PARSONS ON THE ROSE. 



A TSEATIBB 017 TEU2 



Propagation, Culture, and History of the Rose. 



By SAMUEL B. PARSONS. 

 l<rEW AND REVISED EDITION. 



II.I.trSTRATED. 



Thb Bose ia tbe only flower that can be said to hare a histoty. It la pop- 

 ular now, and was so centoriea ago. In hla werk upon the Boae, Hr, Paraona 

 baa gathered ap the cnrions legends concerning the flower, and gives na an 

 Idea of the eateem in which it was hold in former timea. A simple garden 

 daasiflcation haa been adopted, and the leading yarietiea under each claas 

 enumerated and briefly deacribed. The chaptera on mnltipUcation,'cnltira- 

 tion, and training, are very ftall, and the work ia altogetner the most complete 

 of any before the public. 



The following ia from tbe author's Preface : 



" In offering a new edition of this work, the preparation of which gave 

 na pleasure more than twenty years ago, we have not only carefliUy reviaed 

 the garden classification, but have stricken out much of the poetry, which, to 

 the Cultivator, may have seemed irrelevant, if not worthless. For the interest 

 of the classical scholar, we have retained much of the early biatory of the 

 Boae, and. its connection with the manners and customs of the two great 

 nations of a former age. 



" The amateur wul, we think, find the labor of selection much diminisbed 

 by the increased simplicity of the mode we have adopted, while the commer- 

 cul gardener will in nowise be injured by the change. 



" In directions for culture, we give the results of our own experience, and 

 have not hesitated to avail ourselves of any satisfactory resulta & the e:q>eri 

 ence of others, which might enhance the utility of the work." 



CONTENTS: 



Chatteb I.— Botanical ClasaificaUon. 



Chafteb n. — Garden Classification. 



Chapteb m. — General Culture of the Bose. 



Chapteb IV.— SoiL Situation, and Planting. 



Chatteb v.— Prunmg, Training, and Bedding. 



Chapter VI. — Potting and Forcing. 



Chafteb VII. — Propagation. 



Chafteb VIII.— Multiplication by Seed and Hybridizing, 



Chapteb IX.— Diseases and Insects Attacking the Bose. 



Chapteb X.— Early History of the Rose, andFableaBeapecting its Orig^ 



Chapteb XI. — ^Lnsnrioua Use of the Boae. 



Chapteb XIL— The Bose in Ceremoniea and Festivals, and in the Adon> 



ment of Burial-placca. 



Chafteb Xm.— The Boae in tbe Middle Ages. 

 Chafteb XIV.— Perfumes of the Bose. 

 Chapteb XV.— Medical Properties of the Bose. 

 Chapteb XVI.— General Bemarks. 



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