THE AYRSHIRE ROSES 
in detail the description of the Rose, pointing out how it differs 
from Rosa arvensis and Rosa sempervirens L., the two Roses to which 
it bears the greatest resemblance. He reviews all the information 
available and quotes a letter from Smith of Monkwood Grove in which 
the writer states that he perfectly well remembers the Rose growing- 
in 1776 at Orangefielcl, where it had been planted by one John Penn, 
a Yorkshireman living in Ayr, and much interested in gardening. 
Penn had found it growing in a garden in Yorkshire and was told 
that it had come originally from Germany. 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. 
Mr. 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 neither Rosa arvensis nor Rosa sempervirens is indi- 
genous to North America would not influence the case. 
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