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The good roses of tliis family do not bear seed 

 freely, being too double ; and it is not now worth 

 while to raise seedlings from inferior varieties. 



THE SCOTCH ROSE. 



(rOSA SriNOSISSIMA.) 



Rosier Pimprenelle. 



The varieties of this distinct and pretty group 

 owe their origin to the Dwarf Wild Rose of tlie 

 North of England and Scotland, nearly all of them 

 having been raised from seed by the Scotch nur- 

 serymen : in some of their catalogues two or three 

 hundred names were given ; but in many cases 

 tliese names are attached to flowers witliout dis- 

 tinctive qualities. The names of a few of the best 

 varieties are given, but even these vary much with 

 the seasons ; for I remarked that in the summer 

 of 1836, after the peculiarly cold and ungenial 

 spring, and again in 1837, they depar'.ed much 

 from their usual characters, and bloomed very 

 imperfectly : in warm and early seasons they 

 Hower in May, and are then highly ornamental. 



The following varieties have generally proved 

 good and distinct. Countess of Glasgow, Daphne, 

 Erebus, and Flora, are all good vivid-coloured 

 dark roses, varying in their shades, and very 

 pretty, (fuy ^lannering is a large and very 



