A very pretty bronzy yellow of the semi-double class, exhibited at the New York show, has been sent us by Mr. Rawson, of Elmira, N. Y. Mr. Rawson is a great lover of Chrysanthemums, and delights in efforts at their improvement.

History of the Noisette Rose - Although we have in the past given the history of the Noisette rose, it is told in an interesting way in the following from the Gardeners' Chronicle which will bear repetition here:

"The Noisette rose has a curious history, and, although so thoroughly French in its name, owes its origin to America, for there lived about the time when the great European wars of Napoleon had come to a close a French nurseryman of the name of Philippe Noisette, at Charlestovvn, in South Carolina, who had hybridized the old Musk rose with a rose called Champneys' Pink Cluster, which he sent to his brother, Louis Noisette, a nurseryman at Paris. Pink Cluster was the product of the white Musk fertilized with the blush China; and John Champneys, its raiser, ought to have some credit in the matter although he was put on one side; and while Noisette is known, Champneys', except in America, is unknown. When Louis Noisette introduced the rose it created quite a furore in Paris. Its habit was so remarkable, and its perfume so pleasant, that everybody was desirous of possessing it".