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lilac rose, in colour like that old variety Noisette 

 Bougainville, but much superior in the size and 

 shape of its flowers. Ariel is a fine and vigorous- 

 growing rose, blooming in immense corymbs ; its 

 flowers are of the most delicate blush, tinged with 

 buff: this is a distinct and pretty variety. Belle 

 Violette is a genuine Noisette, and a very neat 

 and pretty little rose : its flowers are of a rosy 

 lilac, and very distinct and good. Belle Antonine 

 is a pillar Noisette, of very robust habit, with 

 flowers delicately-coloured and well-shaped. In 

 designating some of these as pillar Noisettes, those 

 varieties that are very vigorous growers, making 

 long and flexible shoots, are intended. Boulogne 

 is one of the few dark-coloured Noisettes, and 

 when first its flowers open they are very beautiful, 

 their colour being a dark crimson-purple. Beurre 

 Frais is singular, but scarcely double enough ; its 

 delicate butter-colour soon changes to white in 

 the sun. Bouquet tout fait, a pillar Noisette, is a 

 most vigorous grower, forming immense corymbs ; 

 this may be taken for the original Noisette at first 

 sight, but it is more fragrant, and its flowers buff 

 towards their centre. Camellia Rose, but not the 

 Camellia Rose of the French catalogues, is a pillar 

 Noisette of first-rate excellence, with large and 

 finely-shaped bright red flowers, and a most luxu- 

 riant grower. Cadot is also a pillar Noisette, with 

 large and very double flowers : a good and dis- 

 tinct variety. Cerise is also a pillar Noisette 



