PRINCES MANUAL OF ROSES. 



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A Manual of Roses, comprisittg the most com- 

 plete history of the Rose, including every class, 

 and all the most admirable varieties that have ap- 

 peared in Europe and America, together with 

 ample information on their culture and propaga- 

 Hon. By William Robert Prince. New- 

 York. Published by the Author. (12mo. 213 

 pages. 75 cts.) 



The title of this little volume sufficiently 

 explains its character. The Rose, as our 

 readers well know, has undergone such an 

 improvement in the hands of scientific cul- 

 tivators, within the last ten years, chiefly 

 by hybridizing, that it is now the favorite 

 flower of all seasons of the year. Dahlias, 

 which formerly held up their proud heads, 

 the undisputed glory of the gardens in au- 

 tumn, have, it cannot be denied, fallen out 

 of favor at the court of Flora, since the 

 fine classes of autumnal roses — £ourbo7is 

 and Hybrid Perpetuals, have made their 

 appearance. 



This is an excellent manual of Roses, and 

 its excellence is chiefly owing to the fact, 

 that it is in the main a reprint of Rivers^ 

 Rose Amateur^ s Guide, with such additions 

 as the author's experience could suggest. 

 Mil. Rivers stands at the head of the Eng- 

 lish growers of the Rose, and has so tho- 

 roughly written out the subject, that there 

 is little more to be said at present. Indeed, 

 Mr. Prince says, in his preface, it has been 

 the desire of the writer of the present little 

 volume, to combine in its pages, every item 

 of knowledge that is comprised in that va- 

 luable work, and he adds, " to extract from 



on large paper, for $1, to be completed in six Parts, making 

 Ihc whole expense S3 for the general, and $6 for the proof 

 edition. Payable on delivery of each part. 



It is sold to subscribers at a rate so near the cost of publica- 

 tion, that the public may rest a.ssured that it will never be ob- 

 tained for less than the present price. 



" The work being published under the auspices of the 

 Greenwood Institution, is not issued under the ordinary circum- 

 stances of bookseller's publications, and will only be furnished 

 to those who pre-engage it before completion. It will contain 

 at the end, a catalogue of the names of every individual pos- 

 sessor of the work." 



every other source, whatever additional in- 

 formation was attainable." 



The volume contains not only a brief 

 description of all the most remarkable va- 

 rieties, but directions for the propagation of 

 Roses, forcing, culture in pots, and general 

 culture in the open garden. 



Those who do not know Mr. Prince will 

 be able to gather some idea of his profound 

 filial piety, and his literary taste, from the 

 dedication of this volume, which we copy. 



" TO THE 



MEMORY OF MY FATHER, 



THE LATE 



WILLIAM PRINCE, OF FLUSHING. 



The first work penned by this hand, since that 

 fated hour when thou sankest into the tomb, I now 

 inscribe to thee! thus dedicating the aspirations 

 of the mind to the source whence their power 

 emanated. 



" To me the encomiums of the living are naught ; 

 I seek not their plaudits, which, if received, would 

 pass me by like the idle breeze — heeded not. 



"But to thee, oh my Father! rises at all times the 

 soul-felt devotion, which the remembrance of thy 

 manifold kindnesses, and of thy ever-pervading 

 purity of feeling, which stamped thy mind above 

 all other men, is alone capable of inspiring. Rest! 

 Rest, my Father, from the toils of life in the re- 

 gions of peace; or in the sublimated enjoyment 

 of another transition in the chain of existences, 

 so oft by thee recoimted; where — oh! where — the 

 enlarged intelligence and expanded conceptions 

 of a more glorious sphere, are destined to reward 

 the well spent life : by unveiling to the enraptured 

 imagination the perfections of the Deity, and 

 the magnificence of the Universe. 



" William Robert Prince." 



Two Hundred Designs for Cottages and Vil- 

 las, etc., original and selected. By Thomas U. 

 Walter and J. Jay Smith. Philadelphia. 

 Cakey & Hart. 4to. (Published in four num- 

 bers of about 30 plates each, price, complete, 

 $10; or $2. 50 per number.) 



This work, now in course of publication, 

 the first part of which is before us, we con- 

 sider a timely contribution to the stock of 

 materiel, every day in greater demand 

 among those of our citizens who desire to 

 build ornamental cottages. 



The greater part of the designs in this 

 number are selected from Loudon, Robin- 

 son, Goodwin and other English writers on 



