VARIETIES OF ROSES. 



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published in the Horticultural Society's Transactions, we find them divided 

 into groups, derived chiefly from their colours : — 



Of Double White there are four distinct 

 varieties, — a small double, a lar gje double, 

 a large semi-double, and Whitley's 

 double. 



DouUe Yellows. — Only two are given, — 

 the small double yeUow and large double 

 yellow ; the first a pale sulphur, rather 

 than a yeUow; the latter of a dingy sul- 

 phur-colour, tinged with red spots on 

 the outer petals. 



The Double Blush. — Deserving of cultiva- 

 tion, are — 1. the Princess; 2. Double 

 Lady's; 3. Anderson's Double blush; 

 4. Dutch Double blush; 5. Double pink- 

 blush and Double rose-blush ; the first 

 distinguished from the small double 

 white, by being better cupped and more 

 evenly-shaped ; its flowers, at first open- 

 ing, having a slight suffusion of blush. 

 The second opens with a soft delicate 

 blush, and goes off white, its large ele- 

 gant petals slightly dashed with red. 

 The third is pale in the bud, expands 

 well into a flat semi-double disk. The 

 fourth appears to have come from Hol- 

 land, — whence its name. The bud is a 

 dehcate pale blush, the flower large, 

 semi-double, and opens well, a faint 

 blush pervading the petals, which are 

 large and recurved, the colour going off 

 on exposure to the sun. The fifth is 

 one of the earliest in bloom, the flower 

 semi-double, the petals uniform pink, 

 fading after the flower has been opened 

 a short time. The sixth is very double- 

 cupped, the petals arranged closely 

 together, of a tine rose-colour, which is 

 deepest on the edges : it is the latest 

 bloomer of the double Scotch roses. 



The Double Reds are three in number, — 

 l.the true Double red; 2. the Double 

 light-red ; 3. the Double dark-red. The 

 first is middle-sized, opens well; the 

 petals much notched and reflexed, of a 

 fine rose-colour on the inside, getting 

 paler and nearly white as it approaches 

 the edges ; a fine tall rose, blooming 

 plentifully, and opening early. The 

 second is more cup-shaped, but less 

 brilhant in colour, and tinged with pur- 

 ple. The third is well cupped, semi- 

 double ; the inside of the petals dark 

 rose-colour, the backs a uniform pale 

 purple, having also reticulated veins, 

 turning to marble on going off. 



1882. This section of roses are usually grown as bushes, and they bloom with 

 great abundance, most of their small globular flowers hanging on the bush 

 like so many balls, and many of them early in the season. They are admir- 

 ably adapted, from their hardihood, for planting as a hedge round the rosery,. 

 or on a bank. When established in the soil, they push out their roots laterally 



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The Double Marbled include three varie- 

 ties, —1. the Double light; 2. the 

 Double crimson ; 3. the Double dark. 

 The first is a very handsome rose, of 

 moderate size, with crumpled carmine- 

 petals, mottled on the inside, with re- 

 ticulations of white veins, getting gra- 

 dually paler from the centre, and the 

 edges becoming paler as the flower 

 goes off, untU it is nearly white. In the 

 second, the petals are beautifully mar- 

 bled with lake and white, the reticula- 

 tions showing their white veins over a 

 deep purple. The third, — the semi- 

 double flowers open well, are very bril- 

 liant ; the petals mottled inside with 

 deep purple-lake, on a pale ground ; 

 the backs of a deep colour, variegated 

 with white lines; — the most beautiful of 

 the whole tribe, sometimes called the 

 Double velvet. 



The Double two-coloured Roses have the 

 petals of distinct colours on the two- 

 surfaces, — the inside dark, the outside 

 pale. As the buds open, the petals turn 

 back, the dark colour of the inside being 

 thus placed in strong contrast to the 

 paler colour of the exterior. In the 

 small double, the bud is at first tinged 

 with purple ; as the flower expands, the 

 petals are notched, their edges revolute, 

 the inside brilliant lake, mottled with 

 dark shading, and the outside almost 

 white. The Large double, or King of 

 Scotland, is much larger ; the petals 

 pale outside, and of a uniform deep lake 

 on the inside. Both flower late in the- 

 season. 



The Double Dark-coloured includes the 

 light-purpled, the petals of which are of 

 a dingy-coloured reddish purple, paler 

 ou the back, and notched, and revolute 

 on the edge. The double purple flowers- 

 late, but is very distinct, the petals up- 

 right and cup-shaped, their interior 

 dark lake, inclining to purple, the backs 

 lighter, but of the same colour. The 

 Double crimson is of a dark reddish, 

 brown in the bud ; the petals, when 

 open, of a deep crimson inside, without 

 marbling, but showing reticulated veins; 

 the back less brilliant, but altogether a 

 rich and handsome flower. 



