HYBRID SWEETBRIER AND MOSS 
HYBRID SWEETBRIERS 
T HE familiar Sweetbrier, or Eglantine, fragrant in its leaves and stems as well as its 
flowers, is a native Rose of England —Rosa rubiginosa. Some years ago, Lord 
Penzance, an English rosarian, made a number of hybrids with this English Sweet- 
brier and sent out a set of notably fine varieties. 
Most of these Sweetbriers are of rampant and vigorous growth, requiring abundant 
room. They have single or semi-double flowers which appear only at the time of spring 
bloom, but their foliage is excellent during the whole growing season, and these subjects are 
particularly useful for parks along driveways 
can be allowed a wide spread for its growth 
All the Hybrid Sweetbriers are $1 
AMY ROBSART. (Penzance, 1894.) Pos¬ 
sesses all the fragrance that marks the Sweet- 
brier. The blooms are medium in size, distinct 
in form, and bright rose in color. 
ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN. (Penzance, 1894.) 
Large, handsome flowers of dark velvety crimson; 
delightfully fragrant; graceful branching habit. 
BRENDA. (Penzance, 1894.) Delicate peach- 
rose; glaucous foliage; vigorous grower. 
^ CATHERINE SEYTON. _ (Penzance, 1895.) 
Soft rosy pink flowers, with bright golden 
stamens; vigorous grower. 
EDITH BELLENDEN. (Penzance, 1895.) 
Flowers pale rose. Vigorous but dainty variety 
of great merit. 
FLORA McIVOR. (Penzance, 1894.) Dainty 
small Rose of pure white, delicately suffused 
and blushed with rose; fragrant. 
GREEN MANTLE. (Penzance, 1895.) Rose- 
red blooms. Strong grower; fine for hedges, 
pillars, and covering arches. 
and in shrubbery borders, where each plant 
and beauty. They are all completely hardy. 
each for strong field-grown plants 
JEANNIE DEANS. (Penzance, 1895.) Large, 
semi-double, scarlet-crimson flowers; showy and 
vigorous. 
JULIA MANNERING. (Penzance, 1895.) 
Soft pearly pink; makes a lovely display. 
LADY PENZANCE. (Penzance, 1894.) A 
vigorous grower, producing a profusion of 
flowers of a lovely, soft copper tint; one of the 
prettiest of its class. 
LORD PENZANCE. (Penzance, 1894.) A 
lovely shade of fawn or ecru, tinted with lemon; 
vigorous. 
LUCY ASHTON. (Penzance, 1894.) Hand¬ 
some flowers of pure white, with pink edge. 
LUCY BERTRAM. (Penzance, 1895.) Striking 
blooms of deep crimson, having pure white 
centers. 
ROSE BRADWARDINE. (Penzance, 1895.) 
Clear pink flowers of good form; foliage deli¬ 
ciously scented. 
MOSS ROSES 
HESE hardy old favorites of the gardens of our grandmothers are in the same class 
as the little-known Cabbage Rose, 
which was based on the Caucasian 
species, Rosa centijolia. The flower is sur¬ 
rounded by a mossy excrescence which gives 
it distinction and beauty, and the blooms are 
exceedingly fragrant, when produced in June. 
All Moss Roses are 75 cts. each, $6.50 for 10 for strong 
field-grown plants 
BLANCHE MOREAU. (Moreau-Robert, 1880.) 
The flowers are large and full, pure snowy white, 
and produced in large clusters. 
CHAPEAU DE NAPOLEON (Crested Moss). 
(Vibert, 1827.) A delightfully fragrant sort of pale 
rosy pink, crested with rich green shadowy moss. 
COMTESSE DE MURINAIS (White Moss). 
(Vibert, 1827.) White, heavily mossed; fragrant. 
SALET. (Lacharme, 1854.) Rosy pink; very 
double, with the true Moss Rose odor. Very vigor¬ 
ous, grows rapidly and blooms well. 
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