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Flowerstalks, united in clusters ; thin, hairy, or glan- 

 dulous. 



Floral leaves, linear or lanceolated ; glandulous on the 

 edges, often deciduous. 



Tube of calyx, long, narrow. 



Sepals, deciduous ; sometimes simple, sometimes hav- 

 ing appendages. 



Flowers, numerous, middle-sized; external petals en- 

 tire, internal petals sloped at the summit. 



Styles, detached, salient, hairy, sometimes smooth. 



The Noisette roses, named after a celebrated gar- 

 dener of Paris, are remarkable for their fine clusters ; 

 and are in bloom from the month of June till October 

 or November. 



WHITE OR YELLOWISH-WHITE NOISETTE ROSES. 



1 . WTiite semi-double Noisette Rose. 



Branches, short, tinged with purple at the summit; 



having sometimes glandulous bristles at the 



base. 



Flowerstalks, hairy, of a dingy violet. 

 Tube of calyx, turbinated, oblong. 

 Sepals, often smooth. 

 Flowers, white, small, semi-double. 

 Styles', fifteen or twenty. 



2. Victor Olry. 



Branches, very flexile; bark tinged in some places 



with purple. 

 Thorns, small, scattered. 

 Leaflets, finely toothed, of a very light green when 



young. 

 Flowers, very full, very large ; of a fine dead-white at 



the circumference, dingy yellow in the centre. 



