By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 



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The character of the Double Two-coloured Scotch 

 Roses is very peculiar ; the petals have distinct colours on 

 their two surfaces ; the inside being very dark, and the out- 

 side quite pale : as the buds open, the edges of the petals 

 turn back and are exposed to view, thus exhibiting con- 

 spicuously the two colours, which are also equally percep- 

 tible in the fully expanded flower. 



The Small Double Two- coloured has short peduncles, 

 slightly thickened, and covered with setae ; the germen is 

 flatly campanulate, with triangular and short sepals ; the 

 bud is at first tinged with dull purple, but soon assumes its 

 two-coloured appearance ; the flower is semi-double, and of 

 a good size ; the petals are notched, and have their edges 

 revolute ; their inside being of a brilliant purple lake, mottled 

 with darker colour, and the outside almost white. The fruits 

 are small, black, and globose, but not abundant. 



The Large Double Two-coloured, which has also been called 

 the King of Scotland, is in every respect a stronger plant than 

 the preceding. The peduncles are thicker and more hispid ; 

 the gerrnen and sepals are larger ; the bud is more swollen, 

 and the flower is of greater size, though similar in character, 

 being semi-double; the petals have a pale exterior; but, on 

 their inside, instead of being mottled, are an uniform rich 

 lake. The fruits are few, black, compressed, and open at 

 the top. It is figured by Andrews in his Roses as R. spi- 

 nosissima bicolor. This is the preferable variety of the two, 

 and is certainly one of the finest of the collection. Both 

 kinds are rather late in flowering. 



The Double Dark-coloured Scotch Roses will in- 

 elude all those darker than the red ones heretofore described, 



