SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 
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ing and blooming, if kept in order under proper protection; and are 
not deciduous. 
The Noisette Rose. 
The distinguishing character of this Rose is that it flowers in 
bunches, and this ought to be the character of every one added to the 
family. But here we have Lamarque, which is anything but. a Noi¬ 
sette ; it does not flower in bunches, unless every Rose which has two 
or three flowers on a stem is to be called Noisette; and Smith’s Yel¬ 
low Noisette is about as much entitled to the name of Lamarque. But 
they are not alone; too many which have no claim on the family have 
nevertheless been forced on them. 
The Musk Rose. 
This is an old favorite, and many which nave been supposed to 
come from its seed are fastened on it as a family, and many not very 
like the parent. The family, like some of the others, is greatly con¬ 
fused, and there is nothing so distinct as to connect it as a separate 
class. 
The Macartney Rose. 
The characteristic of this Rose is its very bright thick evergreen 
foliage, and therefore any other Hybrid Roses which have that char¬ 
acteristic might, according to other classifications, be put among 
these. Maria Leonida is perhaps the best of them ; Rosa berberifolia 
hardii, of whose origin Mr. Rivers makes a sad muddle, is classed with 
this family. Mr. Rivers’ story is, that “ Rosa hardii was raised from 
seed by Mons. Hardy, of the Luxembourg Gardens, from Rosa involu¬ 
cre, a variety of Rosa bracteata, fertilised with that unique rose, Rosa 
berberifolia which was very frequently exported from Persia, and comes 
always true to the parent; some of the Persian seed was sent to 
Mons. Hardy, and from that he, like others, raised the true Rosa ber¬ 
berifolia, which Mr. Lee, of the Hammersmith Nursery, raised from 
Persian seed likewise, more than twenty years before Mr.- Hardy was 
a rose raiser at all.” Well may Mr. Rivers say, in continuation, “This 
curious hybrid, like its Persian parent, has single yellow flowers, with 
a dark eye, and evergreen foliage.” The fertilising part of the busi 
