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Old-Fashioned Roses 
Little Gem. (W. Paul, 1880.) A rare remainder of the miniature old Pompon 
Mosses. Plants are dwarf, very compact, and produce clusters of tiny, double, 
bright crimson flowers with heavily mossed buds, richly scented. 75 cts. each, 
$6.50 for 10. 
L’Obscurite. (Lacharme, 1848.) The Moss Rose of this name is described 
as having large, full, semi-double flowers of dark garnet velvet, or velvety crimson, 
and was grown in America prior to 1854; but Gore’s Manual, published in 1838, 
describes an older Provence (Centifolia) variety which was semi-double, medium¬ 
sized, regularly formed, and shaded violet-purple. 
Louis Gimard. Large; full; bright pink. 
Louise Verger. (Robert & Moreau, 1860.) Medium-sized, full flowers of 
bright pink. 
LyCOris. Large, flat, double flowers of light rosy red spotted with white. 
Malvina. (V. Verdier, 1841.) The date is probably wrong because this 
variety is described in Mrs. Gore’s Manual of 1838 as bearing clusters of large, 
well-formed, very double flowers, resembling a China Rose, of a handsome pale 
pink shade tinted lighter at the edges. Later authorities call the flower lilac or 
“roseate.” Ours is pink. 
Marechal Davoust. (Robert, 1853.) The salmon-pink blooms shade out 
to a lovely lilac as they develop. 
Marie de Blois. (Moreau-Robert, 1852.) Mossy; lilac-rose. 
Marie de Bourgogne. (Moreau-Robert, 1853.) The double flowers are 
large, delicate pink, and may recur in a second bloom. 
Maupertuis. (Robert-Moreau, 1868.) A rosy pink Moss. 
Mile. Alice LeRoy. (Vibert, 1842.) A most vigorous Moss with flowers of 
a delicate shade of pink. 
Mile. Marie Louise Bourgeois. (Corboeuf, 1891.) Rosy pink blooms 
with lighter shadings toward edges of the petals. 
Mme. de la Roche-Lambert. (Robert, 1851.) Large, full flowers of 
globular form, richly amaranth tinted. 
Mme. Klatz. Good-sized flowers of deep pink. 
Mme. Louis Leveque. (Leveque, 1898, 1903, or 1904.) This compara¬ 
tively modern variety is rated by many as the finest of all in size, perfume, and 
color. The brilliant salmon-pink flowers are almost identical in size and shape with 
Captain Christy, and, like that Rose, it sometimes blooms in autumn. It has also 
been called Capitaine Christy Mousseux, and confusion occurs because another 
rose, Mme. Louis Paillet, is also called Mossy Captain Christy. 
