

Rosa spinosissina. The Scotch or Burnet Rose 
takes its name from being very thorny and has 
been found growing in Scotland, and in many of 
the Alpine districts of Europe; and known as the 
Scotch rose from the fact of the first introduction 
of it in a double state having been by Mr. Robt. 
Brown, Nurseryman of Perth, Scotland, about the 
_ year 1793, who introduced it into his nursery by 
seeds from a neighboring hill; and by raising new 
plants every year, in 1803, had good double speci- 
mens, which have since been diffused over the 
world. This patriarch of horticulture afterwards 
became domiciled in Philadelphia, and to him 
the late Mr. Robt. Buist, Sen., owed (as he says) 
many practical facts, where he died at an advan- 
ced age, in 1845, and lies interred in Philadelphia 
cemetery. The original varieties of R. spinosis- 
sima are not much cultivated in this country, but 
are classed under the head of Perpetual Roses. 
CLIMBING ROSES. 
Prairie Rose, R. setigera, a native rose re- 
markable for its perfectly hardy growth, and will 
bear without injury the icy brezes of the St. Law- 


