


Musk Rose. R. Moschata. This is the wild brier rose of the Himalayas, of 
enormous vigour, its great canes, frequently growing to unbelievable lengths in a 
single season. For us it thrives and blooms profusely, in sun, and almost full shade, 
but nothing can stop its lust for living. Certainly not a rose to be confined in a 
tiny city lot but wherever it can fountain in great canes, or ride a fence or cover 
some unsightly spot, the Musk Rose is unexcelled. The magnificent corymbs of 
two inch, five petalled, white flowers, through a long spring season, inspire more 
“ahs and oohs” than anything in the display gardens. And any who know not the 
strange illusive scent of the Musk Rose, have something rare in store for them. 
The “Rose Amateur’s Guide,” Rivers, London, 1843, offers the following, too 
good to omit—‘The White Musk Rose is one of the oldest inhabitants of our gardens 
and probably more widely spread over the face of the earth than any other rose. It 
is generally supposed that the attar of roses is prepared in India from this species, and 
that this is also the rose of the Persian poets, in the fragrant groves of which they 
love to describe their ‘bulbul’ or nightingale, as enchanting them with its tuneful 
notes. It is much more fragrant in the evening, and probably in the hot climate of 
Persia, only so in the coolness of night, when nightingales delight to sing.” 1.50 
Musk Seedlings. (un-named.) Since the passing of Francis Lester in De- 
cember 1945, we have been watching the performance of his many climbing seedlings 
of Musk parentage, feeling that some of them were far too good to die with him. 
Out of ten, we like best two—one labelled “Musk Double Seedling,” a really stu- 
pendous spring bloomer, with heavenly fragrance . . . the other, “Seedling No. 5” 
which adds an edging of rose pink to the natural beauty of the Musks, and, to our 
great satisfaction has turned out to be a steady, all-season bloomer. In order to 
introduce these lovely roses and register customer-reaction before naming, we will 
sell the limited quantity, each for 1.00 
Narcisse de Salvandy. Gallica (1843.) A large spreading plant, with 
characteristic clean, warm-green foliage. Blooms mostly in clusters, 5-6, very double, 
rose-pink, aging nicely to a rich darker tone . . . has that delicate illusive odor. We 
rate among our top Gallicas. 1.50 
Nova Zembla. H. Rugosa (1907.) A vigorous sport of the favorite pink 
Conrad F. Meyer. Bears generously, large, double, cupped blooms of white, usually 
tinted pale pink. We would like an entirely new and very expressive adjective here, 
as this is no ordinary rose. £50 
Old Blush. China. (1796.) Inspiration for the poet Moore’s immortal 
poem, “The Last Rose of Summer.” We call immediately on Mrs. Keays—whose 
description is not only charmingly written, but is a fair and accurate judgment— 
Rising from the base in strong, upright stalks, each stalk branching into side 
shoots, with clusters of bloom at the ends and side shoots, Old Blush China is a 
rose to reckon with, for no other rose, old or modern, unless it be Old Blush’s 
child, the early type Noisette, blooms in more abandoned freedom, taking only a 
short rest between bursts of bloom. Each rose in the cluster is a fluttering loose 
assemblage of pink petals, deeper in the outer petals, whiter at the base, varying in 
depth of pinkness. Not fully double, with large petals, fine and lasting, the impres- 
sion is one of airiness and gaicty ... Old Blush is a rose to visit often, for being 
of a true everblooming habit it goes on its gay way all summer and until cut by 
frost. The fragrance has a sweetness dashed with a sort of acid or astringent counter- 
scent, very different from other sweet scents, not strong but stimulating and refresh- 
ing—difficult to convey in words.” 1275 
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