On the first introduction of the old red Moss Rose, it was sent over with some plants of Orange trees from the Italian States, to Mr. Wrench, then a nurseryman and gardener at Broomhouse, Fulham, in or about the year 1785. It remained in that family nearly 20 years, without being much noticed or circulated until a nurseryman of the name of Grey, of the Fulham nursery, now Messrs. Osborn's, brought it into note. In speaking of the first production of the the white Moss Rose, which took place in the year 1788, the first birth was from a sucker or under-ground shoot My father, Henry Shailer, nurseryman, of Little Chelsea, an extensive grower of Moss Roses,* perceiving it to be a lusus natures from a stool of the red Moss, cut it off and budded it on the white Proving or Rose La Blanche Unique. The buds flowered the following season a pale blush; he budded them again the following season; it became much whiter; it was then figured in Andrew's Rosery, under the name of Shailer's White Mote. He then sold it out; the first plants to Lord Kimbolton, then to the Marquis of Bland ford, Lady de Clifford, the Duke of Gloucester, Ac, at five guineas per plant He continued to sell it at that price for three years; he then entered into a contract with Messrs. Lee & Kennedy of Hammersmith, they taking as many plants as he could grow for three years, at 20s. per plant, binding him not to sell to any one else under 42a per plant After cutting down the shoots which produced the White Moss, it threw up two weak shoots which he budded from; they flowered the second season from the buds; that was the birth of the Striped Moss Rose, a most beautiful and delicate variety, but when grown very strong, apt to go back to the original parent The first production of the single Red Mots Rose, in 1807, was a sport of nature; my father sent some plants of Moss Roses down to a nurseryman of the name of Essex, in Colchester; on the receipt of a letter from that person, I went with my father to see it when it was in bloom; I took some cuttings away with me to bud; and fetched the original plant away in the following autumn to our nursery at Little Chelsea > from there we sent the first plants out at 5a On the first production of the old Scarlet Moss Rose, which is a semi-double, it flowered on a plant given by my father to his brother, F. Shailer, of Cook's Ground, and Queen's Elm, Chelsea, in 1808, nurseryman; the first production of the Most de Meaux, was from a sport of nature from the old De Meaux, in the neighborhood of Bristol, but brought into a high state of perfection by Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith. The birth of the Sage-leaf Moss Rose, I must claim myself; it was a sport of nature; I discovered it on a Sunday afternoon,* in the month of June, 1813; I sold the whole stock to Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith. It has a delicate shell-like form, and is a beautiful blush; it is now nearly extinct The Rose Blanche Unique, or White Proving was discovered by Mr. Daniel Grimwood, of Little Chelsea, nurseryman ; he was on a journey of business in the county of Norfolk, in the month of July, 1775, when riding very leisurely along the road, he perceived a Rose of great whiteness in a mill; he alighted, and on close inspection he discovered it to be a Provins Rose; he then sought an interview with the inmate of the mill, who was an elderly female; he begged a flower, which was instantly given him; in return he gave her a guinea In cutting off the flower be cut three buds; he went to the first inn, packed it up, and sent it direct to my father, at his nursery, Little Chelsea, who was then his foreman, requesting him to bud it, which he did, and two of the buds grew; in the fol. lowing autumn he went down to the same place, where for five guineas he brought the whole stock away; he then made an arrangement with my father to propagate it, allowing him 5a per plant for three years; at the expiration of that time he sold it out at 21a per plant my father's share amounting to upwards of £300. Mr.. Grim wood sent the old lady at the mill a superb silver tankard, etc., to the amount of £60. The Shailer's Provins, or Rota gracilis, so named by Messrs. Lee, was raised from the seeds of the Spineless or Virgirin's Rose, sown by myself in 1799, and flowered in 1802; we raised numerous varieties from seed up to 1816, generally selling them to Messrs. Lee who sent them out under their own naming.

I can vouch for the truth of the above. - H. Shailer, in Gardener's Record.

* Faulkner's History of Chelsea.