OLD-FASHIONED ROSES 
Damask Roses, York and Lancaster 
The Moss Rose, continued 
Duchesse d’Istrie. (Laffay, 1855.) The flowers are double, 
medium-sized, borne in clusters, rose-color, or rosy pink. 
$2.50 each. 
Duchesse de Verneuil. (Portemer, 1856.) Heavily mossed 
buds, opening to flesh-pink flowers of exquisite camellia 
form, deepening to salmon-pink. $2.50 each. 
Eugene Verdier. (E. Verdier, 1872.) Medium-sized, very 
double flowers of fine form and sweet fragrance. The blooms 
are vermilion, or crimson, or light red, with a deeper center. 
$2.50 each. 
Gloire de Mousseux. (Laffay, 1852.) The old authorities go 
into raptures over this lovely variety and claim it is the 
finest of all Moss Roses. The flowers are described as large, 
full, with imbricated petals of a glowing shade of carmine or 
salmon-pink with a deeper center. $2.50 each. 
Henri Martin. (Laffay, 1863.) Sparsely mossed buds and 
fairly large, shining crimson, semi-double flowers. 75 cts. 
each. 
Jeanne de Montfort. (Robert, 1851, 1854.) Large, full flowers 
of flesh-pink, edged with clear violet. $2.50 each. 
La Neige. (Moranville, 1905.) Pure white flowers of medium 
size, double, and sweet. 75 cts. each. 
Laneii (Lane’s Moss). (Raised by Laffay, 1846.) Large, full, 
well-mossed, deep pink flowers. Very fine. $2.50 each. 
Little Gem. (W. Paul & Sons, 1880.) Miniature old Pompon 
Moss. Plants are dwarf, compact, and produce clusters of 
bright crimson flowers with heavily mossed buds. 75 cts. 
Lycoris. (Introducer unknown.) The handsome flesh-pink 
flowers deepen to rose in the center and are faintly blotched 
with white specks. They are of medium size, very full, and 
sweetly fragrant. $2.50 each. 
Malvina. (V. Verdier, 1841.) Clusters of large, well-formed, 
very double flowers, resembling a China Rose, of a handsome 
pale pink shade tinted lighter at the edges. Very fine. 
$2.50 each. J 
Marie de Blois. (Moreau-Robert, 1852.) A French authority 
describes the flowers as large, silky pink shaded with clear 
pink. $2.50 each. 
Monsieur Pellison. Large, full flowers of deep salmon-pink; 
well mossed; slightly fragrant. $2.50 each. 
Nuits de Young. (Laffay, 1845.) This famous old Moss Rose 
is of dwarf, compact growth. Velvety red with purple sheen 
—very odd color. $2.50 each. 
Old Pink Moss (Common or Old Moss; Communis). This is 
the original old Moss Rose, producing splendidly mossed 
buds and large, globular, pale rose-pink flowers. 75 cts. each. 
Red Moss. Probably the name of this variety is lost. It 
produces buds and flowers heavily shadowed by rich green 
moss, and the flowers are large, reddish rose. 75 cts. each. 
Salet. (Robert, 1854.) One of the Perpetual-flowering Mosses 
which gives bloom in autumn if given special care. The 
flowers are rosy pink with blush edges. 75 cts. each. 
THE DAMASK ROSE 
Rosa damascena 
The Damask Roses are very hardy and make robust growth, 
clothed with large, rough, light green leaves. Their flowers 
are very freely produced and are generally borne in trusses of 
three or more. Relatively few varieties of Damask Roses were 
ever introduced, but they contributed largely to the ancestry 
of the Hybrid Perpetuals, and the fame of their powerful 
fragrance is second only to that of the Cabbage and the 
Moss Roses. 
These Roses are $2.50 each, $20 for 10, delivered, 
unless otherwise noted 
Damas officinalis (Damask Rose; R. damascena). This is the 
original Rose of Damascus, which bears double, rose-pink 
flowers of eighteen petals or more and is intensely fragrant. 
Kazanlik ( R. damascena trigintipetala). An ancient, double, 
sweet-scented variety of bright rosy pink which has been 
cultivated for generations in the Balkans for the production 
of attar of Roses. $1 each. 
Marie Louise. Intensely fragrant, medium-sized, double 
flowers of very rich deep pink. Was growing in the gardens 
of Malmaison in 1813. 
Mme. Hardy. (Hardy, 1832.) The flowers are pure white, 
occasionally delicately tinged with flesh-pink. They are 
cup-shaped, large and full. Most beautiful and fragrant of 
the old-fashioned Damasks. $1 each. 
York and Lancaster. (Described by Monardes, 1551.) The 
true variety is extremely rare. York and Lancaster has 
flowers which are parti-colored red and white. It is named 
in commemoration of the Wars of the Roses. $1 each. 
THE CABBAGE ROSE 
Rosa centifolia 
The Cabbage or Provence Rose has been grown in gardens 
for so many centuries that nobody knows where or when it 
originated. The Greeks grew hundred-leaved Roses in the 
shadow of the Acropolis, and the Romans used millions of 
them in their feasts and festivals. They are probably the 
most fragrant of all Roses and have been grown for ages to 
manufacture rose-water and attar. 
W hile the Cabbage Roses which we grow in gardens now 
are usually neglected and unkempt bushes, no class of Roses 
more liberally repays good care in fertilization and pruning. 
The Rose experts of a hundred years ago advise us to fertilize 
Cabbage Roses heavily and to prune them closely for 
best results. 
These Roses are $2.50 each, $20 for 10, delivered, 
unless otherwise noted 
Cabbage (R. centifolia). This is the original Provence Rose, 
with large, double, nodding flowers of rosy pink, paling at 
the edges soon after opening; intensely fragrant. $1 each. 
Foliacee. (Descemet.) Grown in America prior to 1848 and 
described as soft pink or “rosy incarnate.” It was also 
sometimes called Caroline de Berry. 
Gros Provens Panache. Double flowers of variegated pink. 
Konigin von Danemark. (Booth Bros., 1898.) Delicate flesh- 
pink, moderately large, double flowers, with a deep pink 
center; fragrant. $1 each. 
La Noblesse. (Soupert & Notting, 1856.) Double, light rose- 
colored flowers with a bright carmine center; very fragrant. 
$1 each. 
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