PREFACE, 



XHIS edition of the Select List of Roses and 

 Instructions for Pruning has been prepared by 

 the Publications Committee of the N.R.S., 



generally on the lines of the previous edition of 1917. 



The List of Roses is a selection and not a cata- 

 logue. The ■ number of varieties of Roses increases 

 rapidly every year, and the average rose lover cannot 

 grow more than a very small proportion of the 

 thousands of varieties available. 



The Publications Committee have included in this 

 volume those varieties which, as the result of experi- 

 ence in many parts of the country, they consider may, 

 with fair treatment and under average conditions, be 

 relied on for the purposes for which they are recom- 

 mended. The List is still a long one. Many Roses 

 have been removed from the previous List and new 

 ones have been added, to bring the List up to diate. 

 Each excision and addition has been carefulty con- 

 sidered by the Publications Committee and determined 

 b}' a majority of votes. 



The Committee do not suggest that Rose growers 

 of experience or special local knowledge should restrict 

 themselves to the Roses included in this volume. 

 There are many varieties not mentioned here, which, 

 under special local conditions, in soils particularly 

 adapted to their growth, and under other favourable 

 circumstances, will prove useful in the garden, and it 

 any Rose grower finds that some variety not included 



