the same source, 

 grafted plants from one original plant. 



Somerset. — " Let him that is no coward, nor no flatterer, 

 Put dare maintain the party of the truth, 

 Pluck a red Hose from off this thorn with me." 



Warwick. — " I pluck this white Hose with Plantagenet." 



