PREFACE XV 
XII., which has been thoroughly revised ; and to Mr. 
J. Wright of that office I am very much beholden 
for kind counsel and advice. For revised reproduc- 
tions of papers of mine which have appeared in the 
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society and in 
The Rosarian’s Year Book, I have to thank the 
Rev. W. Wilks, Sec. R.H.S., and the Rev. H. H. 
D’Ombrain, Hon. Sec. of the National Rose Society. 
My best thanks are due to my neighbour, the Rev. 
J. H. Hocking, Rector of Copdock, for considerable 
trouble in the identification of Insects, and to Mr. 
E. B. Lindsell, of Bearton, Hitchin, for advice and 
encouragement. Messrs. A. Hill Gray, J. Bateman, 
Ismay Fisher, and the Rev. F. R. Burnside have also 
kindly helped me with photographs, or in other 
ways. 
Mr. William Paul’s large work, The Rose Garden, 
has naturally been consulted and proved of much 
value, especially in Chapter II., and a further com- 
parison of ideas and methods has been made with 
the contents of most other Rose-books; but my own 
experience, which is considerable, has been through- 
out my principal reliance, and where my practice is 
at variance with the general use, reasons have been 
given for the procedure recommended. 
SPROUGHTON RECTORY, 
September, 1894. 
