Dodgyvictorians @dodgyvictorians.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I suspect that carping about rose species may be peak 🦋but, the ‘small white rose of Scotland is presumably the Burnett or Scotch rose, either single or double. Though the Old Yellow Scotch is the rose also clearly identified as Scottish. 110
Dodgyvictorians @dodgyvictorians.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I have sometimes wondered if MacDiarmid was confusing the Burnett roses with the Jacobite rose, which is an Alba rose, and huge and very scented indeed. I’ll get my hat … 210
