ROSES IN GENERAL CULTIVATION. 55 
out the season; they are of about the same 
degree of hardiness as the Bourbons—that is, 
will winter with perfect safety if given some 
slight protection, such as hilling up earth 
about the plants or covering them with a 
loose litter or evergreen branches. It is not 
easy to ascertain the origin of this class, but 
the varieties are mostly from crosses of Bour- 
bon on Noisette and vice versa. ‘They all re- 
quire pretty severe pruning. The most 
beautiful in the class are Madame Noman, 
Mdlle. Bonnaire, and Eliza Boelle, a trio of 
white roses which might well represent the 
three Graces. There is too strong a resem- 
blance between them to make all desirable 
in a small collection, but it is difficult to 
know which of them toreject. Our own pref- 
erence inclines towards Madame Noman. 
These are the most delicate in habit; of the 
stronger growing varieties which partake 
more of the Noisette character, Coquette des 
Alpes, Coquette des Blanches, and Mme. 
Auguste Perrin are most noteworthy. 
Baronne de Maynard, Madame Alfred de 
Rougemont, and Madame Frangois Pittet are 
worthy a place in collections of considerable 
extent. 
The Hybrid Perpetual, or Hybrid Remontant 
Rose (Rosa Damascena Hybrida) is by far the 
