282 Account of the Varieties of Double Scotch Roses. 



ever, in his Species Plantarum * has adhered to LinnjeuYs 

 distinction, in which he seems to be supported by Jacquin, 

 in his Fragmenta Botanka ; Miller also, in his last edition 

 of the Gardener's Dictionary, has kept them separate. The 

 Rosa pimpinellifolia is the small wild, or (what I consider) 

 the True Scotch Rose, with very small leaves, generally with 

 smooth peduncles, and a flower, (with very few, if any, ex- 

 ceptions,) more or less tinged with red ; this is the Rosa 

 Scotica, or Dwarf Burnet-leaved Scotch Rose of Miller ; 

 and it is figured by Jacquin as Rosa pimpinellifolia.f The 

 Rosa spinosissima of Linnaeus, of Willdenow, and of 

 Jacquin,J has larger leaves, peduncles armed with small 

 spines, and large white flowers, usually without any tinge 

 of red ; this Miller calls Rosa spinosissima, or the Burnet- 

 leaved Rose. I do not mean to question the propriety of 

 considering them as the same species, but they are, assuredly, 

 so different from each other, that they ought to have been 

 treated as varieties ; and when all the plants usually called 

 Scotch Roses are brought together, the Rosa pimpinellifolia 

 above alluded to must be considered as the type of the 

 species, for, if they have all been derived from one stock, 

 I apprehend that was the original parent ; for which reason 

 if I were writing an account of the genus, or treating on the 

 particular species, I should certainly adopt pimpinellifolia 

 as the specific name. 



The True Scotch Rose in its perfectly natural state, is 

 well known ; growing abundantly on a dry soil, but more 



* Volii. p. 1067. No. 7, and 8. 



t See Jacquin Fragmenta, 71 • tab. 107- %. 1. 



% See Jacquin Fragmenta, 79. tab. 124 



