CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 Botanical Classification 7 



CHAPTER II. 

 Garden Classification 27 



CHAPTER III. 

 General Culture of the Rose 69 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Soil, Situation, and Planting 86 



CHAPTER V. 

 Pruning, Training, and Bedding 93 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Potting and Forcing 103 



CHAPTER VIL 

 Propagation 113 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 Multiplication by Seed and Hybridizing 130 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Diseases and Insects Attacking the Rose 140 



CHAPTER X. 



Early History of the Rose, and Fables Respecting its Origin 153 



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