ADVERTISEMENT. 



Tee marked effect with which the " Cottage Bee Keeper " was 

 received, as the first of the series of " Saxton's Cottage and 

 Farm LiTirary," has led the Publisher to issue the present 

 treatise on the Eose and the Dahlia. 



No pains will be spared in bringing out the succeeding .volumes 

 agreeably to the plan of the original design; and if practicable, it is 

 hoped that they will be still more deserving of success than those 

 which have already appeared. 



The publisher acknowledges his indebtedness to Messrs. Lea and 

 Blanchard, of Philadelphia, for the permission granted for using Lan- 

 dreth's " Dictionary of Modern Gai'dening," in the compilation of this 

 work. He also takes this occasion to thank Mr. William H. Starr for 

 the use of several engravings herein employed. 



0. M. SAXTON, 

 Agricultural Book Publisher, 

 152 Fulton Street. 



