MUSK ROSE. R. Moschata. (Ancient.) 20 - 30 feet. 
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, 
Where oxslips and the nodding violet grows, 
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, 
With sweet Musk roses and with Eglantine. 
—MipsumMMe_rs NicHuTt Dream. 
This is the wild rose of the Himalayas, of enormous vigour, its great 
canes, frequently growing to unbelievable lengths in a single season. For 
us it thrives and blcoms 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 magnifi- 
cent corymbs of two inch, five-petalled white flowers cover the plant 
through a long spring season. 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 the night, when nightingales delight 
to sing.” 1.50 
MUSKETEER. H. Musk. 20 - 25 feet. 
A semi-double form of R. Moschata, with larger flowers and brilliant 
yellow stamens, otherwise similar in growth and spring bloom habit. Far 
too lusty to be bothered with any of the rose pests and diseases. These 
great roses are deserving of much more usage. E50 
MUSK—McCOY'S DOUBLE. Vigorous Climber. 20 - 25 feet. 
Some years ago the late Frank McCoy, famous inn-keeper and flower 
connoisseur of Santa Maria, California, presented Francis Lester an ex- 
ceptionally handsome Musk hybrid—large, semi-double white with 
brilliant canary-yellow stamens—in great clusters. The tag is lost forever, 
but the spirit of Frank McCoy will not object if we attach his name to so 
much rose beauty. 1.50 
NESTOR. Gallica. 4 - 5 feet. 
Makes a fine plant and responds in a big way, to pegging.’’ Blooms are 
large, rather flat, with pleasing rose-purple tones in center, shading out- 
ward to lilac white. Spring only. A happy member of our Gallica collec- 
tion. 1.50 
“Why are there trees I never walk under but 
large and melodious thoughts descend upon me? 
I think they hang there winter and summer on 
those trees and always drop fruit as I pass.” 
—Wartt WHITMAN 
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