which they are enveloped is long and abundant, and of the most lively green; its flowers, when expanded, are of a deep reddish rose, rather irregular in shape: it is in its buds that this rose is interesting. Mousseuse de Metz proves to be a very pretty bright carmine Moss Rose, with flowers double and finely shaped; in short, a rose quite worthy of cultivation.

The Scarlet Pompone, Pompone écarlate, or Mousseuse Picciola, is a new variety, something like Mousseuse de la Flèche in character, but more dwarf, with flowers much smaller, and nearly or quite double; it is a very pretty bright carmine rose, and will probably prove one of the prettiest of our dwarf Moss Roses.

A new striped Moss Rose, Mousseuse Panachée pleine, was received two years since from France; this has proved a much prettier rose than I at one time thought it to be; its flowers are pale flesh striped with pink, and generally constantly so; sometimes half the flowers will be white, and the remaining petals of a bright rose colour.

Several moss roses have been lately introduced, most of them emanating from the Luxembourg Moss. I will take them in their alphabetical order, and begin with à Feuilles Pourpres, so named from its leaves being of a dark red in spring. This is a pretty, brilliant carmine rose, with flowers rather small, and will probably, when its character is more developed, prove to be

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worthy a place in a good collection. Alice Leroy, recently raised at Angers, that most favourable of all climates for raising roses from seed, is of a robust habit, giving full-sized double flowers, rather a deep rose tinged with lilac.

Anemoné is a very distinct variety, with shoots very slender and graceful; flowers bright and pink, petals incurved, much like those of some double anemonies. Celina is, however, one of the very best dark crimson moss roses we yet possess: its foliage has a peculiarly dark glossy-green tint, quite distinct; its flowers are large and double, but not quite full to the centre; colour very brilliant but deep crimson, in some seasons slightly tinged with purple: this will most probably supersede the Luxembourg Moss, which, only a few years since, was our only deep-coloured moss rose. Its habit is not quite so robust as that of the latter, which in some soils is almost too much so, making here shoots six feet in length in growing seasons. The Crimson Pompone, or Oscar Foulard, raised from seed by M. Foulard of Le Mans, is small, with flowers quite double; colour, red, tinged with purple: a pretty and distinct rose. Helène Mauget, and Hortensia, are new roses, from that prolific parent the Luxemhourg: they are pretty, but not enough distinct to be recommended: to the collector only they will prove interesting. Louise Colet is a remarkable and distinct variety, not so much in

the colour of its flowers as in its curious leafy sepals, giving the flower a pretty and singular character. Malvina, raised by the same cultivator at Angers, is really a good double rose; the whole plant distinct in character; flowers full sized, and very double, of a bright rose-colour slightly tinged with lilac. Pompone Feu is a dwarf variety, with peculiar brilliant pink flowers, not quite double: this is a pretty dwarf rose, and should be planted with the other Pompone moss

roses.

Princess Royal was raised here from seed by crossing that old variety Mousseuse ponctuée with the Tuscany Rose. This would indeed be the most splendid of moss roses if its flowers were quite double; they are not so, but still more than semi-double, and the number of its petals seems to increase annually, as in the Single Crimson Moss, which, from being quite single, is now semi-double. Princess Royal is, if possible, still more robust in its habit than the Luxembourg; it makes shoots five to seven feet in one season; its leaves and shoots in spring are of a deep red; it gives a profusion of flowers, which are of a very deep crimson purple, mottled with bright red; when in bud, or half expanded, they are very beautiful. As this rose bears seed freely, it will most probably be the parent of some unique varieties. We have now also what was at one time thought to be impossible, viz. the Old Rose Unique mossed: this is called Moss Unique de

Provence. I cannot learn its origin; if from seed or otherwise; but am inclined to think it is a sport from our old favourite, the Unique Rose: its habit is exactly similar, and equally robust; its flowers of the same pure white, and blooming in the same magnificent clusters. This beautiful white rose offers a fine contrast to Celina, and equally deserves a place in every garden.

We have now (1846), in addition to the foregoing, a Perpetual Red Moss, decidedly an acquisition; in colour it is deep rose; with cupped and nicely shaped flowers, every shoot terminating in a cluster as in the Crimson Perpetual Rose, and these, when the plant is sufficiently vigorous, are produced in the autumn; it is, however, to be regretted, that its habit is delicate; this I attribute to its having been hitherto budded on the Dog Rose. I am sanguine enough to anticipate, that by using the Rosa Maneltii in the Bemsault stock, this very interesting rose may be made much more hardy and vigorous. We have yet much to learn in adapting roses to the kind of stock most congenial to their habits, in noticing varieties that are called delicate growers and difficult to cultivate. I shall point out such as require different stocks to those of the Dog Rose, now used for all roses indiscriminately.

Catherine de Wurtemburg is a new blush moss rose, giving its large globular flowers in clusters; it requires a dry season to perfect its flowers,

which, in wet weather, often refuse to open; its fine rugose foliage and robust habit make it very interesting. In Comtesse de Murinais we have a new and most vigorous growing white moss rose, a most remarkable variety, evidently resulting from a cross with the Damask Rose, of which it largely partakes in its foliage and general habit; this is so robust that last season my young plants made shoots more than six feet in length, of the thickness of a stout riding cane. Its flower buds are well mossed, but its flowers are not very double; they are large, very slightly tinged with blush when they first open, and soon change to pure white. I attach much value to this rose, for I anticipate that, by crossing it with the Perpetual White Moss, seed may be easily obtained, which will, I trust, in the course of time, give us some autumnal blooming white moss roses.

Lansezeur is a new brilliant crimson rose distinctly veined with deep purple, flowers not fully double. This is desirable as a seed-bearing variety, which will probably give us some variegated moss roses. Moussue Presque Partout is a very pretty brilliant rose-coloured rose, its leaves and branches nearly covered with moss, but not having that blighted appearance peculiar to its congener Moussue Partout. In the new variety Princesse Adelaide, raised from seed by M. Laffay, we have a proof of the effect of hybridising roses, for this is most evidently and distinctly a hybrid