82 THE SUMMER ROSE GARDEN. 



Lovely Rambler, or the Crimson Ayrshire, is 

 too semi-double, and its petals too flaccid, to be 

 much esteemed ; it is mentioned here to prevent 

 its two imposing names from misleading the ama- 

 teur. Myrrh-scented : this name has been ap- 

 plied to two or three roses having the same pecu- 

 liar scent ; this variety has semi-double flowers of 

 a creamy blush. Queen of the Belgians is a fine 

 rose, with very double 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. 

 Splendens is a new variety, with very large- 

 cupped flowers, of a creamy blush ; this rose has 

 also that peculiar " Myrrh-scented " fragrance. 



Ayrshire Roses are some of them, perhaps, sur- 

 passed in beauty by the varieties of Rosa semper- 

 virens ; still they have distinct and desirable qua- 

 lities: they bloom nearly a fortnight earlier than 

 the roses of that division ; they will grow where 

 no other rose will exist ; and to climb up the stems 

 of timber trees in plantations near frequented 

 walks, and to form undergrowth, they are admi- 

 rably well adapted : they also make graceful and 

 beautiful standards, for the ends of the branches 

 descend and shade the stems, which, in conse- 

 quence, increase rapidly in bulk. It seems pro- 

 bable that Ayrshire Roses will grow to an enor- 



