Xll INTRODUCTION. 



mercial gardening. In this country almost every 

 nurseryman is now aware of the great respon- 

 sibility he is under as to correct nomenclature ; 

 but in France they manage these matters differ- 

 ently, certainly not "better;" for if a Parisian 

 cultivator raises a good rose from seed, and gives 

 it a popular name, a provincial florist will imme- 

 diately give some one of his seedlings, perhaps 

 a very inferior rose, the same, so that there 

 are often two or three roses bearing the same 

 name ; and if the original, or most superior va- 

 riety, is ordered, ten to one if you get it, as the 

 French florist generally gives you that which is 

 most convenient for him to send, quite regardless 

 of what you wish for. This is carried to an 

 extreme, of which only those well and intimately 

 acquainted with roses can form a just idea. 



I have now only to beg the indulgence of my 

 readers. A man of business must be deficient in 

 the many requisites of correct composition. I have 

 endeavoured to be plain and explicit ; and cannot 

 help flattering myself, that the instructions con- 

 veyed in these insignificant pages may be the 

 means of restoring many unfortunate neglected 

 roses to health and vigour. 



Sawbridgeworth, Herts, 

 Nov. 20. 1837. 



