VARIETIES DESCRIBED. 55 



for this universal barrenness. A double Copper 

 Austrian Briar is yet a desideratum. 



The Copper or Eed Austrian, tlie Capucine of 

 the French, is a most singular rose ; the inside of 

 each petal is of a bright copper red, the outside 

 inclining to sulpluir : this rose is most impatient 

 of a smoky atmosphere, and will not put forth a 

 single bloom within ten or twelve miles of Lon- 

 don. The Double Yellow, or Williams' Double 

 Yellow Sweet Briar, is a pretty double rose, 

 raised from the single Yellow Austrian by ]Mr. 

 Williams, of Pitmaston, many years since : this 

 blooms more freely than the original species, and 

 is a most desirable variety. Eosa Harrisonii is 

 also a double yellow rose, said to have been raised 

 from seed in America, and sent from thence to 

 this country : this has proved a pretty yellow 

 rose; its flowers before expansion are globular, 

 but a hot sun makes them expand and lose much 

 of their beauty. It is a more robust gi'ower than 

 the Double Yellow Sweet Briar ; its flowers are 

 also a little larger, and do not fade so soon. The 

 Single Yellow is the most brilliant yellow rose we 

 yet possess ; and it will probably be the parent of 

 some double varieties its equal in colour. 



A yellow rose has been given to us from that 

 land of flowers, Persia.* This was introduced to 

 the gardens of the Horticultural Society of Lon- 

 don in 1838, and is now called the Persian Yellow 



* Introduced by Sir H. Willock. 



