146 THE NOISETTE ROSE. 



bright flowers in March and April, will be found 

 one of the most eligible and unique ornaments 

 for the drawing-room. 



THE NOISETTE KOSE. 



(ROSA NOISETTIANA.) 



Rosier Noisette. 



THE original of this remarkable group, the e Blush 

 Noisette' Rose, was raised from seed in America 

 by Monsieur Philippe Noisette, and sent by him 

 to his brother, Monsieur Louis Noisette, the well- 

 known nurseryman at Paris, in the year 1817. 

 Perhaps no new rose was ever so much admired 

 as this. When first introduced its habit was so 

 peculiar, and so unlike any other known variety, 

 that the Parisian amateurs were quite enraptured 

 with it. It was produced from the seed of the 

 old Musk Rose (Rosa moschata), the flowers of 

 which had been fertilised with the Common China 

 Rose. 



The perfume of the Musk Rose is very appa- 

 rent : its tendency to bloom in large clusters also 

 shows its affinity to that old and very remarkable 

 rose ; but since its introduction to France so many 

 seedlings have been raised from it, and so many 

 of these are evidently hybrids of the Tea-scented 

 and other roses, that some of the roses called 



