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NOISETTE ROSES. 



tremely large and perfectly double ; is a rampant 

 grower, has a most splendid bud. 

 Victorie modesta^ blusli^ cupped, very large and double. 



NOISETTE ROSES. 



It is a remarkable fact, that the original of this famous 

 group of roses originated in Charleston, South Carolina, 

 with Mr. Noisette, about 1815, who sent it to his brother, 

 the well-known nurseryman, at Paris (France). It was sup- 

 posed to be produced between the tvhite musk, cluster, and 

 the common China rose, and created a very great excitement 

 among the Parisian florists and amateurs ; but since its in- 

 troduction to France, thousands of seedlings have been raised 

 from it, and so many of these are evidently hybrids, of the 

 tea-scented and other roses, that some of the roses called 

 " Noisettes'^ have almost lost every character of the division. 

 They are generally hardy plants, requiring rich soil and a rou- 

 tine of treatment similar to the ^^Isle de Bourbon Iloses.^' 

 They will amply repay for extra attention to their culture. 

 The great profusion and perpetual succession of flowers from 

 June till November, of immense clusters, frequently from 

 fifty to one hundred in each, make them truly ornamental 

 objects, and are well calculated for covering fences, pillars, 

 or trellis-work. Although they are hardy, they will be bene- 

 fitted by a light covering of mats or litter : south of this, 

 nothing of the kind is required. It must be kept in mind 

 that piilar roses can scarcely have too much manure when 

 planting, and they also require a regular annual dressing of 

 some enriching material. We consider the annexed list in- 

 dispensable to a flower garden. Tiie flower of a Noisette 

 Hose varies from one to four inches in diameter in the fol- 

 lowing descriptions ; we take two inches as our standard : — 



Alba, white, a beautiful dwarf with small flowers; but in 

 the greatest profusion, and the whole bush is fre- 

 quently like one bouquet. 



Aimee Vibert, unique or Bosa nevia, showy white, very com- 

 pact and pe\'fectly double, and, if well treated, is one 

 of the finest white dwarf Noisette Roses, and is a 

 profuse autumnal bloomer. 



