takes intimately of the Chinese. Uncertain." The "uncertain" is sometimes true. This year it has had no autumn bloom.
     There is one more, Belle Vichysoise, a named variety which was discovered at Vichy. This rose is as close to Champneys' Pink Cluster as a rose can be and not be that. The clusters are large and frequent, on a shrubby bush of five to six feet. Buds are pink, pointed, rosy. Blooms are small, cupped, petals in-curving, pink with paler, to white center.
     These are the small-flowered Noisettes which have come to light since 1935, when findings were recorded in the chapter on Noisette Roses in "Old Roses," and have had from three to four years of growth under observation.
     To that chapter only two large-flowered Noisettes have been added-Mme. Alfred Carrière, grown from some cuttings which came from Mrs. Davis' lovely garden in Roanoke (indeed, were carried away, cared for, planted here) and from which two grand plants were established. We call these large-flowered Noisettes, Tea-Noisettes, but Mme. Alfred Carrière was made, they say, from a Hybrid Perpetual cross, instead of a Tea.
     As it grows here, Crépuscule is neither large nor small. Probably it has not enough heat. Its foliage and color are of the more tender roses of this group; it is of such an exquisite color, of such daintiness and delicacy, that we pet it along. In "Modern Roses II," Crépuscule is described as being "bitter-sweet-orange, fading to apricot-yellow" and such it is. The blooms are double, and are, in form and performance, quite a bit like Pemberton's Clytemnestra. No doubt, in a warmer climate Crépuscule would be much happier.
     We tried William Allen Richardson, but it could not take the severity of our winters, although Rêve d'Or, from which it sported, has so far stood the test.
     It was with some feeling of trepidation that we added R. moschata and R. Brunoni to the garden. Moschata is the distinguished ancestor of these Noisettes. It has proved hardy. As the China Rose is hardy here and a strong bloomer, we can conclude that there is much more toughness in the small-flowered old Noisettes than they have been credited with. They make splendid bushes, are clean and healthy, very floriferous, very fragrant of musk, lasting on the plant and in the house.