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CONTENTS. 



PART I. ROSES. 



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Roses in Pots .......... i 



Rose Catalogues 13 



Trip to Paris in Search of Autumnal Roses . . . .15 



Rosa Berberifolia Hardii 19 



The History and Cultivation of the Rose . . . . .21 



A Plea for Summer Roses 43 



Morning Rambles in the Rose Gardens of Hertfordshire . . 45 

 Remarks on the Cultivation of Tea Roses as Conservatory 



Climbers 74 



On New Roses 78 



A Day in the Elysian Fields ....... 91 



On Roses 100 



Two Rose Shows 136 



Garden Roses . . . 141 



Bedding Roses .......... 145 



Thoughts on Roses . . . . . . . . .149 



Fast Life among the Roses 152 



Roses and Rose Showing 154 



Roses in Pots, how to produce them in London, c. . . . 157 



Roses at the Royal Botanic Society 161 



Roses and Rose Shows 169 



The Rose Controversy 175 



Standard Roses 179 



On the Grouping of the Garden Varieties of Roses . . . 181 



On the Development of Hybrid Perpetual Roses . . . 193 



Seedling Roses , 196 



Town Roses 199 



