290 Account of the Varieties of Double Scotch Roses. 



vigorous growth and habit than usual, but still a True Scotch 

 Rose. The aculei on its young branches are sometimes 

 very red. 



Of the Double Yellow Scotch Roses there are only 

 two which I can recommend to particular notice, though 

 there are others which I shall mention. 



The small Double Yellow has peduncles long, thick, and 

 smooth, but sometimes partially hispid ; germen campanu- 

 late ; sepals small ; the buds have a tinge of green, and in 

 places a slight stain of red. The flower is small, opens well, 

 and is rather fuller than semi-double, having some small petals 

 mixed with the stamina. The fruits are dark red, somewhat 

 compressed, and not abundant. The colour of the flowers 

 is a pale sulphur, rather than a yellow, which latter term 

 raises a false expectation of beauty. The variety, however, 

 is very excellent ; it flowers about the middle of the season, 

 and is not of strong growth. It is figured by Andrews in 

 his Roses as R. spinosissima sulphurea. 



Amongst a collection of Double Scotch Roses, which I 

 received some years since, from my late friend, Mr. George 

 Anderson, was The Rale Double Yellow. This agrees ex- 

 actly with the preceding in general characters ; but its pe- 

 duncles are hispid, and the flowers are paler, so much so, 

 that they may easily be mistaken for white. 



The other superior variety which I allude to above, is, The 

 Large Double Yellow. It has long and thick peduncles, bear- 

 ing strong red seta? ; the germen is nearly flattened, and the 

 sepals are narrow ; the buds are of a dingy sulphur colour, 

 with a tinge of red which is preserved in a few slight spots 

 of that colour on the outer petals, after the bud expands ; 



