VI 



PREFACE 



circumstances did I aspire to tread worthily in the 

 footsteps of Dean Hole : yet (for to me too the world- 

 even the Rose world—" teems with quiet fun ") I did 

 hope to make it fairly light and amusing : but details 

 and practical matter have proved so overwhelming as 

 to get a mastery of the whole. 



I have much kind assistance to acknowledge from 

 various sources. From my old friend, Mr. Benjamin R. 

 Cant, Rose-grower, Colchester, and his two sons, I have 

 had very much cordial help in many ways. Mr. Frank 

 Cant, of Braiswick Nursery, Colchester, has freely 

 given me useful information on the subject of Roses 

 under Glass (Chapter X). Mr. W. D. Prior, of 

 Myland Nurseries, in the same metropolis of Roses, 

 has aided me in the preparation of photographs : and 

 in the same neighbourhood, Mr. and Mrs. Orpen, of 

 West Bergholt, have been good enough to give me 

 opportunities of representing their skill in Rose decora- 

 tion. I have also received help from Mr. A. Dickson, 

 jun., of the Royal Nurseries, Newtownards, Ireland, in 

 information kindly furnished as to the raising of Roses 

 from seed. Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, has kindly 

 lent me a photograph of one of his giant Pot Roses. 



I am indebted to Dr. Hogg, the proprietor of The 

 Jmirnal of Horticulture, for leave to republish certain 

 matters which I have written in that paper under the 

 norii de xjUme of " W. R. Raillem," especially Chapter 

 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 reproductions of 



