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17th Century CRESTED MOSS Rose 
and the Angel, with dew-laden wings, being weary, begged of the Rose a night’s shelter. 
Awakening refreshed, she asked how such hospitality might be repaid. ““Make me even more beau- 
tiful,”’ replied the Queen of Flowers. “But what grace can I add to the most beautiful of all 
flowers,” said the Angel; and then, glancing at her mossy bed, she gathered some and placed it 
on the Rose’s young buds. Thus was born the Moss Rose. 
—FroM THE CALVADAS LEGEND OF THE BIRTH OF THE Moss Rose 
The. </Mloss ‘Roses 
It is one of the strange things about modern rose fashions that in the confusing multi- 
tude of modern streamlined roses we seem to have forgotten the unique qualities of the 
Old Moss Roses, some of which have been allowed to become extinct, most of which are 
seldom procurable. We have for years urged a return to the simple loveliness of the old 
roses, among them this sweetheart rose of the last century, the Moss Rose, and we have 
strenuously sought to have our modern rose gardens recapture its valuable qualities. We are 
therefore happy to here offer a greater variety of these old favorites than ever before. All 
are most uncommon, some quite rare. 
Don’t plant Moss roses with your modern rose hybrids, else they may laugh at you as 
you go fussing around the garden with sprayer and duster. Plant them in not-too-rich soil, 
in an abandoned spot if you desire; give them sun and affection and they will not ask for 
more. Too much fertilizer will bring rank foliage, little bloom, and it is the mossy bloom 
that is the glory of this ancient rose. All varieties offered form vigorous, well branched 
plants, 8 to 5 feet high. Most of them are ancient roses with date of origin unknown. 
OLD PINK MOSS—Mother of them all; delicate pink buds, moss covered, and very double 
flowers. $1.00. 
OLD RED MOSS—lIllustrated on page 5. Like the foregoing but a deep, satisfying crimson- 
red. $1.00. 
OLD WHITE MOSS—Very double flowers of purest pearly white. $1.00. 
SPECIAL OFFER: One each of the above three Moss Roses, prepaid in California, for $2.75. 
CRESTED MOSS—(Chapeau de Napoleon)—Illustrated above. Discovered growing on the 
wall of a European convent about 1827. Quite distinct, with flowers very double and 
heavily mossed, the buds adorned with a lovely mossy crest, hence its name. A strong 
grower. $1.59. 
ELIZABETH ROWE—Large, heavily mossed bud; flower of deep, rich pink. $1.25. 
HENRI MARTIN—Medium size flower of lustrous, shining crimson; intense moss rose fra- 
grance. $1.25. 
SPECIAL OFFER: One each of all six Moss Roses described above, prepaid in California, 
for only $5.00. 
The Old Moss Rose strikes a note of deep emotion on the heart chords of those who cherish 
tender memories of old-fashioned flowers. It reigned supreme among roses a few generations ago; 
during most of the last century its mossy bud served as the lover’s token, as an item of personal 
adornment, as the perfect example of beawsty that is “its own excuse for being” with all who truly 
loved flowers. Not primarily for selfish reasons have we sought in recent years to bring it back but 
in the hope that it might again be enthroned in garden-loving human hearts, for surely there it has 
its place. No other rose is like it; if we will rid our minds of cramped standards of flower for- 
mality, a moss rose bud is the last word in flower beauty; and nowhere else is its intriguing 
fragrance to be found. 
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