INTRODUCTION. 



the views and experience of a practical man, honest- 

 ly given, and in a style aiming at nothing but per- 

 spicuity, may be Oi^ some use to them. ^Vhile it has 

 been my object to produce a manual adapted to the 

 wants of every rose fancier, I have been especially 

 anxious to m.ake the task of selection an easier one to 

 my fair patronesses, and if I succeed in assisting any 

 of them in the choice or culture of a single rose, I 

 shall be satisfied ; — or should I be the means of indu- 

 cing some to enter the flowery paths of Floriculture, 

 where healihful employment and innocent pleasures 

 wait to greet them, my highest ambition will be at- 

 t lined. 



R. BUIST, 

 KosEDALE NuKSERY, Darby Road, 



two miles below Gray's Ferry, 



