64 THE AYRSHIRE ROSE. 



plete hybrid. Its flowers are of the same shape, 

 and not more double than those of the blush 

 Ayrshire, its female parent ; })ut they have all the 

 dark-purplish crimson of the Tuscany Rose. It 

 has lost a portion of the vigorous climbing habit 

 of the Ayrshire, but yet makes an excellent pillar 

 rose. Till we can get a dark Ayrshire Eose, 

 double as a Ranunculus, it will be acceptable. 

 The Double Blush, or Double Red of some cata- 

 logues, is a pretty early rose, a vigorous climber, 

 and, as a standard, forms a beautiful umbrella- 

 shaped tree. Bennet's Seedling, or Rosa Thores- 

 byana, is a variety found growing among some 

 briars, bv a gardener of the name of Bennet, in 

 Nottinghamshire. It is a very pretty double and 

 fragrant white rose. Dundee Rambler is the 

 most double, and one of the best in this division ; 

 it blooms in very large clusters, much in the 

 Noisette fashion, and is truly a desirable rose. 



Queen of the Belgians is a fine rose, with very 

 dou>)le flowers of a pure white ; this is a most 

 vigorous climber, soon forming a pillar fifteen or 

 twenty feet high. Ruga is now a well-known 

 variety, said to be a hybrid between the Tea- 

 scented China Rose and the common Ayrshire ; 

 it is a most beautiful and fragrant rose. Splen- 

 dens is a variety with very large cupped flowers 

 of a creamy blush ; this rose has the peculiar 

 ' myrrh scented' fragrance. 



Ayrshire roses are some of them, perhaps. 



