254 GARDEN CLASSIFICATION. 



The original Noisette Rose is stated, both by EngHsh and 

 French writers, to have be«n introduced into France by Louis 

 Noisette, the author of a work on fruits, who received it, early in 

 the present century, from his brother in Charleston, S. C. An 

 English writer, however, contradicts this, and states that it was 

 raised in Long Island, whence a plant was taken to Rouen by 

 one Landorme, some time before Noisette received his plant from 

 America. Be this as it may, the variety was much admired in 

 Paris, and very soon all roses blooming in clusters began to be 

 called Noisettes, even when hke Smithii, Chromatella, and others, 

 they had very few of the distinctive characters of the first Noisette 

 Rose, for the true Noisette roses are distinct both in habit and 

 bloom. The original Noisette was at first thought a Musk Rose, 

 being precisely similar to a variety raised from the seed of the 

 Musk Rose by M. Robeit, overseer of the Marine Garden at 

 Toulon, in France. Subsequently, various writers and botanists, 

 Loudon among them, have made it a variety of the Bengal Rose. 

 With this authority, and with the fact before us that the lines of 

 difference between the old China, Tea, and Noisette Roses very 

 much run into each other, we think we are fully warranted in 

 the adoption of our present classification, which is intended less 

 for the benefit of the botanist or the nurseryman than for the con- 

 venience of the amateur. 



Like other classes, this of the China Rose includes a great 

 number of varieties, which, with their synonymes, may be found 

 at the end of the work. The following are some of the best, and 

 their quality is such as to ensure the amateur good varieties, 

 whichever of them he may select : 



Adam, T., is one of the finest new tea-scented roses. Its 

 flowers are cupped, very double and large, and of perfect form. 

 It is very fragrant, and its color is a rich, glossy rose. 



Agrippina, though an old rose, is still one of the best and 

 most popular of its class. As a forcing rose, and for an abundance 

 of bloom, it is largely cultivated by bouquet venders. It is cupped, 

 beautifully formed, and of a rich, brilliant crimson, with a deli- 



