X PREFACE. 



intelligent gardener, and Vibert, who has writ- 

 ten some valuable treatises on the culture of 

 roses. Gels and Sisley-Vandael export largely 

 to England ; the latter excelling in the produc- 

 tion of the Rose The, or scented China rose. 

 Calvert and Prevost, of Rouen, also despatch 

 large collections to England ; and Sedy and 

 Planty, at Lyons, have obtained many curious 

 varieties. Boursault's celebrated collection 

 has fallen to decay ; while that of one of the 

 first growers who attained much distinction, 

 Descemet, of St. Denis, was cut up by the 

 English troops in 1814; when the horticulturist, 

 unable to obtain indemnification from govern- 

 ment, proceeded to Russia, and re-established 

 himself with honour and success. 



In the royal rosary at Versailles, standards 

 may be seen which have attained eighteen feet 

 in height, grafted with twenty different varie- 

 ties of rose. The same branch of rose-culture 

 is practised with great success at Brussels and 

 Diisseldorf. In the imperial gardens of Mon- 

 za, near Milan, thirty-nine varieties of China 

 rose have been obtained by the celebrated Vil- 

 laresi ; and Genoa, Marseilles, and Avignon, 



