ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 37 



protected with the greatest care, and at no distant pe- 

 riod we may anticipate, from this very plant, yellow 

 roses possessing all the requisites of colour and form 

 thalj the amateur can desire. The pruning must be 

 done very sparing-ly ; if the plant gets crowded, thin 

 out the branches ; the overgrown and straggling shoots 

 can be shortened to any required length. 



ROSA SPINOSISSIM A. 



THE SCOTCH. OR BURNKT ROSE. 



This species of the rose takes its name from its be 

 ing very thorny. It is in habit very much assimila- 

 ted to the yellow roses, though, of a m.ore spiny or 

 thorny nature. It has been found growing in many 

 of the Alpine districts of Europe, though it is gener- 

 ally known as the Scotch Rose, deriving its namie 

 from the fact of the first introduction of it in a dou- 

 ble state having been by the Messrs. Brown, Nurser}'- 

 men, of Perth, (Scotland.) As a stimulant to rose 

 ■growers, I will relate what I have heard from the late 

 Mr. Eobert Brown, who domiciled near this city, 

 and was the very individual who planted the seeds 

 and distributed thousands of this rose through the flo- 



