CATALOGUE OF ROSES. 9 
Perpetual or Autumnal Roses. 
Blooming continually, or at intervals from June to November. 
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Bengal or China Roses. 
(Rosa INDICA.) 
These are mostly of moderate growth, and though not fragrant are very 
appropriate and beautiful for beds on a lawn, and for pot culture in the house. 
The foliage is in five leaflets, rather small. They bloom all Summer and 
Autumn in the open ground: but are more tender than any other class except 
the Teas. This class isadmirably adapted for the Window Garden. All are on 
their own roots. 
Bourbon Roses. 
(RosA BOURBONIANA.) 
These are not quite hardy, but a very slight protection suffices them. Those 
of moderate growth require close pruning. They are continual bloomers, 
mostly of rapid growth, with rich luxuriant foliage, and are the most beautiful 
in the Autumn. The flowers for the most part, are produced in clusters, and 
are generally of light color, well shaped and somewhat fragrant. The moderate 
growers are mostly suitable for low beds on the lawn. Owing to hybridization 
with other classes, the varieties differ very greatly in their characteristics. All 
are on their own roots. 
Noisette or Champney Roses. 
(ROSA MOSCHATA HYBRIDA.) 
The Noisette Rose is a product of America, and obtains its name from 
Phillippe Noisette, a florist of Charleston, South Carolina. 
John Champney, of Charleston, from the seed of the White Musk Rose, 
fertilized by the Blush China, raised a variety which was called Champney’s 
Pink Cluster. A few years after tnis, Phillippe Noisette, from the seed of 
Champney’s Pink Cluster, raised the Blush Noisette, and this he sent to his 
brother, Louis Noisette, of Paris, under the name of Noisette Rose. The true 
name, therefore, for this class, should be the Champney, but the change cannot 
now be made. 
This group is naturally of vigorous growth, nearly hardy, and produces 
large clusters of flowers; but, through hybridization with the Tea section, the 
original characteristics have, in part, disappeared. The varieties now generaliy 
grown are less hardy, and have partially lost the clustering tendency: but the 
