No. 637. 
ROSA SPINOSISSIMA picta. 
Class. Order. 
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
The Scotch Roses have of late years been 
much cultivated, and both double and sin- 
gle seem capable of producing interminable 
varieties. The present was raised by us 
from seed about five years since; it isa 
particularly showy one, and well deserves 
encouraging. 
These roses are not so readily increased 
by layers as the other kinds, but may be 
raised by suckers or cuttings of the roots. 
They are the earliest in bloom, sometimes 
coming out by the beginning or middle of 
May, and will grow in almost any soil, form- 
ing low bushy shrubs, which, as they flower 
in great profusion, are highly ornamental. 
