294 Account of the Varieties of Double -Scotch Roses. 



dark red rather than black, compressed, and open at the 

 mouth. 



The Double Provins Blush belongs to the section of the 

 Blush Scotch Roses; it is a sort very generally known, 

 growing tall and strong, and coming early into blossom. 

 It originated I believe in the Perth nursery. The peduncles 

 are thick, long, and quite smooth ; the germen is full, large, 

 and campanulate ; the leaves of the calyx are broadly tri- 

 angular, with a long pointed leaflet at the end, and expand 

 widely : the whole are tinged with a mahogany colour. The 

 bud is of a very pale pink, or rather a dingy white ; the 

 flower is particularly large and double, of a delicate flesh 

 colour, deeper than the Lady's blush, and more glowing in 

 the centre ; it is cupped, and well shaped, the centre petals 

 being smaller than the outer ; the scent is fine, more like 

 that of a Provins Rose than a common Scotch Rose. It 

 bears but few fruits ; they are large, black, and globose, with 

 slightly expanding tops. The whole flower has a character 

 different from all the others, and when it opens well is 

 peculiarly handsome; but the buds occasionally fail, and 

 do not expand, in which case the flesh colour becomes 

 dull and of a smoaky hue, the buds then continue closed, 

 and in that state decay. 



The Double Pink Blush. This was obtained from Mr. 

 George Anderson, who procured it from Scotland. I 

 have never observed it in the nurseries. It is one of the 

 earliest in blossom ; it has thick and short peduncles armed 

 with setae, and a semi-globose germen. The bud is pink ; 

 the flower semi-double, and not large ; the petals are of an 

 uniform pink, or flesh colour, which pervades the whole, 



