74 NOISETTE ROSES. 



La Sylphide, rosy buff changing to creamy white, very 

 perfect and always beautiful. 



Lilicine, lilac, very distinct, compact, and perfectly double. 



Lyonnais, very large, pale pink inclining to deep blush. 



Madame Desprez, or Bengal Madame Desprez, pure 

 white, cupped, large and finely double, is a beauti- 

 ful rose, and is rarely excelled in delicacy of fra- 

 grance. 



Mansais, buff, very large, finely double, and highly fra- 

 grant. 



Mirabile, changeable, white, yellow or pink, fully double, 

 and very distinct. 



Moire, rose and blush, beautifully cup formed, very per- 

 fect, and proves to be a fine grower. 



Odorata, or common tea Rose, fine blush, very large cupped 

 petals, delightfully scented, and everywhere ad- 

 mired, and is the foundation of this sweet-scented 

 family. 



Princess Marie, flesh colour, a most superb rose of first 

 rate merit, perfectly double, and finely scented; 

 when well grown, will have flowers about five 

 inches in diameter. 



Safrano, when the bud first opens it is of a fine saffron co- 

 lour, very pretty. 



Strombio, creamy white, perfectly double, large and glo- 

 bular. 



Triomphe du Luxembourg, yellow flesh or copper colour, 

 extremely large and perfectly double ; is a rampant 

 grower, has a most splendid bud. 



Victorie modesta, blush, cupped, very large and double. 



NOISETTE ROSES. 



It is a remarkable fact, that the original of this famous 

 group of Roses originated in Charleston, South Carolina, 

 with Mr. Noisette, about 1815, who sent it to his brother, 

 the well-known nurseryman, at Paris (France). It was 

 supposed to be produced between the white musk, cluster 

 and the common China rose, and created a very great ex- 

 citement among the Parisian florists and amateurs ; but 

 since its introduction to France, thousands of seedlings 



