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NAT. ORDER. — ROSACEA. 
that ottar of Roses from different countries is of various degrees of 
goodness, that from Turkey being usually the best. It is therefore 
probable that Rosa muscosa may be sometimes used either alone or 
mixed with other kinds, especially at Mogodor, where considerable 
quantities are procured, but of inferior quality. To the first three 
or four species of the section, nearly all the fine double Roses of the 
gardens are referable. 
If there be any one genus of plants more universally admired 
than the others, it is that of the Rose — where is the poet that has 
not celebrated it ? and where is the painter that has not made it an 
object of his imitative art 1 In the opinion of Miller, the Moss Rose, 
or Moss Province, as it is frequently called, is a perfect distinct spe- 
cies ; Linnaeus considers it as a variety only of the centifolia, as it is 
found in our nurseries in a double state only, and as we are ignorant 
of what country it is the produce, the decision of this matter must 
be left to future observation and inquiry. 
Though it may not increase so fast by suckers, nor be increased 
so readily by layers, as the centifolia, there is no difficulty in propa- 
gating it either way : the latter mode is usually adopted. The Moss 
Rose is easily distinguished from all others by the moss that almost 
covers the flower-buds and some portions of the stem. 
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