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REVIEWS. 



Art. I. The Rose Manual; containing accurate descrip- 

 tions of all the present varieties of Roses, properly classed 

 in their respective families, their character and mode of 

 cidture, with directions for their propagation, and the de- 

 struction of insects, with engravings. By Robert Buist, 

 Nurseryman and Florist. I Vol. 12mo. pp. 182. Phil- 

 adelphia. 1844. 



Somewhat after the style of the Rose Amateurs Guide of 

 Mr. Rivers, which has been a favorite book with the rose 

 fanciers of England, we have one here, adapted to the rose 

 cultivators of our own country, by Mr. Buist. The increas- 

 ing taste for this beautiful flower, has demanded a small 

 volume suitable to the wants of amateur fanciers, who need 

 some guide to the more successful growth of many of the 

 numerous varieties which now fill up the catalogues of nur- 

 serymen : varying oftentimes as much in their habit as they 

 do in color; and necessarily requiring different treatment to 

 bloom them in equal perfection. To supply this informa- 

 tion is the purpose of this work, and the object has been 

 very well accomplished by the author. 



The rose has always been a universal favorite ; but at 

 the present time it is particularly an object of attention : 

 within a few years French cultivators have given great 

 attention to the tribe, and great numbers of brilliant varie- 

 ties have been raised, so far surpassing those of former 

 years, that it has almost changed the character of the fam- 

 ily. Who would recognize in some of the Bengal roses, 

 the old indica and sanguinea, the parents of this class ; and 

 where shall we look for anything like the prototype of the 

 hybrid chinas, so brilliant with their immensely large and 

 double flowers, and glossy foliage, and withal quite hardy: 

 or again, where have we seen in former years roses which 

 would vie with the bold flowers of the Bourbons ; or uniting 

 the delightful perfume of the old damask, with the elegance 

 of the Provence, find anything so beautiful as the hybrid 

 perpetuals, blooming often from June to November : and 

 last, though not least, where is the hardy climbing rose, 

 that great desideratum, which would begin to compare with 

 the incomparable Queen of the Prairies. A few years have 



