FOREWORD 



seldom exceeds 95 degrees. This climate has rapid 

 changes, all damaging to plant life, and it will 

 readily be understood that, with the exception of 

 climates where there is a more intense cold or heat, 

 the list and rules, as hereafter given, will hold good. 

 Suggestions are made for growing roses farther 

 north and farther south. 



In England and parts of Europe many roses 

 flourish which when tried in America fail utterly. 



We have used the words " failure" and "weak 

 growers" to mean that our experiments in America 

 with these varieties have been unsuccessful. Under 

 more favorable conditions such varieties may do 

 well. 



This book does not pretend to be in any sense a 

 complete scientific treatise on the rose or the more 

 intricate details of its culture, such as hybridization, 

 budding, grafting, etc., which the average amateur 

 rose grower would not care to undertake and which 

 are well and amply covered in standard works. 



The author wishes to acknowledge, with great 

 appreciation, the help of Dr. Robert Huey in all 

 phases of his work. 



Thanks are due to Messrs. Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 

 Philadelphia, for their help in importing and secur- 

 ing new varieties, and also for giving data on roses 

 tested by them. 



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