72 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Bosc, in an article upon the rose in the 

 " Dictionnaire d' Agriculture," has reduced the 

 number of species to forty-two. 



But the most splendid work published on 

 this interesting subject, is that of Monsieur 

 Redoute, being a collection of plates after the 

 exquisite paintings of that celebrated flower- 

 painter, with an illustrative text by M. Thory 

 to the folio edition, and by M. Pyrolle to the 

 octavo. A continuation of the work is carried 

 on under the name of Redoute by one of his 

 pupils, but the plates are far more beautiful 

 than correct. 



A Monography of the Genus Rosa was pub- 

 lished by the botanist Andrews, in 1787. In 

 1820 was published, in one volume octavo, the 

 valuable botanical history of roses of Professor 

 Lindley, entitled a " Monograph of Roses ;" and 

 in 1818 appeared a "Nomenclature raisonnee 

 du Genre Rosier," by Monsieur de Pronville; 

 and four years afterwards, the " Sommaire gene- 

 ral de la Monographic du Rosier." In 1824, 

 the same author published a French translation 

 of Lindley's work, the most complete and va- 

 luable that has yet appeared. 



Two works on the same subject have ap- 

 peared in Germany ; an account of the roses 

 cultivated in the neighbourhood of Wurzberg, 

 " Enumeratio Rosarum circa Virceburgum, " 



