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mous size as standards, and surpass in the beauty 

 of their singular dome-shaped heads many other 

 roses more prized for their rarity. 



The following extract from the Dundee Courier 

 of July llth, 1837, will give some idea how 

 capable these roses are of making even a wilderness 

 a scene of beauty : 



"Some years ago, a sand pit at Ellangowan 

 was filled up with rubbish found in digging a 

 well. Over this a piece of rock was formed for the 

 growth of plants which prefer such situations, and 

 amongst them were planted some hah dozen plants 

 of the Double Ayrshire Rose, raised in this neigh- 

 bourhood about ten years ago. These roses now 

 most completely cover the whole ground, a space 

 of thirty feet by twenty. At present they are in 

 full bloom, showing probably not less than ten 

 thousand roses in this small space." 



CLIMBING ROSES. 

 DIVISION SECOND. ROSA MLTLTIFLORA. 



The Rosa multiflora, or many-flowered rose, is 

 a native of Japan, from whence it was brought by 

 Thunberg, and introduced into this country in 

 1804. Several of the varieties in the catalogue 

 have been raised in Italy, where these pretty roses 

 flourish and bear seed abundantly. In the neigh- 

 bourhood of Florence the Double Red may be seen 

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