288 Account of the Varieties of Double Scotch Roses. 



give no aid to classification or description, and are therefore 

 very objectionable. 



Of the Double White Scotch Roses I have four dis- 

 tinct kinds. 



The Small Double White is a plant of moderate size. In 

 its flowers the peduncles are small and thin, the germen 

 semi-globose, and the sepals narrow; the bud shews itself of 

 a greenish white colour, with a slight crimson tinge ; the ex- 

 panded flower is not large, more than semi-double, with small 

 petals in the centre, the claws of which being yellow, they 

 give a tinge of that colour to the middle of the flower. As the 

 flower decays, the petals lose their regular arrangement, and 

 become apparently broken. The fruits, when ripe, are black 

 and globose, but not abundant. This is rather an indif- 

 ferent variety as to beauty, but it blossoms freely, the flowers 

 opening about the middle of the season of the Scotch 

 Roses. A bad representation of it is given in Andrews's 

 Roses, under the name of R. spinosissima nana, or Dwarf 

 Thorny Rose. 



The Large SemUlouble White is a strong growing plant, with 

 large and broad aculei on the branches. The peduncles are 

 short and thick, bearing setai ; the germen is flatly campanu- 

 late ; the sepals are short; and the whole of these parts have 

 a mahogany coloured tinge. The bud is large, much swollen, 

 and stained with brownish red ; the flower is semi-double, 

 expanding well; the petals are large; the stamina are very 

 apparent ; and the styles are thickened, and appear as if the 

 centre of the blossom would become proliferous, which is 

 often the case with Double Roses. The fruits are black, 

 rather compressed, and few in number. This sort flowers 

 late, and the blossoms occasionally fail, but those which do 



