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cordially thank Dr. Huey, of Philadelphia, U.S.A.; 

 Mr. Halstead, Eose-grower, of Bowral and Hurstville, 

 Sydney, N.S.W. ; H. P. Keatinge, Esq., of Cairo; 

 and F. Eiggall, Esq., of Charters Towers, Queensland, 

 for some useful notes on the subject ; but the 

 differences, though occasionally well marked, are not 

 very great or much varied. 



I have again to thank Messrs. B. E. Cant and 

 Sons, and D. Prior and Son, of Colchester, as well 

 as Mr. Prince, of the Longworth Eose Nurseries, 

 Berkshire, for much kind assistance in endeavouring 

 to secure fresh photographs of typical Eoses, as well 

 as C. W. Pilcher, Esq., of Boston, Lincolnshire, for 

 his excellent drawings ; and regret that the past 

 season was so bad for Hybrid Perpetuals of typical 

 form that that section is but poorly represented by 

 fresh examples. 



I heartily trust that the book may continue to be 

 of assistance and service to the growers and lovers of 

 the Eose. 



Sproughton Rectory, 

 February, 1902. 



