48 THE SCOTCH KOSE. 



The good roses of this family do not bear seed 

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

 while to raise seedlings from inferior varieties. 



THE SCOTCH EOSE. 



(KOSA SPINOSISSIMA.) 

 Rosier Pimprenelle. 



THE varieties of this distinct and pretty group 

 owe their origin to the Dwarf Wild Kose of the 

 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 

 these names are attached to flowers without 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 departed much 

 from their usual characters, and bloomed very im- 

 perfectly : in warm and early seasons they flower 

 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. Guy Mannering is a large and very 



