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double blush rose, distinct and good. La Neige 

 is deserving of its name, for it is of the purest 

 white, and very double and good. Lady Baillie, 

 Marchioness oft Lansdowne, and Sulphurea, are 

 all pretty pale sulphur-coloured roses : from the 

 seed of these it is very probable that some good 

 yellow varieties may, at some future time, be 

 raised. 



The true Yellow is a hybrid raised in France, 

 and in most seasons is a pretty sulphur-coloured 

 rose, much admired ; but in very hot weather it 

 fades very soon to white : this was the case more 

 particularly in 1837. It seemed much influenced, 

 in common with the other Scotch roses, by the 

 cold springs and a rapid transition to hot weather. 

 William the Fourth is the largest pure-white 

 Scotch rose known; a luxuriant grower and a 

 good variety. Venus is an excellent dark rose 

 with very double flowers, and distinct characters. 

 Scotch roses may be grown as standards, and 

 the Yellow, and one or two of the more robust 

 varieties, make good heads ; but in general they 

 form a round and lumpish tree, in ill accordance 

 with good taste. When grown into beds and 

 clumps as dwarfs they are beautiful, and in early 

 seasons they will bloom nearly a fortnight before 

 the other summer roses make their appearance. 

 This, of course, makes them desirable appendages 

 to the flower garden. They bear seed profusely ; 

 and raising new varieties from seed will be found 

 



