121 
Viscountess Folkestone (Bennett, 1886): creamy pink, centre 
salmon-pink, large, full, and very sweet; vig. 
W. F. Bennett (Bennett, 1885): crimson, large and double, very 
fragrant; a most valuable variety for forcing for winter blooming, 
the flowers being produced in great abundance ; vig. 
Ye Primrose Dame (Bennett, 1886): primrose colour, centre 
apricot, free blooming, full and of good form; v7. 
THE NOISETTE ROSE. 
The Old Blush or original Noisette is of American 
origin; the characteristic properties are its blooming 
in large clusters, free habit of growth (producing 
long vigorous shoots), and a rich perfume, partaking 
of the fragrance of the Musk and Tea-scented Roses. 
Many of the varieties raised have been crossed with 
the Tea-scented, and thereby have become less hardy 
than the original kind ; they are, however, little less 
valuable on that account, for though not so well 
suited for standards, they form the finest of Roses 
for south and west walls ; many of them have large 
handsome flowers, highly fragrant, and of vigorous 
"habit. Maréchal Niel may be instanced as being 
the finest double yellow perpetual-blooming Rose in 
cultivation, Some few varieties are of moderate 
growth, adapted for standards or half-standards. 
In pruning the vigorous growers, thin out the 
small and unripe wood, and shorten the remaining 
shoots one-third or one-half. Cloth of Gold should 
either be grown against a south wall, or planted out 
in the conservatory. It should be encouraged to 
make all the growth possible, when after the first or 
second year it will commence to bloom. 
