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It is only by the introduction of the Persian Yellow Rose and the Soleil d'Or that we 

 have become in some measure indifferent to the possession of the old Double Yellow ; 

 the former, though not of equal beauty, being a free and tolerably certain bloomer. 



i. DOUBLE YELLOW, or SULPHUREA, flowers of the deepest ahd brightest yellow 

 found among Roses, very large and full, rarely expand well, form globular ; habit 

 branching ; growth moderate or sometimes vigorous. 



Rosa Spinosissima. 



GROUP III. THE SCOTCH ROSE. 



Well has this Rose been named " Spinosissima," for it is indeed the most spiny 

 of all Roses, and the spines are as sharp as they are plentiful. They are far more so 

 than they seem to be ; and a word of caution here may save the tyro an unpleasant 

 greeting. The Scotch Rose is a native species, growing plentifully in many parts of 

 Britain. I have somewhere read or heard it stated that the first double Scotch Roses 

 were raised from seed by Mr Brown, a nurseryman at Perth, who collected plants 

 from their native wilds, planted them in his nursery, and flowered and gathered seeds 

 from them there. Some of the plants raised from these seeds produced double 

 flowers. It is from that part of Britain many of our finest varieties have issued, and 

 varieties have been exceedingly numerous ; for they seed so abundantly, and the seed 

 vegetates so freely, that there is no difficulty in raising seedlings. But with English 

 amateurs they are not popular ; why, I do not know, except it arise from the short 

 duration of their flowers. 



They all form compact bushes, being usually grown as such, for they are not well 

 adapted for standards. They flower abundantly, and early in the season. The 

 flowers are small and globular, many of them as they hang on the bush looking like 

 little balls. I recollect being much struck with a stand of these Roses brought to 

 one of the Horticultural exhibitions in the month of May. The season was an early 

 and a genial one, and they were produced in great beauty. 



Scotch Roses are in good taste planted as a hedge round a Rosarium, where such 

 may be required ; a bank of Scotch Roses I should also conceive to produce a good 

 effect. They like a pure air and indeed what Roses do not ? but will grow almost 

 anywhere.* 



* I recollect once meeting with a plant at Garth Point, North Wales, which had fastened itself in the crevice 

 of a bare rock, where it not only lived but flourished. It was alone, no plant disputed its position. 



