PREFACE T0 THE SECOND EDITION 
My warmest thanks are due for the hearty welcome 
and flattering reception, beyond my highest expecta- 
tions, which have been so generally given to The 
Book of the Rose. Not only from the British Isles 
but from all countries apparently where Roses are 
erown, I have received kind expressions of approval 
and commendation, and have gained, I hope, not a 
few friends. 
The present edition has been thoroughly revised 
throughout ; even in matters of routine I have some- 
what modified, here and there, the views formerly 
expressed, for seven years’ additional experience 
should certainly bring alittle further wisdom ; and in 
Chapter XII., which seems to have been generally 
popular, it has been necessary, as might well be 
expected, practically to re-write the whole. I had 
hoped, in that chapter, to give more examples than I 
have done of the different ‘‘ manners and customs” 
which some of our best known Roses may have in 
other lands, but have not been fortunate enough to 
gain much such information. I must, however, 
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