286 Account of the Varieties of Double Scotch Roses. 



the stock in the Perth garden the nurseries both of Scotland 

 and England were first supplied. 



In Scotland, Mr. Robert Austin, of Glasgow, a corres- 

 ponding member of the Society (of the firm of Austin and 

 M'Aslan, nurserymen in Glasgow), about fifteen years 

 since obtained the varieties from Perth, and has since culti- 

 vated them to a great extent, having now in his collection up- 

 wards of one hundred different new and undescribed sorts, 

 some of which, perhaps, when compared with the best now 

 cultivated, may not be deserving of particular notice ; but 

 many are of such beauty, and so decidedly distinct, that, 

 when made public, they will greatly increase the catalogue of 

 these ornamental plants. 



In England, Mr. William Malcolm, of Kensington, 

 in the year 1805, purchased from the Perth collection six of 

 their original sorts, and subsequently obtained the two others. 

 They had been sold before that time to several noblemen and 

 gentlemen, who were customers of Messrs. Dickson and 

 Brown. Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of Hammersmith, re- 

 ceived the first of their stock from Mr. DruMmond Bur- 

 hell, now Lord Gwydir, who brought them from Perth, 

 and their collection was afterwards encreased by purchases 

 from the same quarter. The same kinds have since been 

 also obtained by Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, 

 of Fulham. But, though the above three collections are by 

 far the most complete of any, yet more or less of all the 

 varieties are to be found in the other nursery gardens near 

 London. Mr. Lee has lately raised, in his ground at Bedfont, 

 beyond Hounslow, a great variety of seedlings, possessing 

 extraordinary beauty ; they attained a size fit for observation 



