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double, semidouble, white, purple, red, and even yellow. The first double 
variety was found in a wild state, in the neighbourhood of Perth, by Mr. 
Brown of the Perth Nursery, who raised a number of others from seed. 
Mr. Austin of the Glasgow Nursery also raised upwards of 50 select vari- 
eties ; and, subsequently, the number of these varieties for sale in the nur- 
series has become so great, and they are changing their names so often, that 
it would be useless to attempt to give a list of them in this work. In Mr. 
Rivers’s Abridged List of Roses, in the Rose Amateur’s Guide, the following 
sorts are recommended : Erebus, Guy Mannering, La Neige, Lady Baillie, 
Queen of May, True yellow, William the Fourth, and Venus. 
24, R. ruBE’LLA Smith. The reddish Rose. 
Identification. Smith Eng. Bot.. 2521. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 567. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., 2521. ; and our ;fig. 574. 
: Spec. Char., §c. Prickles slender, straight, crowded. Fruit 
globose. Leaflets glabrous. Peduncles bristly. (Don’s 
Mill.) A low shrub, with divaricating branches. Eng- 
land, in Northumberland, on the sandy sea coast. Height 
2 ft. to 3ft. Flowers either blush-coloured, or white 
blotched with pink, delicately fragrant; July. Fruit 
bright scarlet ; ripe in September. 
574. R, rubélla. ; ; ‘ . 
A rare species, nearly allied to R. spinosissima 
= 25. R. ure’rnica Smith. The Irish Rose. | 
Identification. Smith in Eng. Bot., 2196.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 569. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2196.; and our fig. 575. 
Spec. Char., &c. Prickles unequal, slightly hooked, smaller ones 
bristle-formed. Leaflets ovate, acute, simply serrated, with 
the ribs hairy beneath. Sepals pinnate. Fruit nearly glo- 
bular, smooth, as well as the peduncles. (Don’s Mill.) A 
prickly shrub. Ireland, in the counties of Derry and Down, 
in thickets. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers small, light bluish ; 
June to November. Fruit orange-coloured ; ripe Sept. 
« 26. R. Wi'tsonz Borr. Wilson’s Rose. 
Identification. Hook. Brit. Flor., p. 228-3 Eng. Bot. Suppl:, 2723. ; Don’s 
Mill., 2. p. 570. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2723. ; and our Jig. 576. 
Spec. Char., &c. Prickles crowded, unequal, straight, inter- 
mixed with seta. Leaflets simply serrated, hairy, their disks 
glandless. Sepals simple. Fruit nearly globular. (Don's 
Mill.) England, near Bangor Ferry. Height 2 ft. to 4ft. 
Flowers beautiful dark pink ; June and July. 875. R. hibérnica. 
a 27. R. invotu'ra Smith. The involute-petaled Rose. 
Identification. Smith in Eng. Bot., 2068. ; Don’s 
Mill., 2. p. 569. 
Synonyme. R. nivalis Donn Hort. Cant. ed. 1}. 
p. 170. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2068.; and cur jig. 
577. i 
Spec. Char., $c. Prickles very une- 
qual, and very much crowded. Leaf- 
lets doubly serrated, pubescent. 
Petals convolute. Fruit prickly. 
(Don’s Mill.) Petals pale red, con- 
cave. Hebrides, in the Isle of Arran, 
and in Glen Lyon. A _ low shrub. 
Height 2 ft. to 3ft. Flowers pale 
red; June. Fruit black; ripe in 
September. 
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S76. P Wilsoni. 577, R. involiita. 
