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and Noisettes have quite a different origin. The Tea Rose 

 is generally supposed to be the progeny of the Blush Tea- 

 scented Rose (Rosa odorata), crossed with the Yellow China, 

 the latter having been introduced about 1824. The Noisette, 

 on the other hand, was raised from seed in America by 

 M. Philippe Noisette, and sent by him to his brother, 

 a nurseryman in Paris, about the year 1817; it was the 

 progeny of the Musk Rose (Rosa moschata), fertilised with 

 the common China. From the former it inherits its fragrance 

 and tendency to blossom in clusters, though this tendency has 

 been somewhat diminished as the individual flowers have 

 been increased in size and the infusion of Tea blood has been 

 greater. Thus, Marechal Niel, though occasionally giving 

 two or three buds on the shoots, as often produces only one ; 

 and the same may be said of that very fine yellow Rose 

 (where it can be grown), Cloth of Gold. No allusion 

 to the Noisette section would be complete without at least a 

 reference to that vigorous and time-honoured variety, William 

 Allen Richardson, which was brought out in 1878. It is one 

 of those few varieties that may be grown either in the open 

 or under glass, that will adorn a pillar, a pergola, or a 

 wall, and yet be equally in keeping grown as a standard in a 

 bed or in a border, while so far as colour is concerned, it 

 stands alone as regards depth of yellow. 



There is no class of Roses more influenced by climate, 

 and in the North of England it is almost impossible to grow 

 them satisfactorily out of doors, the heavy rainfall being 

 much against them more so than even frost, from which it 

 is possible to protect them. Two causes have tended to 

 make the cultivation of the Tea Rose easier than it used 

 to be. One has been the introduction of the Briar Seedling 

 as a stock for it, mainly owing to the exertions of Mr. 

 George Prince, of Oxford, as we have already mentioned. 

 The French had long been in the habit of using the briar 

 for grafting, but to Mr. Prince must be given the credit of 



