CONTENTS. 



PACK 



INTRODUCTION 9 



PART I. CULTURE OF THE ROSE. 



CHAP. I. OPEN-AIR CULTURE. 



PLANTING . . . 16 



PRUNING 17 



CLIMBING AND PILLAR ROSES ........ ai 



SUBSEQUENT CULTURE 24 



AN EXPERIMENT IN ROSE-GROWING . 24 



STANDARD ROSES 26 



A NOVELTY IN ROSE CULTURE 28 



ANOTHER NOVELTY ......30 



ENEMIES OF THE ROSE 32 



CHAP. II. POT CULTURE. 



A NEW METHOD 46 



FORCING 48 



CHEAP FORCING 51 



RAISING SPECIMEN ROSES ..52 



CHAP. III. PROPAGATION. 



LAYERS .**.... 59 



CUTTINGS .62 



BUDDING ....67 



GRAFTING ......74 



SUCKERS 76 



CHAP. IV. MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS. 



RAISING NEW VARIETIES 76 



IMPROVEMENT OF CLIMBING ROSES ....... 87 



NATURAL STANDARDS .88 



EFFECTS OF FROST ON SOIL 89 



GROUPING OF ROSES go 



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