THE BOOK OF ROSES. 73 



published in 1816, at Nuremberg; and a more 

 comprehensive one, published first in 1800 at 

 Leipsick, with engravings, by Rossig. 



The memoirs of the Society of Physical Sci- 

 ences, of Lausanne, contain a valuable article 

 inserted, in 1784, by Monsieur Reignier. 



In 1829, Desportes published his catalogue 

 of the roses cultivated in France, to the num- 

 ber of 2562 species or varieties ; and about the 

 same time, Monsieur Prevost, of Rouen, put 

 forth his valuable work, entitled "Catalogue 

 descriptif, methodique, et raisonne des Especes, 

 varietes, et sous-varietes du Genre Rosier,' 7 

 which is the most useful and comprehensive 

 of those published in France. 



More recently, a treatise on the monography 

 of the rose has been published in France, in 

 the Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences, by 

 Monsieur Boitard, from which is derived the 

 greater portion of information contained in the 

 present work. 



The transactions and publications of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of London are too well known 

 to require citation ; we must, however, be per- 

 mitted to refer to an article on Scotch roses, by 

 Mr. Sabine, (Hort. Trans, iv. p. 231,) as well 

 as to Loudon's Gardener's Magazine for 1834, 

 35, and 36, containing several valuable notices, 

 by Rivers and others. 



