PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 



My warmest thanks are due for the hearty welcome 

 and flattering reception, beyond my highest expecta- 

 tions, which have been so generally given to The 

 Booh of the Bose. Not only from the British Isles 

 but from all countries apparently where Roses are 

 grown, I have received kind expressions of approval 

 and commendation, and have gained, I hope, not a 

 few friends. 



The present edition has been thoroughly revised 

 throughout ; even in matters of routine I have some- 

 what modified, here and there, the views formerly 

 expressed, for seven years' additional experience 

 should certainly bring a little further wisdom ; and in 

 Chapter XII., which seems to have been generally 

 popular, it has been necessary, as might well be 

 expected, practically to re-write the whole. I had 

 hoped, in that chapter, to give more examples than I 

 have done of the different " manners and customs" 

 which some of our best known Roses may have in 

 other lands, but have not been fortunate enough to 

 gain much such information. I must, however. 



