The Moss Rose 
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Baron de Wassenaer. (V. Verdier, 1854.) One of the good red Moss 
Roses. Light crimson, globular flowers not fully double, and of more than average 
size. Blooms in clusters. Vigorous growth. 75 cts. each, $6.50 for 10. 
Berangere. (Vibert, 1849.) One old record gives 1818, probably a misprint. 
The delicate pink flowers are large and full, shaped somewhat like a large zinnia. 
Blanche. Large, flat, double flower of rose-red edged white. 
Blanche Moreau. (Moreau-Robert, 1880.) Heavily mossed buds and 
white, double flowers, tinged with pink in the center, borne in clusters. Very 
vigorous and free-flowering. With proper care it may bloom in autumn. 75 cts. 
each, $6.50 for 10. 
Capitaine Basroger. (Moreau-Robert, 1890.) The plant is very vigorous, 
of almost climbing habit. Flower is large and full, bright carmine-red, shaded with 
purple or carmine mixed with crimson. Notably free-flowering. 
Capitaine John Ingram. (Laffay, 1854, 1855, 1856, according to differ¬ 
ent authorities; one ascribes it to Robert without date.) The medium-sized, full 
flowers are variously described as dark purple, velvety crimson, reddish purple, dark 
velvety purple, deep purple, purple-crimson, and blackish red. Ours is dark red. 
Plant is vigorous, free-blooming, and the buds well mossed. One authority claims 
that the Rose was named for a captain of the horse-guards of the queen, but he 
doesn’t say what queen. 
Came. (Robert.) Flowers large, full, flesh-pink. 
Catherine de Wiirtemberg. (Robert, 1843.) This Rose was grown in 
America in 1854. The flowers are large, very full, of handsome globular form, soft 
pink or “roseate.” Buds nicely mossed. Plants vigorous. 
Celina. (Hardy, 1855.) This was a very popular old Rose, producing heavily 
mossed buds and dark crimson flowers, tinged with purple and occasionally marked 
with white streaks in the center. 
Cesonie. Medium-sized full purple flowers, well mossed. 
Chevreul. (Moreau-Robert, 1887.) Good salmon-pink and nicely mossed. 
An additional attraction of this Rose is the large colorful hips which the plants bear 
in the autumn. 
Clemence Robert. (Robert & Moreau, 1863.) The pink flowers are 
heavily mossed and the plants may repeat their bloom. 
Colonel Robert Lefort. (E. Verdier, 1864.) This variety is described as 
purple-red, yet with us it is flesh-pink striped with red. One of the loveliest of the 
Moss Roses. 
Common Moss. See Old Pink Moss, page 9. 
Comtesse de Murinais. (Robert or Vibert, 1843.) Buds blush-pink 
opening to white, tinged pink at edge of petals. 
Comtesse Doria. (Portemer, 1854.) The stems and buds of this old 
variety are heavily mossed, and the color of the open flowers is a lovely purple-pink 
shaded with salmon. 
Cramoisi Veloute. Large; double; very good dark scarlet; slightly mossed. 
