THE AYRSHIRE ROSE. <)7 



7. Harrisonii, No. 2; flowers buff, their centre reddish salmon ; form, cupped. 



8. Italian Yellow ; flowers pale straw colour. 



9. Persian Yellow ; flowers of the deepest yellow, large and full ; form, glo- 



bular. Habit, branching ; growth varies, often vigorous. Requires 

 but little pruning. Introduced from Persia by Sir H. Willock 

 in 1837. 

 Provence ; see Rosa Sulphurea, Group II. " Double Yellow." 

 10. Single Yellow; flowers bright primrose, large and single; form, cupped. 

 Habit, branching ; growth, vigorous. 

 Victoria ; see Double Blush. 



ROSA ARVENSIS. 

 Group XVI.— THE AYRSHIRE ROSE. 



This is a native species, abounding also throughout Europe, trailing over waste 

 lands, and climbing the hedges and thickets, often completely hiding the under- 

 growth from view, producing its solitary blossoms in magnificent profusion in 

 June and July. This is the hardiest of Climbing Roses, growing exceedingly 

 rapid where others will scarcely exist. The shoots are slender, owing to which 

 the varieties form admirable Weeping Roses when worked on tall stems : they are 

 also of the best description for planting to cover banks, and rough places in parks 

 or shrubberies, soon converting the dreary waste into a flowery plain. " Ruga," 

 one of the best of the Group, is apparently a Hybrid between the Ayrshire and 

 Tea-scented. It was raised in Italy, and is quite hardy, notwithstanding the 

 proverbial delicacy of the one parent. 



As may be supposed from the names of these Roses, they are chiefly of British 

 origin ; indeed, we scarcely find mention of them in foreign Catalogues. 



1. Alice Gray ; flowers creamy salmon blush. 



(Scandens) 



2. Angle ; flesh tinged with rose, large and semi- double; form, expanded. 

 (Jessica) 



3. Bennett's Seedling ; flowers white, of medium size, double ; form, ex- 



(Thoresbyana) panded. A free bloomer. 



4. Countess of Lieven ; flowers creamy white, of medium size, double; form, 



cupped. 



5. Dundee Rambler; flowers white, of medium size, double; form, compact. 



A plant of this is growing here completely underneath a large elm 

 tree, where it thrives and flowers well every year. 

 Jessica ; see Angle. 

 6 Lovely Rambler; flowers pink, large and single; form, cupped. 

 (Dm?. II.) t 



