PREFACE. IX 



able plant the Rosa Simplicifolia, or Mono- 

 phylla, by a Microphylla growing near it, has 

 fallen into the hands of Gels, by whom it will 

 be shortly placed in circulation. 



This especial dedication of the Luxembourg 

 gardens to the cultivation of roses, has done 

 much towards their multiplication in France; 

 while the Jardin des Plantes, under the able 

 care of Neumann, as well as several provincial 

 botanical gardens, have taken part in the cause. 

 At Nantes, for instance, was produced a few 

 years ago, from the accidental impregnation of 

 a Macartney rose by a Rosa Indica Odorata, 

 the beautiful Maria Leonida, now in general 

 favour, which flowers in great perfection till 

 the commencement of winter ; while among 

 the Paris nurserymen remarkable as rose- 

 growers, Noisette has given his name to a most 

 beautiful and prolific variety, obtained in the 

 first instance at Charlestown in the United 

 States, by his brother Philip Noisette. Hav- 

 ing amassed a considerable fortune, the Noi- 

 settes no longer continue to raise roses from 

 seed ; and this branch of cultivation is engros- 

 sed at Paris by Laffay, a most enthusiastic and 

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