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semi-globose germens, and small sepals ; the buds are pale ; 

 the flower, when blown, is well cupped ; it is more than semi- 

 double ; the whole of the inside of the petals is of a dark 

 rose colour, rather inclining to lake ; the back of the petals 

 have an uniform pale purplish hue, as if the inside colour 

 were seen through the substance of the petal, they are also 

 reticulated with veins. The flower is good, and though not 

 so handsome as the first sort, is still excellent ; in going off 

 it becomes marbled, and the edges of the petals are ulti- 

 mately blanched, as in the two others. The fruits are small, 

 not numerous, black, and globose, with the peduncles re- 

 markably enlarged. This variety approaches the second in 

 the general character of the flower, but it is altogether 

 darker. 



Of the Double Marbled Scotch Roses 1 make three 

 varieties, which are very different from each other. 



The Double Light Marbled has peduncles moderately long, 

 thickened, and smooth ; the germen is large and campanu- 

 late; the sepals short and triangular; the buds are quite 

 pale ; the flower is of a moderate size, more than semi-dou- 

 ble, having its petals rather crumpled ; their colour in the 

 inside is carmine mottled with reticulations of white veins, 

 this becomes gradually paler from the centre, and the edges, 

 as the flower goes off, becomes nearly white ; the backs of 

 the petals are quite pale, shewing very little colour; the styles 

 are swollen. The fruits but rarely come to maturity. This 

 is a very handsome Rose ; it flowers soon after the earliest 

 It is distinct, by its marbling, from the Double Light Red, 

 to which it otherwise approaches. 



The DoubleCrimson Marbled, has small and short peduncles, 



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