PREFACE. VI 1 



rieties that we have brought to the notice of our 

 readers, and whoever of them visits the " City of 

 Love," bedded in roses, will find that its Florists, 

 Amateurs, and devoted cultivators are in the 

 advance, or at least not in the rear of any people, 

 or portion of the United States, in the knowledge, 

 culture, and possession of this Queen of Flowers. 



ROBERT BUIST. 



