106 DESCRIPTION OF THE ROSE. 



group has been separated into Hybrid China, Hybrid Bour- 

 bon, and Hybrid Noisette. The two latter are the same 

 as the first: except, in the one case, a slight infusion of the 

 Damask Perpetual ; and, in the latter, of the Musk Rose. 

 In many cases, no human discernment could detect the 

 effects of the admixture. 



Again : convey the pollen of the China or Tea Rose to 

 the flowers of the Musk, or vice versa; and for a result we 

 obtain the Noisette, inheriting from the former various 

 striking characteristics of foliage and bloom, and from the 

 latter its vigorous climbing habit and clustering inflores- 

 cence. But, by impregnation through several generations, 

 some of the Noisettes retain so little of their Musk parent, 

 that its traits are almost obliterated : they no longer bloom 

 in clusters, and can scarcely be distinguished from the 

 pure Tea Rose. 



Again : a union of a Damask Perpetual with a China 

 rose has produced a distinct race, of vigorous habit and 

 peculiar foliage, possessing in a high degree the ever- 

 blooming character of both its parents. It is hardier than 

 the China Rose, though usually unable to bear a New-Eng- 

 land winter unprotected. This is the Bourbon Rose, a 

 brilliant and beautiful group, worth all the care which in 

 this latitude its out-door culture requires. 



