The National Rose Society. 
The Guide, Counsellor and Friend 
of the Amateur Rosarian. 
Patroness : HER MAJESTY, QUEEN ALEXANDRA. 
Although the Society has been in existence more than 
thirty years, the Council feel that there is still a very large 
number of Amateurs interested in Roses and Rose culture 
who are unaware how helpful it would be to them if they 
became members. 
Membership.—lIt is not necessary that a member should be an 
expert Rosarian. No introduction is required, as there is no ballot for 
membership. The number of members is now over 4,000, the Society 
having doubled its membership in the last four years. 
The Subscription.—The subscription is only Half-a-Guinea per 
annum, and members can with equal advantage join the Society at any 
period of the year. f 
The Publications.—Each new member at once receives the 
following helpful publications. The ‘‘ Hints on Planting Roses,” with 
a list of the best varieties with which to begin a collection, however 
small. The ‘‘ Official Catalogue of Roses,” giving descriptions of 500 
of the best Roses of the day, together with select lists of the varieties 
most suitable for different purposes. The ‘‘ Handbook on Pruning 
Roses,’ which gives directions for pruning 1,000 different varieties. 
The ‘‘ Enemies of the Rose,” which shows how best to keep these in 
check. The ‘‘ Rose Annual,” issued each year during the spring. All 
these publications, except the ‘‘ Hints en Planting Roses,” are bound 
in cloth, and several of them beautifully illustrated. 
The Metropolitan Exhibition.—This is the Society’s prin- 
cipal Exhibition, and is held each year in London early in July. For 
that Show—the finest display of Roses in the world—Members receive 
three tickets, and also two tickets for the Autumn Show. 
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A prospectus containing further particulars than can be 
given in this short notice will be sent on application to— 
EDWARD MAWLEY, on. Secretary, 
Rosebank, Berkhamsted, Herts. 
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