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and will be for some time to come, a very popular 

 rose. It is, most probably, a hybrid between the 

 Yellow Tea and a Noisette rose of some kind : it 

 sold for a high price in France, when first sent 

 forth to the rose world, as its name was very 

 tempting, for a yellow fragrant Noisette rose was 

 thought to be worth any price. The name, like 

 many other floral names, was, certainly, quite 

 calculated to make an impression. Its rosy 

 copper-coloured flowers are very singular, and so 

 powerfully fragrant that one plant will perfume a 

 large garden in the cool weather of autumn. A 

 pillar of this rose, twelve or twenty feet high, 

 would be a grand object on a well-kept lawn. 

 Lamarque is another hybrid Noisette, approach- 

 ing to the Tea-scented rose in the size and fra- 

 grance of its flowers. This is a most vigorous 

 grower, but not quite so hardy as Jaune Desprez. 

 As a standard it is quite superb, for its large pale 

 sulphur-coloured or nearly white flowers are pen- 

 dant from their weight, and have a fine effect. It 

 is rather impatient of cold, and will not bloom 

 unless budded on some strong-growing rose : on 

 its own root it is a weak grower, and scarcely like 

 the same rose when grafted and grown vigorously. 

 Lelieur is a pretty little dark purplish-crimson 

 rose, and deservedly a favourite, as its colour is 

 so vivid : the point of each petal is tipped with 

 white. La Biche is a pillar Noisette, with very 

 large pale flowers, inclining to fawn-colour in the 



