merged in each other by insensible gradations, so that it is impossible to fix any clear line of demarcation between them.

The distinctive characteristic of the true Noisette is blooming in clusters. Different varieties have different habits of growth, some being much more vigorous than others; but the greater part are true climbing roses. Those in which the blood of the Musk and China predominate are comparatively hardy. Many of them can be grown as bushes in the open air, with very little winter protection, even in the latitude of Boston. Two varieties Madame Massot and Caroline Marniesse

are to

day (Oct. 16) in full bloom here, where they have stood for several years, with very little precaution to shelter them. Some other varieties, again, strongly impregnated with the Tea Rose, are quite as tender as Tea roses of the pure race.

As rafter-roses in the greenhouse, the Noisettes are unsurpassed.

AIMÉE VIBERT is one of the prettiest of the group. It was raised by the French cultivator Vibert, who named it after his daughter. The flowers are pure white, and grow in large clusters. Though not among the most vigorous in growth of the Noisettes, this variety is comparatively

hardy, and in all respects very desirable.

MISS GLEGG

resembles her French sister, but is scarcely so graceful or elegant. JOAN OF ARC is a pure white rose, growing very vigorously. MADAME MASSOT, sometimes sold by American nursery-men under the name of MADEMOISELLE HENRIETTE, bears large clusters of small flowers of a waxy white, faintly tinged with flesh-color. It is one of the hardiest of the group. CAROLINE MARNIESSE somewhat resembles it, but is not equal in beauty.

All of the above have very distinctly the Noisette characteristics, as inherited from their parent, the Musk Rose. Those which follow have been hybridized to such a degree with the Tea Rose, that its traits predominate; and though, in some of them, the cluster-blooming habit of the Musk is not lost, the flowers bear, in size, shape, color, and fragrance, a marked resemblance to the Tea. CHROMATELLA, or the CLOTH OF GOLD, is, when in perfection, the most beautiful of all the yellow roses; but it is shy of bloom, and difficult of culture. SOLFATERRE is also a fine yellow rose, much more easily managed than the last. The same may be said of AUGUSTA, a seedling raised from it in this country. ISABELLA GRAY was also raised in America, and is a seedling from the Cloth of Gold, which

it rivals in beauty; though, like its parent, it is somewhat difficult to manage. JAUNE DESPREZ, or DESPREZ'S YELLOW, is of a sulphur-color tinged with red, very large and fragrant. AMERICA is also a large and fine flower of a creamy white; but perhaps the best known of the whole group is LAMARQUE, in New England the greatest favorite among greenhouse climbers. Its flowers are of a sulphur-yellow, large and double; and its growth is very vigorous.

"But few of the Noisette roses will bear seed in this country: the following, however, if planted against a south wall, and carefully fertilized, would probably produce some. The object here should be to obtain dark crimson varieties with large flowers; and for this purpose Fellenberg should be fertilized with Octavie, Solfaterre with the Tea Rose. Vicomtesse Decazes would probably give yellow varieties; and these would be large and fragrant, as in Lamarque and Jaune Desprez. In these directions for procuring seed from roses by fertilizing, I have confined myself to such varieties as are almost sure to produce it; but much must be left to the amateur, as many roses may be made fertile by removing their central petals, and consequently some varieties that I have not noticed may be made productive."- Rivers.

THE DAMASK PERPETUAL ROSE.

Rosa Damascena.

This is a race of Damask roses

endowed with the faculty of blooming in the autumn. The old roses known as the Monthly (not the China roses so called) and the Four Seasons are the parents of the group, though not without some infusion of foreign blood. The Damask Perpetuals are hardy, and remarkable for fragrance. They demand rich culture, even more than most other roses; and the best of them with neglect and low diet will bloom but once in the year, and that indifferently. On the other hand, they repay generous treatment liberally, as some of them are as beautiful as they are fragrant. American nursery-men usually catalogue them among the Hybrid Perpetuals, where they are out of place; since the true Damask Perpetual is not, in any sense, a hybrid, though, as before mentioned, some foreign blood has found its way into the family.

The French rose - grower Vibert has formed a new group, which he calls the Rose de Trianon, out of the Damask Perpetuals; but, as the subdivision seems unnecessary and perplexing, we shall re-annex it to the parent group.

The following are good examples of these Perpetuals: JOASINE HANET has deep purplish-red flowers, very showy. SYDONIE bears large flowers of a rose or bright salmon, and blooms profusely. YOLANDE OF ARAGON has deeppink flowers, and is an abundant autumn bloomer. The above belong to Vibert's new division. The following are unquestioned Damask: CRIMSON, or ROSE DU ROI, is of a bright crimson, very large, very fragrant, and an excellent autumn bloomer. There is a history attached to it. Count Lelieur was superintendent of the royal gardens of St. Cloud, where this rose was raised from seed, a little before the restoration of the Bourbons. He named it Rose Lelieur, after himself. When Louis the Eighteenth came to the throne, an officer of his household insisted that the new rose should be named after him. Count Lelieur resisted. A debate ensued. The party of the courtiers prevailed: the new rose was called the King's Rose, Rose du Roi; and the count resigned his post in disgust. MOGADOR is a seedling from this rose, and is, perhaps, an improvement on it. PORTLAND BLANCHE is pure white, and blooms well in autumn. An English writer sets it down as worthless: whence I infer that there must be two of the same name; for here it has proved itself one of the most beautiful of white roses. BERNARD is a small but