1 66 Rosacecz Rosa. 



Philippe Noisette, who sent it to France in 1814. l This Rose 

 is a shrub 5 to 10 feet high, armed with strong hooked thorns ; 



Fig. 91. Noisette Rose. (J nat. size.) 



leaves glabrous, shining, usually composed of seven ovate-acute 

 finely-toothed leaflets. The flowers, in the typical variety at 

 least, are of medium size, numerous and double, bright rose 

 and scented. But since its introduction into Europe, fecun- 

 dated by itself or other species, it has given birth to a multi- 

 tude of new varieties, in which the primitive type is more or 

 less changed. In some the flowers are solitary at the extremity 

 of the branches, and in others they are clustered ; and in 

 colour they vary from white and yellow to crimson, with every 

 intermediate tinge. Few roses offer more decided evidence of 

 hybridity. Among the white or flesh-coloured varieties we 

 may adduce the following : Aimee Vibert, Eudoxie, Labiche, 

 Lamarque, Madame Deslongschamps. Yellow varieties : Solfa- 

 terre, Ophirie, Despres, Marie Charge, Euphrosine, Chroma- 

 telle. Rose or carmine : Bougainville. Most of the foregoing 

 varieties still hold their place in the garden ; but there have 



1 It is, moreover, not impossible that the Noisette Hose was the result of a 

 cross between the Tea Rose and an American species, R. setigera, of which we 

 shall speak further on. The climbing habit of many Roses thrown into this class 

 supports this supposition. 



