192 THE ROSE. 



lislied in 1880. This is the largest book on the 

 rose that I know of. It is ilkistrated with 106 

 woodcuts and 12 colored plates. The author de- 

 scribes 5007 varieties of roses. The colored 

 illustrations are very beautiful, on the whole, 

 but not all true to nature. In the names of 

 varieties the author often mixes the English, 

 French, and German languages very grotesque- 

 ly. There are many typographical and other 

 errors, but it is a book worth having if one is 

 willing to pay the price, which is of necessity 

 high. 



American publications on the rose are : ' ' The 

 Book of Eoses," by Francis Parkman ; ^' Par- 

 sons on the Rose," by Samuel B. Parsons ; 

 '^ Prince's Manual of Roses," by W. R. Prince, 

 and ^' The Rose Manual," by Robert Buist. I 

 believe the last two named are out of print. 



Of magazines and papers, which frequently 

 contain articles on the rose that are of interest, 

 there are many. Those which give the most at- 

 tention to the subject are : The Gardener^ s 

 Monthly^ published by Charles H. Marot, 814 

 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Price $2.10 per 

 year. The American Garden (monthly), pub- 



