Innisfallen Greenhouses, Springfield, Ohio, 
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MOSS ROSES. 
Moss-Roses stand alone in picturesque beauty, different and distinct from all oth¬ 
ers. Their opening buds, half covered with delicate clinging moss of fairy-lite text¬ 
ure, are the admiration of every beholder. The Moss Rose is a strong, vigorous 
grower, perfectly hardy, therefore justly esteemed as very desirable lor outdoor 
culture in open ground. Most varieties bloom but once in the season, and usually 
not the first year; but the fiowers and buds are very large and handsome, they re¬ 
main in bloom a long time, and are highly prized wherever beautiful Roses are 
known. Moss Roses like rich ground, and are much improved in beauty and fra¬ 
grance by liberal manuring and good cultivation; but they bear hardships and neg¬ 
lect well, and always bloom profusely. Being difficult and slow of propagation, the 
price is higher than lor other Roses. 
Price, 26 cents each; a larger size can be furnished at 60 cents each. 
Alice Leroy.—Fine, clear pink, extra large, fragrant flowers, lull and globular, 
nicely covered with moss. . 
Aphelis Pnrpnrea.—Violet purple, large, lull form, very double and fragrant, nicely 
covered with fine moss. 
Caplain Ingraham.—Splendid large flowers, brilliant carmine, very double and 
mossy. 
Comtesse de Murinsis.—One of the finest pure white Moss Roses. The buds are ele¬ 
gantly mossed, flowers large, lull and fragrant, a valuable and very beautiful 
variety, very double and cupped. 
De Luxembourg.—Bright crimson scarlet, large and double, very sweet and mossy. 
Elizabeth Rowe.—Deep plnk<olored buds, surrounded with a mossy fringe, a fra¬ 
grant and very pretty Rose. 
Giory of the Mosses.—A magnificent Moss Rose, large and perfectly double, color, 
deep rosy carmine, shaded purplish crimson, very mosey and fragrant. 
Henry Martin.—Rich, glossy pink, elegantly tinged with crimson, large, globular 
flowers, very lull and sweet, finely mossed, one of the finest. 
Lantil.—Large, bold flowers, very double, lull and fragrant, color, rich crimson, del¬ 
icately shaded with rosy purple, very mossy. 
Princess Adelaide.—One of the best, extra large flowers, very double and fragrant, 
very mossy, color, bright rosy pink. 
White Bath.—Pure white, in clusters, attractive in bud and open flower, free bloom¬ 
ing and very mossy. 
Zebrina.—Extra large and fragrant, rich crimson-purple, splendid color, very fine, 
very dense moss, very double and full. 
