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rent ; in the Noisette Rose its tendency to bloom 

 in large clusters also shows its affinity to tliat old 

 and very remarkaljle sort ; but since its introduc- 

 tion to France so many seedlings have been raised 

 from it, and so many of these are evidently hybrids 

 uf the Tea-scented and other roses, that some of 

 the roses called ' Noisettes ' have almost lost the 

 characters of the group ; for in proportion as the 

 size of the flowers has been increased by hybrid- 

 ising, their clustering tendency, and the number 

 of them in one corymb, has been diminished. 



Since the introduction of so many beautiful 

 autumnal roses of other families, Noisette Roses 

 have declined in favour ; there are, however, still 

 a few distinct and pretty varieties quite worthy 

 of being retained in the rose-garden. The two 

 pretty white roses, Aimee Vibert and Miss Grlegg, 

 the latter slightly tinted ^vith rose, are among 

 them ; they are both dwarf and compact in their 

 habits, and form pretty bushes. Jeanne d'Arc, a 

 pure white rose of a vigorous habit, and a nice 

 pillar rose, is also worthy of culture. 



Fellenberg, a pretty crimson rose, is a very 

 neat rose, blooming most abundantly till De- 

 cember. 



We now come to a distinct group of this family 

 which may be called Tea-scented Noisettes, as 

 they partake so largely of the habit, and have the 

 fragrance of the Tea Rose. The oldest one in 

 this group is Jaune (Desprez), or Noisette Desprez, 



