PREFACE vii 



papers of mine, which have appeared in the Journal of 

 tlu Royal Horticultural Society and in The Bosarians 

 Year-Booh, I have to thank the Rev. W. Wilks, Sec. 

 R.H.S., and the Rev. H. H. D'Ombrain, Hon. Sec. of 

 the National Rose Society. 



My best thanks are due to my neighbour the Rev. 

 J. H. Hocking, Rector of Copdock, for considerable 

 trouble in the identification of Insects, and to Mr. 

 E. B. Lindsell, of Bearton, Hitchin, for advice and 

 encouragement. Messrs. A. Hill Gray, J. Bateman, 

 Ismay Fisher, and the Rev. F. R. Burnside have also 

 kindly helped me with photographs, or in other ways. 



Mr. William Paul's large work The Bose Garden has 

 naturally been consulted, and proved of much value, 

 especially in Chapter II., and a further comparison of 

 ideas and methods has been made with the contents of 

 most other Rose-books ; but my own experience, which is 

 considerable, has been throughout my principal reliance, 

 and where my practice is at variance with the general 

 use, reasons have been given for the procedure recom- 

 mended. 



Speoughton Rectory, 



September, 1894. 



