PREFACE. XI 



as a tribute to a trade of which they are most honoured 

 members. 



1 am very much indebted to that well-known and 

 hig^hly-esteemed garden paper, ** Gardening Illus- 

 trated," for kind permission to republish certain matter 

 written in that paper by me on the Rose, and for any 

 kind information I have received from time to time. I 

 value very highly the great courtesy shown me by 

 " Gardening Illustrated " and their expressed wish to 

 help me in my work. 



My thanks are also due to Messrs. Paul and Son 

 for the gift of Mr. William Paul's book, *' The Rose 

 Garden," which was to me as it has been to many 

 growers — a great help. I must thank my old tutors 

 in the gentle art of exhibiting the Rose, The King's 

 Acre Nurseries for many kindnesses received by way 

 of information and sound advice; also Messrs. Alex. 

 Dickson and Son for their interest in my work, and for 

 sending me descriptive lists of their new Roses. 



Messrs. B. R. Cant for a colour plate and photo- 

 graph, and for a carefully filled-in list of Roses. 



Messrs. Burbage Nurseries, Ltd., for notes and 

 support ; and here let me mention that their catalogue 

 has been of real help to me in the compilation of this 

 book. 



My old friends, Messrs. Skelton & Kirby, for 

 notes and particulars in connection with the laying out 

 of grounds. 



Messrs. Chaplin Bros., Ltd., for particulars of his 

 new Roses, and also for being one of the first to cor- 

 dially support my book. 



Messrs. Ketten Brothers for their catalogue , a most 

 useful, reliable and valuable guide to varieties of Roses 

 old and new. 



I have not the space to acknowledge all my friends, 

 but, as I have said, the book will speak for itself, and, 

 I trust, live to become another milestone in the litera- 

 ture upon a flower we as a nation hold so dear. 



