CATALOGUE OF VARIETIES, 



DESCRIBING ALL SORTS NOW IN GENERAL 

 CULTIVATION. 



REGISTER of this nature cannot 

 attain absolute perfection, but I 

 have been at great pains to make 

 it complete and accurate. As re- 

 gards the age of the different varieties and 

 by whom sent out, I have obtained my in- 

 formation from the raisers themselves, their 

 catalogues, from various horticultural mag- 

 azines and books, mostly French, and from a 

 few amateurs, who have interested them- 

 selves in the subject. Among these are 

 Mons. Jean Sisley, whose monograph of the 

 roses raised at Lyons has been of valuable 

 service. I believe this will be found much 

 the most reliable list of the kind, but from 

 seeing so many inaccuracies in others of 

 similar character I know there must be some 

 errors in this. Any of my readers who may 

 discover mistakes or misstatements of facts 

 will greatly oblige by communicating with 

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