28 THE ROSE. 



white, often pure wLite, and liiglily scented. 

 Tills is a valuable rose south of Washington. 



The Noisette or Champney Hose {Rosa Mos- 

 chata Hyhridd) is of American origin. From 

 the seed of the White Musk Rose ferti]ized by 

 the Blush China (Bengal), John Champney, of 

 Charleston, South Carolina, raised a variety 

 which was called Champney's Pink Cluster. A 

 few years after, Philippe Noisette, a florist, also 

 of Charleston, raised from the seed of Champ- 

 ney'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 naturally of strong growth and nearly hardy, 

 but the varieties which are now commonly grown 

 have generally Tea blood in them, and have 

 therefore in a great measure lost their hardiness 

 and the tendency to bloom in clusters. 



