% Joseph Sabine, Esij. 291 

 the flower is Jarger than that of any other Scotch Rose I am 

 acquainted with, except Whitley's Double White; it is 

 semi-double, and of a much deeper colour than the Small 

 Double Yellow. The petals are large, and expand freely ; 

 the stamina are particularly conspicuous and strong ; the 

 styles are swollen and lumpy. The fruits are few, but large, 

 widely expanded at top, globose, and black. I received 

 this kind from Mr. Will i am Malcolm of Kensington ; it 

 flowers later than most others, and its blossoms are very 

 splendid, but sometimes they do not open well. Jt is a 

 vigorous grower, becoming taller than most others, and the 

 aculei on its branches are particularly strong and large. 



Approaching to this is another variety, of a plant which I 

 found in the Hammersmith nursery, where it was called 

 the Globe Double Yellow ; but as it rarely opens its flowers 

 well, it does not deserve cultivation. It is distinguished 

 from the preceding kind by its peduncles being quite 

 smooth. 



Of the Double Blush Scotch JRoses I have seen several 

 which are not sufficiently distinct from those here noticed, to 

 deserve being separately described. Those which 1 shall 

 enumerate I consider essential to a perfect collection. 



The Princess Double Blush. This may readily be mista- 

 ken for the Small Double White, which it greatly resem- 

 bles ; but it differs in the flower, being better cupped, and 

 more evenly shaped; in many of its flowers, at their first 

 opening, there is a slight suffusion of blush. In some speci- 

 mens the outside petals are blotched with crimson, and have 

 more blush than the inside of the Hower. It does not produce 

 fruits generally. It is a neat Rose, blossoms early, and is not of 



