300 Account of the Varieties of Double Scotch Roses, 



exclusive of those which, on account of having their petals 

 mottled, or of two distinct colours, are placed in the sections 

 of Marbled and Two-coloured. 



The small Double Light Purple has slightly hispid peduncles, 

 semi-globose germens, and narrow sepals ; the buds are of a 

 very dingy colour, but the flower when open, notwithstanding 

 it is small, is neat and handsome ; though fuller than semi- 

 double, its petals are lightly disposed together, and when 

 expanded shew the stamina ; the colour of the petals is a 

 reddish purple, much paler on the backs, though not so two- 

 coloured as in those plants so named ; the petals are notched, 

 revolute on their edges. The fruits are numerous, black, and 

 compressed. It blossoms late. 



The Double Purple is a very late as well as a bad flowering 

 plant ; but being distinct, and having been established in 

 our gardens, it cannot be passed over. The peduncles are 

 long, thickened, and smooth, the germen campanulate, and 

 the sepals narrow, the whole tinged with a mahogany colour ; 

 the bud is much swollen, and of a palish hue ; the flower, 

 though not large, is thick, and full double ; the petals grow 

 upright, and are thus cupped, and do not expand freely ; 

 their inside is of a dark lake colour, more inclining to pur- 

 ple than any variety I have described ; the backs of the 

 petals are much lighter than the inside, but not distinctly 

 two-coloured, though sufficiently so to give a slight appear- 

 ance of variation to the general effect of the flower. The 

 styles in the centre are, in some cases, swollen into nume- 

 rous elongated lumps. It does not, generally, produce 

 fruits. 



