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" Some years ago, a sand pit at Ellangowan was filled 

 up with rubbish found in digging a well. Over this a 

 piece of rock was formed for the growth of plants which 

 prefer such situations, and among them were planted some 

 half dozen plants of the Double Ayrshire Rose, raised in this 

 neighborhood about ten years ago. These roses now most 

 completely cover the Avhole ground, a space of thirty feet 

 by twenty. At present they are in full bloom, showing 

 probably not less than ten thousand roses in this small 

 space." 



The Ayrshire Roses are also valuable for weeping trees ; 

 when budded on a stock some ten or twelve feet high, the 

 branches quickly reach the ground, and protecting the 

 stem from the sun by their close foliage, present a weep- 

 ing tree of great beauty, loaded with flowers. 



Dundee Rambler. — One of the best and most double 

 of the Ayrshire Roses. Its color is white, often edged 

 with pink, and blooming in large clusters. It is a very 

 desirable variety. 



Double Blush Ayrshire, — A most vigorous climber, 

 with a pretty flower, and will grow in the poorest soil. 



BAi^KSIAIN' EOSES. 



Roses of this class have a very small flower closely re- 

 sembling that of the double Spircea prunifolia^ and 

 blooming in clusters of about the same size. In this 

 climate they require the protection of a green-house, and 

 are very striking for the great profusion of their corymbs 

 of pure white or deep yellow flowers. We recollect see- 

 ing, at the Botanic Garden at Naples, a very large plant 

 of the Banksian Rose, the main stem being six inches in 

 diameter, and branching off into a dozen others, fifty feet 

 or more long. In the Southern States they would grow 

 well in the open air, and being most vigorous climbers, 

 would soon cover a house or trellis, and, with their small 



