The Moss Rose 
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Gloire des 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, and imbricated, with a fine velvety texture and a glowing 
shade of carmine-pink with a deeper center. Others describe it as flesh-pink, or 
blush-pink, or pale rose margined blush, but all agree that the buds are handsomely 
mossed and the plant has remarkable vigor. 
Gloire d’Orient. (Beluze, 1856.) Deep red. 
Goethe. (Lambert, 1911.) An extra strong-growing Moss Rose, at least 4 ^ 
feet tall with lovely crimson flowers. Buds are heavily mossed. 
Henri Martin. (Laffay, 1863.) Sparsely mossed buds and fairly large, 
shining crimson, semi-double flowers. A moderate grower, but one of the best red 
Mosses which have survived. 75 cts. each, $6.50 for 10. 
Hortense Vernet. (Robert & Moreau, 1861.) An extremely well-mossed 
variety bearing lovely lilac-pink blooms which turn lighter with age. 
Jean Bodin. (Vibert, 1847.) This Rose was described by Ellwanger as a 
vigorous grower but not very mossy. Flowers light rose-pink and with quartered 
centers. A French authority considers it brilliant pink. The variety we have 
produces very mossy buds and large, globular flowers of vivid red. 
Jeanne de Montfort. (Robert, 1851 or 1854.) Flat, semi-double flowers 
of clear pink, edged with silver. A tall, vigorous grower, very free-flowering. 
Accepted and admired as a favorite Moss Rose. 
Jeanne Hachette. (Robert, 1851.) We believe that we have Robert’s 
Moss Rose which is described as slaty violet; but there are two other Roses of the 
same name—one, a Provins (Gallica) variety (Vibert, 1842) which is supposed to 
have large, full flowers, light pink with pale edges, or imperfectly shaped flowers of 
“carmine-dotted” or reddish “crimson-spotted” or carmine dotted garnet. Another 
Rose of the same name was a Hybrid Perpetual (Oger, 1867). It was reported to 
have large, full flowers of shining carmine-red. The name is also given in various 
places as Jean Hachette. 
John Cranston. Good light pink flowers which are nicely mossed. 
John Fraser. (Granger, 1861.) Lovely lilac-pink. 
John Grow. (Laffay, 1859.) A good clear pink. 
Jolie de Merson. Shapely blooms of dark pink sprinkled with white. A 
lovely and unusual creation. 
La Caille. (Robert & Moreau, 1857.) Bright rose-pink. 
La Neige. (Moranville, 1905.) Pure white flowers of medium size, double, 
and sweet. A free-flowering and vigorous plant with foliage that turns purple. 
75 cts. each, $6.50 for 10. 
Laneii (Lane’s Moss). (Raised by Laffay, but introduced by Lane & Sons, 
1846,1847, or 1854.) There was also a Rose called Lane (Robert, 1860), and the two 
seem to be badly mixed in old records. The best we can make of it is that Robert’s 
Lane had large, full flowers of crimson-pink tinted with purple and was very vig¬ 
orous, whereas Laneii had red or crimson flowers. Both were beautifully mossed, and 
it may be that there was only one variety after all. The names and the colors are 
so crossed and interchanged in the old records that it is impossible to say for sure. 
Ours is rosy pink, occasionally with purple. 
