THE 



ROSE GARDEN. 



IN TWO DIVISIONS. 



DIVISION I. 



EMBRACING THE HISTORY OF THE ROSE, THE FORMATION OF THE ROSARIUM, 



AND A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS PRACTICES ADOPTED IN THE 



SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION OF THIS POPULAR FLOWER: ILLUSTRATED "WITH 



NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. 



DIVISION II. 



CONTAINING AN ARRANGEMENT, IN NATURAL GROUPS, OF THE MOST ESTEEMED 



VARIETIES OF ROSES 'RECOGNISED AND CULTIVATED IN THE VARIOUS ROSE 



GARDENS, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN; WITH FULL DESCRIPTIONS AND REMARKS 



ON THEIR ORIGIN AND MODE OF CULTURE. 



'H 2a7n£a> rov podov epq, kcu arecparol avro ael rnu e<yKa>nia>' to? KctAa? to>v 



irapdevoov eneivcp ofxoiovcra. 

 Sappho was enamoured of the Rose, and bestows upon it always some distinguishes 

 she likens it to the most beautiful of maidens. — Philostratus, 



BY WILLIAM PAUL, 



NURSERYMAN, CHESHUNT, HERTS. 



LONDON: 



SHERWOOD, GILBERT, & PIPER, 23 PATERNOSTER ROW. 



EDINBURGH: MACLACHLAN AND CO. 



AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. 



MDCCCXLVIII. 



