NOTES ON SCOTTISH ROSES 169 



NOTES ON SCOTTISH ROSES. 



By WILLIAM BARCLAY. 



(Continued from p. 121.) 



R. RUBIGINOSA, Linn. 



1 1 , from East Perth, Mid Perth, Roxburgh, and Fife. 



So far as I have observed, R. rubiginosa varies very 

 little in Scotland, so that I did not send many specimens. 

 The opinion seems to prevail that it is not a native plant in 

 our country. It is, however, by no means rare. It is widely 

 spread, and in many places abundant, in Perthshire. I have 

 seen it in plenty in one part of Ayrshire, in Fife, in Rox- 

 burgh, in Mid-Lothian, and in the north of Northumberland. 

 If it be an introduction, it is certainly one of old date, and 

 has spread itself widely by the ordinary modes of dispersion. 

 The late Dr. Buchanan White always maintained that it 

 appeared in Perthshire to be as much a native as any of the 

 other wild roses. Professor Crepin says : " R. rubiginosa 

 reaches much farther to the north than R. micrantJia, and 

 amongst the mountains is found at a much higher elevation 

 than this last." 



R. CANINA, Linn. 



Group R. hitetiana, Lem. 

 24, from Mid Perth, East Perth, and Fife. 



In my first parcel I sent some of these Nos. under 

 the name of var. sp/icerica, Gren., which called forth from 

 Professor Crepin the following remark : " Variations of this 

 group with spherical fruits have been designated R. sphczrica, 

 Gren. ; but these variations differ from each other in char- 

 acters of different kinds." 



Group R. dumalis, Bechst. 

 21, from Mid Perth, East Perth, Stirling, Arran, and Selkirk. 



Of a specimen sent me by Colonel Drummond Hay of 

 Seggieden, Professor Crepin says : " This is intermediate 

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