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3. Noisette Desprez. 



Shrub, very vigorous. 



Thorns, purplish, scattered. 



Leaves, coriaceous, glossy, large, of a dark green. 



Flowers, usually united three together ; three inches 

 wide ; yellow in the centre, pale at the circum- 

 ference. 



4. Lamarque. 



Shrub, vigorous. 



Branches, numerous and flexile. 



Thorns, rare, of a brownish green ; bark and foliage of 



a beautiful green. 

 Flowers, solitary, or in clusters of three ; large, full, 



well-formed; of a beautiful white, the base of the 



petals light yellow. 



5. Princess of Orange. 



Branches, slightly armed, without glands ; of a dark 

 purple on one side. 



Leaflets, five in number ; oval-lanceolated. 



Tube of calyx, narrow, oblong. 



Sepals, smooth. v 



Flowers, large or middle-sized, very double, very fra- 

 grant ; of a fine white, the petals having often a 

 point between the lobes. 



Styles, from eight to twenty ; very long, capillary. 



6. Yellow-hearted Noisette Rose. 

 Flower stalks, glandulous. 



Floral leaves, lasting longer than in the other Noisette 



roses. 



Buds, pink. 

 Flowers, middle-sized or small, semi-double, fragrant ; 



white, having a sulphur-coloured centre during 



expansion. 



