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Deep pink.
Registration name: Meg Merrilies (Hybrid Rubiginosa, Penzance 1894)

Bred by Lord Penzance (United Kingdom, 1894).
Introduced in Australia by George Brunning - St. Kilda Nurseries in 1896 as 'Meg Merrilies'.

Hybrid Rubiginosa.  

Deep pink to crimson.  Moderate fragrance.  Medium, single to semi-double, cluster-flowered bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Bushy, climbing.  Medium, dark green, fragrant foliage.  

Height: 8' to 10' (245 to 305cm).  Width: 7' (215cm).

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Vigorous.  

Hexaploid

Nigel Pratt of Tasman Bay Roses says this rose has semi-double flowers of crimson-pink followed by attractive red hips...

Different opinions on parentage, see References.
Meg Merrilies is a gypsy in Sir Walter Scott's novel "Guy Mannering" (1815). There is also a poem by John Keats about her (ca. 1818). See also 'Dominie Sampson'