INTRODUCTION TO REVISED EDITION. 
eq jO comprehensively and intelligent- 
| ly has the theme been treated in 
the following monograph by one 
who was eminently qualified to 
mndes it justice, that little remains to be said 
of the Rose in general. But during the past 
decade since “ The Rose” was written by the 
late Henry B. Ellwanger, a host of new varie- 
ties have been produced and disseminated in 
the United States and in Europe. Those 
which have proven themselves most worthy to 
be retained have been included with their de- 
scriptions in the subjoined catalogue, the ad- 
ditional varieties being indicated by an aster- 
isk. Additional works on the subject, and 
magazines and periodicals relating to it, have 
also been carried out to date. 
A review from the Century Magazine, en- 
titled “ Oid and New Roses,” which appeared 
the year following the publication of this 
volume, and but a month previous to the au- 
