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brier (or Eglantine), Cinnamon Roses, White Scotch 
Roses, Damask Roses, Blush Roses, Dog Roses (the 
Canker-bloom of Shakespeare), Black Roses, Bur- 
gundy Roses, and Moss Roses. The last-named 
sensitive creatures, so difficult to rear with satisfac- 
tion in such a climate, found in this Rosery by the 
Cinnamon Roses. 
river-side some exact fitness of soil or surroundings, 
or perhaps of fostering care, which in spite of the 
dampness and the constant tendency of all Moss 
Roses to mildew, made them blossom in unrivalled 
perfection. I remember their successors, deplored 
as much inferior to the Roses of 1830, and they 
were the finest Moss Roses I ever saw blooming in 
a garden. An amusing saying of some of the village 
