TO 
CHARLES -LYELL, ES Q. 
OF KINNORDY, NORTH BRITAIN, 
THE FOLLOWING 
MONOGRAPH OF ROSES, 
WHICH IS MUCH INDEBTED TO HIS LIBERALITY 
AND 
TO HIS INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GENUS, 
IS INSCRIBED, 
WITH SINCERE ESTEEM, 
BY 
HIS MUCH OBLIGED 
AND 
VERY GRATEFUL FRIEND, 
THE AUTHOR. 
