THE. 



ROSE MANUAL; 



CONTAINING 



ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE FINEST VARIETIES 



OF 



110 S ES. 



TROPEIILY CLASSED IN THEIR RESPECTIYE FAMILIES, 

 THEIR CHARACTER AND MODE OF CULTURE, 



WITH 



DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR PROPAGATION, 



AND 



THE DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS. 

 V/ITH ENGRAVINGS. 



Sonxil^ €bition, fait^ ^bbitions, 



BY 



ROBERT BUIST, 



NURSERYMAN, SEEDSMAN, AND FLORIST; 



AUTHOR OF 



'the* AMERICAN FLOWER GARDEN DIRECTORY," '''FAMILY KITCHEN GARDENER," ETC. 



PHILADELPHIA: 

 FOR THE AUTHOR. 



C. M. SAYTON AND A. 0. MOORE, NEW YORK. 

 1851). 



LIBRARY 

 NEW Y«RK 

 BOTANICAL 



