(Aug 1839)  Page(s) 57.  
 
Bourbon...Among the many beautiful varieties of this section of roses, Madame Desprez holds a prominent place ; its rich and ample shining foliage, together with its numerous flower buds, is at present a remarkably distinct and striking object.

(Sep 1838)  Page(s) 73.  
 
The Moss de Meaux, and White Moss, attained in one year the height of four or five feet, a circumstance scarcely to be believed, but by those who saw them...

(Sep 1838)  Page(s) 73.  
 
... hearing of Moss Perpetual, De la Feche, and Crested Moss, &c, I could not rest satisfied until I had obtained these and others....

(1840)  Page(s) 166.  
 
The following are some of the best Roses exhibited by Messrs. Lane and Son, at the Horticultural Society's Rooms, on the 5th of October:-....
Hybrid Perpetual....Queen Victoria - Deep bright rose.

(1839)  Page(s) 58.  
 
ROSA MULTIFLORA.
These are highly ornamental, but rather tender; they are excellent climbers and sub-climbers. The scarlet Grevillii or Russelliana has endured the severe frosts of the two previous winters. The whole of the other kinds have been either wholly destroyed or much injured. I need hardly say that this, although a small class, contains some of the finest climbing roses. The original Multiflora was imported from Japan.

(1841)  Page(s) 80.  
 
Sawbridgeworth, August 1st.- We visited Mr. River's Nursery at this place.....Stanwell Perpetual, light blush; this is a very desirable rose.

(Dec 1841)  Page(s) 166.  
 
The following are some of the best Roses exhibited by Messrs. Lane and Son, at the Horticultural Society's Rooms, on the 5th of October:....
Isle de Bourbon. Augustine Margat - Bright rose.

(1 Nov 1835)  Page(s) 247.  
 
Hybrid China Roses...
1 shilling , brilliant crimson, often striped, globular, very large and double

(Sep 1838)  Page(s) 73-76.  
 
VARIOUS REMARKS ON THE SPORTING OF ROSES, &c.
BY WM. WILLISON, NEW GARDEN NURSERY, NEAR WHITBY.
Finding that the White Moss succeeded better with me than most other growers, led me to attend more to the cultivation of it and other delicate varieties of that universally admired plant, the Rose; and being successful in their culture, I soon became an enthusiast, anxious to possess all the good varieties I could, especially the varieties of the mossy kind. The Moss de Meaux, and White Moss, attained in one year the height of four or five feet, a circumstance scarcely to be believed, but by those who saw them; and this, again, led me to seek up every kind I could obtain, so that when I had collected eight or ten, I thought myself rich in the moss varieties; but hearing of Moss Perpetual, De la Feche, and Crested Moss, &c, I could not rest satisfied until I had obtained these and others. Having then a good variety, and also a good stock of many of them, I began to observe in some a phenomena which seemed very strange, and had I not witnessed it myself, I should not have given credit to what has been stated respecting the origin of the white moss; but from the information I have obtained, I fully believe it was procured by a sported shoot of the old red moss. I shall now, as briefly as possible, state to you some of the particulars I have alluded to above, that not only one, but even more than two very distinct varieties, have made their appearance amongst mine, by shoots that have entirely changed; and although it may seem incredible, yet I can give such proof as cannot be doubted, and shall be glad to be called on to point out the evidence to which I refer.
Having made this offer, I shall now state the particulars as I discovered them. The first thing which struck my attention was a shoot of the white moss, with some of the flower buds as free from moss, or any bristly appearance, as the common Provence; others, again, in the cluster variety, mossed down one side of the bud, having the other smooth; I took off nearly the whole of this shoot, and having budded it on a few stocks which took very well, two of them flowered the following season, the one was quite free from moss every way, while the other differed in no way from the white moss, the rest of them have this year flowered, and they are in the same way part of them mossed and part not; I also find that the plants which bloomed last season are blooming just the same this, those which were mossed last year also mossed this, and so in respect to the smooth kinds. The next thing I observed was, the colour of one cluster of roses on the old white moss, which were nearly all red; the account I had heard respecting 'the origin of the white moss occurred to my mind, and the circumstances which I have just related appeared to confirm this opinion. I, therefore, resolved on proving this shoot, and last year one of the plants raised from a bud of the shoot in question, produced white flowers, which again led me to doubt the stability of varieties thus obtained.
To my great satisfaction I find, that this year, the rest of the plants raised from this shoot, are entirely red, differing only, as far as I can see, from the old red moss, by being somewhat less mossed, as is the case with the white variety. This season has furnished me with another of these singular sports, on a plant of the White Perpetual Moss, which is entirely free from moss both in leaf and flower; and, what is still more singular, instead of the flowers being white as in the rest of the plant, and on all the other plants, except now and then a stripe of pink, they are entirely red. This last mentioned sport has given me an idea, which to some may seem wild, still, I cannot help entertaining it, and, Sir, were you to see them, you would be led to form the same opinion, which is, that many of the new kinds of moss, and other sorts, are only sported shoots of old varieties. This I may notice at some future time should you deem it of interest to your Magazine. [- We shall be most happy to receive it.—Ed.] ...Although plants, when mossed, may seem to have little relation to those from which they have been obtained, their origin is easily traced, and this is more satisfactorly proved by the curious facts I have noticed. I am quite satisfied that it is nothing more than the old red Monthly Rose; therefore when I get plants from this shoot, as I intend to work a part of it, I shall be glad to send you one of them, or any others I have named, should you think them worth your acceptance.* There are other facts equally as striking as the above, but which I wish to prove more fully before they are made public....William Willison. Whitby, August 11th, 1838