360 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Leafstalks, furnished with a few small crooked thorns. 

 Leaflets, five or seven, lanceolated; of a yellow green ; 



with shallow, inclined toothing. 

 Flowers, numerous, small, very double, well formed, 



in clusters. 

 Petals, thin ; of a deep red-lilac, curled in rings in the 



centre, irregularly sloped at the summit ; the base 



white. 



44. The Aurora Noisette. 



Shrub, very vigorous. 



Branches, articulated. 



Thorns, even, crooked, dilated at the base, reddish, 



scattered. 

 Bark, smooth. 

 Leaflets, seven in number ; pointed thick, deeply and 



regularly toothed. 



Flowers, numerous, small, double, irregular, in clusters. 

 Petals, thick ; of a bright blush-colour in the centre ; 



flesh-coloured at the circumference. 

 Tube of calyx, and Flower stalk, armed with small glan- 



dulous thorns. 



45. Bertiris Noisette Rose. 



Shrub, vigorous ; branches slender. 



Thorns, crooked, coloured. 



Leaflets, three or five ; oval, acuminated, regularly 



toothed; glaucous underneath ; purple, when 



young. 

 Flowers, numerous, large, full ; of a tender fresh pink. 



46. Globular Noisette Rose. 



Branches, long and very sarmentous. 

 Tube of calyx, almost cylindrical, thin and fusiform. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, semi-double, hemispherical ; 

 flesh-coloured, or pale lilac. 



