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in winter; planted out in fine weather in April, 
every lover of these celebrated roses can enjoy 
them in the greatest luxuriance from June to 
October. Of this class are the popular Marshal 
Neil, Duchess of Edinburgh, and many others. 
Noisette Rose, this famous Rose originated in 
- Charleston, South Carolina, with Mr. Noisette in 
1815, who sent it to his brother, a then celebrated 
nurseryman of France, and created a very great 
excitement; from it thousands of seedlings have 
been raised. It flowers from June to October, in 
immense clusters of large flowers, requiring a 
slight protection of litter or leaves in winter, 
Aimée Vibert, Lamarque, and other celebrated roses, 
are of this class. 
Isle of Bourbon Rose, R. Bourboniana. Some of the 
most beautiful of autumnal roses belong to this 
class, the Autumn indeed being their peculiar 
season. The only roses known on the Island of 
Bourbon were the common China, and the Four 
Seasons, till about 1816, when a Monsieur Perichon 
was planting a hedge of these. Among the plants 
he found one very different from the others in its 
shoots and leaves, which induced him to plant it 


