[From
The Old Rose Adventurer, by Brent C. Dickerson, pp. 118-119:] The first trace of the Moss Rose is found, we believe, in Philip Miller's
Gardener's Dictionary [
a note adds: Ph. Miller, born in 1681, dying in 1771. Superintendent of the English apothecary's garden at
Chelsea; his botanical knowledge and his taste for gardening allowed him to make the garden which he directed the most magnificent botanical establishment in Europe in his lifetime...]
