CATALOGUE OF VARIETIES, 
DFSCRIBING ALL SORTS NOW IN GENERAL 
CULTIVATION. 
REGISTER of this nature cannot 
attain absolute perfection, but I 
have been at great pains to make 
3 it complete and accurate. As re- 
HEY the age of the different varieties and 
by whom sent out, I have obtained my in- 
formation from the raisers themselves, their 
catalogues, from various horticultural mag- 
azines and books, mostly French, and from a 
few amateurs, who have interested them- 
selves in the subject. Among these are 
Mons. Jean Sisley, whose monograph of the 
roses raised at Lyons has been of valuable 
service. I believe this will be found much 
the most reliable list of the kind, but from 
seeing so many inaccuracies in others of 
similar character I know there must be some 
errors in this. Any of my readers who may 
discover mistakes or misstatements of facts 
will greatly oblige by communicating with 
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