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Listing last updated on Wed Aug 2024

[From A Heritage of Roses, by Hazel le Rougetel, p. 133:] Constance Spry was another [old garden rose] enthusiast, collecting and growing all she could find as well as demonstrating their decorative qualities to countless followers throughout the world and encouraging everyone with a garden to plant them... She found striped roses, particularly the Gallica, 'Camaieux', hard to resist and Mosses delighted her with their unique embellished buds and fragrant flowers, the old pink 'Common Moss' being her favourite.