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On the Ayrshire Rose. 



themselves ; the younger shoots have more the appearance 

 of surculi (which often arise from the root), they are glau- 

 cous, on the unexposed side of a more blueish green, and on 

 the exposed side purple, and deeper coloured ; they bear 

 fewer leaves, and the bush is consequently not so thick and 

 close. The foliola are most frequently seven, and, under 

 similar circumstances, smaller; they are usually broader in 

 proportion to their length, somewhat folded, not flat, more 

 rugose on both sides, an opaque green above, pale, glaucous, 

 and without any appearance of shining beneath, with serra- 

 tures less sharp, and the mid -rib occasionally hairy on the 

 under side. The flowers appear at the end of June, and 

 .often grow singly ; the peduncles are thicker and stronger ; 

 the germen is shorter and thicker, less contracted at the top, 

 and usually smooth : the sepals are either without pinnae or 

 with only very slight ones, they frequently have no termi- 

 nating point, and when the flowers open, are not reflexed; 

 the flower at its first opening is cupped, and not flatly ex- 

 panded ; the stigmata are quite smooth, not hairy. The 

 fruit, when ripe, is considerably swollen, and generally nearly 

 globose, but its shape varies in different plants. 



The differences between the Evergreen and the Ayrshire 

 Rose are also capable of being distinctly described. The 

 Evergreen Rose is by no means a free grower, and though 

 it extends, when trained against a wall, to some distance, 

 it does not do so, rapidly ; its shoots are equally slender, but 

 not quite so weak, and they are rather more purple ; it forms, 

 however, with its branches and leaves, a very thick bush. 

 The leaves are evergreen, and though similar in shape, are 

 readily distinguished by being much more glossy and shining 



