A dvertisement. 



WORKS ON HORTICULTURE 



BY WILLIAM PAUL, F.L.S., 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



OF THE IMPERIAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ST PF/TERSBURGH, 



AND OF THE NORTH OF FRANCE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, &C. 



" Mr Wm. Paul's contributions to the Horticultural Literature of the day hold a high position 

 amongst authoritative works. " BelTs Weekly Messenger. 



NOW READY. 



"THE ROSE GARDEN." 



New (Tenth) Edition, Royal 4to., 382 pp., with Twenty-one Highly-finished Coloured 

 Plates, and Twenty-one Full-Page Engravings; the text illustrated -with numerous 

 "Woodcuts Net price, 26s. Od. 



The same, Imperial 8vo., -without the Coloured Plates ,, 8s. 6d. 



THIS work has been thoroughly revised for the present edition, and the list of varieties brought 

 fully up to date ; in fact nothing has been left undone to retain for the book the position it has 

 so long held, as the most complete treatise in existence on Roses and their cultivation a standard 

 work of reference that should find a place in every horticultural library. 



EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS OF THE NINTH EDITION. 



"'THE ROSE GARDEN' is the ninth edition of Mr Paul's 

 valuable standard work. The handsome quarto has the recom- 

 mendation of being a really useful present to amateurs of the 

 Rose; the pages are brightened by drawings and coloured plates 

 of some of the most exquisite varieties." The Times. 



"A book so well known and widely appreciated by all who 

 love their gardens that any eulogy is unnecessary." Standard. 



" No one in England, it may safely be said, knows more about 

 Roses than Mr Paul, and this almost exhaustive account of their 

 history and culture, with its many coloured and other plates and 

 specimens of the poetry of the Rose, will be a welcome present 

 for the amateur grower." Morning Post. 



" Mr Paul writes for everybody, and everybody will find in 

 'THE ROSE GARDEN' the guidance required." 



"The descriptive summaries prefixed to each group are 

 admirably explicit and illustrative." Saturday Review. 



" It has all the value of a new and all the authority of a well- 

 established standard work." 



"The book is beautifully appointed, and the illustrations 

 deserve special mention." The Scotsman. 



" In the present issue the author has brought all recently- 

 acquired knowledge regarding the 'Queen of Flowers' into 

 focus : all that relates to the history of the Rose will be found 

 in this handsome quarto volume." Glasgow Herald, 



" We decidedly recommend it to be procured by every owner 

 of a suitable garden who intends to cultivate the noblest and 

 sweetest of our old favourite native flowers." Illustrated 

 London News. 



" Mr W. Paul's name has so long been connected with 'THE 

 ROSE GARDEN ' that no wonder his admirable work has reached 

 the ninth edition." The Graphic. 



" We could say much more, but our aim is simply to indicate 

 the character of the work and to give it our best recommen- 

 dation." The Queen. 



"The most interesting and complete work of the kind ever 

 published." Lady's Pictorial. 



' ' Mr Paul speak s with an authority not to be lightly gainsaid , 

 and not only unlearned and ignorant folk but experienced 

 amateurs may follow his lead without trepidation. Both the 

 beauty and the value of the book are much increased by the 

 diagrams, the wood-cut illustrations, and the fine coloured plates.' 

 Manchester Examiner. 



"This new edition by Mr William Paul will be most 

 welcome." 



" The work before us is well printed, well bound, and contains 

 a vast amount of reliable information." Manchester Guardian. 



"All who are acquainted with the writings of the distinguished 

 Waltham Cross Rose Grower, who has made ' Paul's Nurseries' 

 famous by raising the cultivation of the Rose to a fine art, will 

 appreciate the present volume." Liverpool Daily Post. 



"All who love the Rose, or are interested in its cultivation 

 should be in possession of this volume " North British Daily 

 Mail. 



" Writing with an intimate knowledge of probably every 

 book on Roses which has appeared for many years past, we 

 unhesitatingly give it as our opinion that Mr Paul's work is by 

 far the most exhaustive and valuable book on the subject in 

 existence." Sheffield Telegraph. 



' ' The reputation of the book has already been made. It is 

 only needful here to say that its information about the history 

 of Roses, their successful cultivation and the forming of a 

 rosarium, its classified arrangement of the most useful varieties 

 of the Rose, and the exquisite illustrations in colours, make the 

 volume invaluable to all who wish to grow or show Roses." 

 Yorkshire Post. 



"A magnificent book is this edition of 'THE ROSE GARDEN,' 

 with its many highly-finished coloured plates and its abundant 

 information and advice to Rose growers." Sheffield Indepen- 

 dent. 



" There is no better authority living than Mr Paul to under- 

 take the subject of Rose culture, and all that appertains to it." 

 Bradford Observer. 



" For forty years this book has been known to Rose growers, 

 and the best authorities on horticulture have acknowledged its 

 value." Birmingham Post. 



" Of the many volumes devoted to the Rose and its cultivation 

 none is more detailed in its information, more charmingly written, 

 more exquisitely illustrated, or more neatly printed than the 

 handsome volume which lies before us." Chester Chronicle, 



"It is a happy combination of the practicable and the pleasur- 

 ablea text book for the horticulturist and an interesting volume 

 for the easy chair on a summer afternoon." Liverpool Mercury. 



" This handsome quarto is the ninth edition of a book which 

 has enjoyed deserved celebrity foi forty years." York Herald. 



Mr Paul has long been recognised by the best judges as 



therefore is not only a striking ornament to me arawing-room 

 table of the rich but is fitted for use as a practical manual by 

 all who think of devoting themselves to the scientific raising of 

 Roses." Aberdeen Journal. 



