CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. CAUSES OF FAILURE, I 



II. CAUSES OF SUCCESS, I3 



III, OUR QUEEN OF BEAUTY 34 



IV. POSITION • • • 53 



V. SOILS, 66 



VI. MANURES, 84 



VII. ARRANGEMENT I04 



VIII. SELECTION, 122 



IX. SELECTION — (continued) .148 



X. GARDEN ROSES, 163 



XI. GARDEN ROSES — (continued), . . . . . 180 



XII. CONCERNING ROSE-SHOWS, . * I98 



XIII, ROSES FOR EXHIBITION, 221 



XIV. HOW TO SHOW THE ROSE 244 



XV. AT A ROSE-SHOW, 269 



APPENDIX NO. I. — MEMORANDA FOR THE MONTHS, . 29I 



" NO. II. — SELECTED ROSES, . . . 305 



" NO. III. — NEW ROSES, 308 



INDEX 325 



