Book  (1858)  Page(s) 50.  
 
The Mosses
Bloom with us, in greater profusion and perfection every Spring, and are indeed magnificent. Five hundred half-opened buds and fully expanded flowers have been counted, of a morning, on single plants!
The half-opened bud, so delicately and modestly concealed in its mossy covering, is one of the loveliest of floral gems.
300. Bourbon—a very strong grower, makes quite a tree; with large dark glossy foliage like the Bourbons; bright rose.