At long last we should have enough Moss Roses for season 1952 
without disappointing anyone; heretofore, we have never had 
enough. Much has been done in the last six years to improve our 
collection,—greater care in the selection of budwood has devel- 
oped more profuse flowering plants and larger blooms. Let no one 
tell you that Moss Roses are not “‘suited’’ for your locality. Non- 
sense! They will grow and flower anywhere. 
There are many varieties of Moss Roses—certainly some are 
much prettier than others, but all are hardy, big vigorous grow- 
ers—like the sun, but do not sulk in part shade. We have proved 
they will thrive anywhere, with little care; they also respond to 
good soil, fertilizer and frequent watering, but watch out or they 
will run to excessive growth and you may find only a tuft of bloom 
on the end of a ten foot cane. 
If there is room, plant wide, 5—6 feet, and ‘‘peg-down’’ the long 
canes to a neat-horizontal position, a foot or so from the ground 
.. a piece of 8 gauge wire bent to a hooked end does the trick 
nicely. You will be rewarded with a profusion of flower-bearing 
wood all along the new shoots, which have grown and matured 
from the base. If space is limited, plant closer, but cut each growth 
cycle when completed, to the third eye above the preceding 
growth, thus forcing the plant tO =bush-our.~ 
Do not plant Moss Roses in the foreground with low growing 
modern varieties. They belong in the background, preferably with 
their friends of the same vintage—give them room to expand, add- 
ing new mass beauty with every season. 
All of us here love the Moss Roses, and watch their bloom each 
spring with unfailing new delight... many are remontant .. . all 
listed herein are worthy... . 
©V arieties 
Adeline. A compact, many branched bush with neat, light-green foliage. 
Well mossed buds open up to 2” double flowers of a smooth soft lilac-rose. Nice 
delicacy about this one. iyo 
Blanche.Moreau. White Moss. (1880.) The best known of all the White 
Mosses; blooms in clusters on long stems; nicely mossed buds produce double, 
sweet-smelling flowers of purest white. 175 
Comtesse de Murinais. (1843.) (Mew-ree-nay.) We repeat the enthusi- 
asm of rose-analyst, Neville Miller, Pennsylvania—'' Upright bush, well clothed in 
green leaves and crowned by a succession of lovely roses, which open pale pink then change 
to a crystalline shining white, like the icing on a cake. The flowers have perfect form and a 
fine Moss-rose odor. Probably the most fragrant rose in our garden and certainly the heal- 
thiest and most vigorous. My favorite Moss Rose.’’ 
Opinions differ, of course, but I think the Comtesse is the best white Moss 
Rose. 3d fOr 3225 each 2.00 
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