OV arieties 
ALFRED DE DALMAS. (1855.) 3 feet. 
“Ladies and Gentlemen: It gives us great pleasure to offer for the first 
time,’ Alfred de Dalmas, a truly ever-blooming Moss Rose,—From April to 
frost never without flowers! A more compact and lower-growing plant 
than most of the Mosses. Appears completely free of mildew and any and 
all diseases. The double cupped blooms are a delicate blush pink, almost 
white in full sun. Fragrant and altogether charming! 3 for 5.25 each 2.00 
COMTESSE DE MURINAIS. (1843.) 5-6 feet. 
We consider the Comtesse finer in bloom and plant habit that its better- 
known offspring Blanche Moreau. Grows upright ... luxuriant foliage. 
The pale pink buds open to well-formed, large double flowers of a ‘’crystal- 
line shining white.” Highly perfumed. S10r-4.50 each l./75 
CHES lopeMiGss. (Chapeau de Napoleon.) .{(1827.)-4-5 feet. 
All hail Queen of the ‘Favorite Six.” Included by more rosarians on their 
list of old favorites than any other rose variety. Each bud has a ruffled 
fringe or crest from which the lovely pink flower emerges—'’an instance of 
rose magic.’ This is probably your Moss Rose of childhood memories 
in “Grandmother's Garden” .. . Says Lois Spencer, Chicago,— 
“TI do not know exactly why I choose this among the Mosses for one of my favor- 
ite six old roses, as each Moss that I have ever grown has held some particular 
fascination. But this has such a cock-sure manner of growth, with such fresh, 
clear blooms, and the calyx formation is so unusual, I find myself taking many 
detours in the garden just to look at the Crested Moss again and again.” 
3.tor 4.50. each 1:75 
DEVIL DE\PAULE FONTAINE. (1873,) 3 - 4 feet. 
One of the two everblooming Mosses from England which at long last we 
are able to offer in fair quantity . Of the two, this is the ‘man’s Moss Rose,” 
bolder and more striking in form and color than its companion, Alfred 
de Dalmas (previously described). To me, much like our Gloire des 
Mousseux except for its color which you will not find on color charts. 
“Intense dark crimson-black, shaded purple and brown-red,”’ says English 
authority, G. S. Thomas, but 1 would substitute mahogany for brown, then 
electrify the whole combination! ‘Impossible . . . no such shades in 
roses,’ you say... but have you seen Deuil de Paul Fontaine? 
3 for's.25 each 2.00 
DUCHESSE d'ISTRIE. (1855.) 3-4 feet. 
Blooms in large groups of a dozen or more mossy buds, opening to 2'%2 
inch double flowers of pale pink, delicately brushed lilac, with a fragrance 
to awaken old memories. My experiences (?) with duchesses have been 
disappointing—think I would have enjoyed meeting this one. ike 
FELICITE BOHAIN. Moss. (About 1866.) 3-4 feet. 
A large, full-petalled Moss, in bright-rose; prolific bloomer. WS 
we 
Suggestive of lavender and old lace.’ —Dr. McFaRLAND 
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