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REVIEWS. 



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

 tioTis of all the finest varieties of Roses, ^'c, By R. 

 BuisT, Nurseryman and Florist. 1 Vol. 12mo. pp. 182. 

 Philadelphia. 1844. 



2. The Rose Amateur's Guide ; containing ample descrip- 

 tions of all the fine leading varieties of roses, regularly 

 classed i?i their respective families, their history and mode 



■ of culture. By T. Rivers, Jr. Third edition, corrected 

 and improved. 1 Vol. 12mo. pp. 209. London. 1843. 



The rose is now attracting great attention. Within a 

 few years great numbers of new varieties have been pro- 

 duced, and though always an admired flower, the splendor 

 of these new ones has greatly enhanced the value of a col- 

 lection. The great depredations of the rose-slug, a few 

 years since, induced many amateurs to give up their cultiva- 

 tion altogether, and that^ too, just at a time when the new 

 classes of hylDrid perpetuals and Bourbons were being 

 brought into notice ; prolonging, as they do, the rose sea- 

 son into the verge of winter, and giving a new feature to 

 the tribe. But with the easy and simple means of destroy- 

 ing that destructive insect, the growth of the rose has 

 again been renewed, and with their growth, a desire to 

 possess all the new and beautiful kinds which have taken 

 the place of the older varieties. 



To supply the necessary information for the cultivation 

 of the rose, has been the object of the works, at the head 

 of this article. Mr. Rivers is one of the oldest and most 

 celebrated rose cultivators in England, and his volume has 

 been, as it is well named, the "Amateur's Guide" to the 

 growth of this beautiful family. Three editions have been 

 issued, the last of which we have before us. The Manual 

 of Mr. Buist, already reviewed at p. 181, is intended lo 

 give the same information to the American cultivator, 

 that Mr. Rivers's Guide affords to the English rose fanci- 

 er; and is modelled after the latter work : our extracts al- 

 ready given, are a specimen of the style in which he takes 

 up the subject. 



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