Tllli AVRSHIkr: kOSIiS 
In detail the description of the I^ose, pointini^ out how it differs 
froni AVesv?' and Rosa sciupci'virens L., the two Roses to which 
it l)ears the greatest resemblance, lie reviews all the information 
a\’ailal)lc and (piotes a letter from Smith of Monkwood (h-ove in which 
the writer states that he perfectly well remembers the Rose growing- 
in 1776 at Orangefield, where it had been planted by one John Penn, 
a Yorkshireman lix’ing in Ayr, and much interested in gardening. 
Penn had found it growing in a g.arden in Yorkshire and was told 
that it had come originally from (jcrmany. The best authenticated 
version is, however, that given by Neill, and as it is corroborated by 
persons living at the time who would be likely to know, it may safely 
be assumed that the Ayrshire Rose originated at Loudoun Castle. 
Air. Sabine was inclined to this opinion. Supposing the seed to have 
come from Canada or Nova Scotia, it might still be of garden origin, 
and so the fact that Rosa arvciisis wox Rosa sevipervirens is indi- 
genous to North America would not influence the case. 
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