FOREWORD 



The first three editions of this book have proved 

 the original contention that there is need for a prac- 

 tical book on roses for our American climate. Since 

 the first edition of December, 1914, changes were 

 made as needed, and new editions embodying them 

 published during April, 1915, and January, 1916. 

 The tests during the past summer have necessitated 

 a complete revisal of the lists of best varieties both in 

 the dwarf and climbing sections, in addition to which, 

 there were so many new points of improvement in 

 cultivation that it was imperative to rewrite almost 

 the entire book. 



In bringing out this edition thanks should be ten- 

 dered to Messrs. Williams, Brown and Earle and to 

 Hess Ives Corporation, both of Philadelphia, for the 

 color work and half-tones, and also to A. N. Pierson, 

 Incorporated, of Cromwell, Connecticut, for the use 

 of a number of photographs. Acknowledgment is 

 made to Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated, and the 

 Andorra Nurseries, of Philadelphia, for their aid in 

 securing and importing new varieties; also to George 

 H. Peterson, of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and Bobbink 

 & Atkins, of Rutherford, New Jersey, both of whom 

 have shown the greatest interest, and who have done 



