1. Introduction
2. Observations and Data Quality Assessment
3. Analysis
3.1. Infrared Excess Stars
3.2. The Nearest Neighbor Method
3.3. Nearest Neighbor Analysis for Infrared Excess Stars
4. Results
4.1. Identification of Clusters
4.2. Properties of Clusters
4.3. The Fraction of Stars in Clusters
4.4. Distribution of Sources with Respect to the Rosette Nebula
4.5. Low Density Population
5. Discussion
5.1. Clusters as a Dominant Mode of Formation
5.2. Rapidly Evolving Clusters
5.3. Influence of the HII Region and Sequential Star Formation
5.4. Summary