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crossed with some double roses. In 1793, Robert Brown 

 of Perth and his brother transplanted some of the wild 

 Scotch roses from the Hill of Kinnoul in the neighbour- 

 hood of Perth into their nursery garden ; one of these 

 bore flowers slightly tinged with red, from which a plant 

 was raised. By 1 802 they had eight good double varieties 

 to dispose of, and from this stock the nurseries of Scotland 

 and England were first supplied. The French growers 

 were taken up with Bengals, Centifolias, etc., and left 

 the spinosissima hybrids to the English growers. Wm. 

 Paul, in his Rose Garden, names 76 in vogue about 1840. 

 Of these there are now only about 8. It is noteworthy 

 that Redoute figures no Scotch roses. A beautiful 

 variety is Stanwell Perpetual. This bright pink rose has a 

 fine rich scent. It opens cupped, and has no resemblance 

 to the Scotch roses ; the petals have an occasional stripe 

 of carmine like a carnation or York and Lancaster. The 

 centre is rather flesh colour, the outer petals are paler. 

 It blooms later than the Scotch roses. 



It is during the long June evenings that there are, I 

 think, more fairies in the garden than at any other time 



of the year : 



* Lightly tread, 'tis hallowM Ground ; 



Hark, above, below, around, 



Fairy bands their Vigils keep 



Whilst frail Mortals sink to sleep, 



And the moon with feeble rays 



Gilds the Brook that bubbling plays 



As in murmur soft it flows 



Musick meet for Lovers' Woes.' 



Those tantalizing fairies ! How elusively they, the 

 elves and all their kin flit through the pages of our litera- 

 ture ! The veil which separates us from them is rarely 



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