148 THE NOISETTE ROSE. 



will be advisable to grow them constantly in pots, 

 protecting them in a cold pit or frame till January, 

 and then, if required to bloom early, remove them 

 to a warm situation in the greenhouse, or force 

 them with the Tea-scented Eoses. A collection 

 of these little rose-bushes, covered with their 

 bright flowers in March and April, will be found 

 one of the most eligible and unique ornaments 

 for the drawing-room. 



THE NOISETTE ROSE. 



(rosa noisettiana.) 



Rosier Noisette, 



The original of this remarkable group, the ' Blush 

 Noisette ' Rose, was raised from seed in America 

 by Monsieur Philippe Noisette, and sent by him 

 to his brother. Monsieur Louis Noisette, the well- 

 known nurseryman at Paris, in the year 1817. 

 Perhaps no new rose was ever so much admired 

 as this. When first introduced its habit was so 

 peculiar, and so unlike any other known variety, 

 that the Parisian amateurs were quite enraptured 

 with it. It was produced from the seed of the 

 old Musk Rose (Rosa moschata), the flowers of 

 which had been fertilised with the Common 

 China Rose. 



The perfume of the Musk Rose is very appa- 



