ROSES IN GENERAL CULTIVATION. 45 



Champney's Pink Cluster a blush variety, 

 which he sent to his brother, Louis Noisette, 

 of Paris, France, under the name of Noisette 

 Rose, not giving credit to Mr. Champney, as 

 the originator of the class, which has ever 

 since borne the wrong title of Noisette Rose. 

 Louis Noisette received it about the year 

 1817. These roses, originally, had the 

 characteristics in a great measure of the old 

 Musk Rose, such as scent and a tendency to 

 bloom in large clusters. The group is natu- 

 rally of strong growth and nearly hardy, but 

 the varieties which are now commonly grown 

 have generally Tea blood in them, and have 

 therefore lost much of their hardiness as well 

 as the habit of blooming in clusters. 



Among the true Noisettes, Aimee Vibert 

 (Scandens) is decidedly the most valuable; 

 the flowers are small but pure white, suffi- 

 ciently full, of beautiful form ; the foliage is 

 a dark lustrous green; growth vigorous. 

 Others belonging to this division are Admiral 

 Rigney or Eugene Pirolle, Beauty of Green- 

 mount, Caroline Marniesse, Fellenberg, 

 Ophirie, Pumila, Washington, Woodland 

 Marguerite. None of these will have inter- 

 est for small cultivators, excepting perhaps 

 Pumila, and this is somewhat more tender 

 than the rest. Among the Tea-scented Noi- 



