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correct as it was added by Mr. Alfred Rehder in compiling the Bradley- 

 Bibliography, and it is more than likely that it was obtained from the 

 editor himself. 



The dates of band 2 of " Blumengiirtnerei " concern us but little since 

 it contains no new names and no descriptions, but it is interesting to 

 find in Botanische zeitung for Dec. 16, 1895, on page 391 the announce- 

 ment of pages 1-128; it was doubtless completed in 1896 the date of the 

 preface and the title-pages. 



Willmott. The Genus Rosa. Recognized in every age and in all 

 countries as the Queen of flowers, the rose has been the subject of much 

 literature. Among the many books of roses of recent years Miss Ellen 

 Willmott 's " Genus Rosa, drawings by Alfred Parsons, " stands out pre- 

 eminently, by virtue of its comprehensiveness, the accuracy of descriptions 

 and the delicacy and beauty of its colored plates. In her preface Miss 

 Willmott says "I have aimed principally at giving all the evidence I 

 could collect from every available source. I can hardly hope to have 

 presented many facts not mentioned by previous writers, but I have at 

 least taken great pains to ensure accuracy, and to verify and give references 

 for every statement I have made." To this carefully collected evidence 

 are added not a few descriptions of new species, especially of Chinese 

 roses by J. G. Baker. 



The covers of the twenty-five parts in which the work was issued 

 from 1910 to 1914, are a joy and delight alike to the cataloguer, biblio- 

 grapher and to the student of roses, giving the year in which each part 

 was published (pts. vii-xxv have also month and day), and on the back 

 cover of the last part a concise list of all the parts with month and day of 

 the appearance of each. 



Perhaps in some libraries "The Genus Rosa" may exist only as two 

 bound volumes, paged continuously, without covers, the title-page of 

 each bearing the date 1914, and the only indication of an earlier date being 

 an additional title-page for 1910 in volume i, which by itself is a little 

 confusing. 



It seems therefore worth while to put full information on record, in 



in the hope that it may help some lover of Roj 



Vol. i 

 Pt. 1 pp. i-viii, 1-22 September 15, 1910 



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2 " 23-42 October 19, 



3 " 43-56, i-xxvi November 14, 



4 " 57-76 December 14, 



5 " 77-100 January 14, 1911 



6 " 101-132 February 14, 



7 " 133-156 March 14, 



8 " 157-174 April 12, 



9 " 175-196 May 12, 



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