PREFACE 



All that is really necessary for the amateur 

 rose grower to know in order that he may 

 intelligently make a rose garden, select his 

 varieties and grow the harvest of bloom, is 

 told in this volume. Many books on the 

 rose are more bulky, but the additional matter 

 is not of an essential character. In this 

 volume everything not directly to the point 

 of practical rose growing for the American 

 amateur is omitted. 



The writings of several expert amateur 

 rosarians which have appeared in The Garden 

 Magazine and Country Life in America, have 

 been drawn upon freely in the preparation of 

 the text; notably articles by Dr. Robert Huey 

 and Mr. Aaron Ward for the outdoor culti- 

 vation. Mr. Leonard Barron provides the 

 chapters on " Roses for Special Purposes" and 

 "Roses Under Glass " — excepting the section 

 dealing with American Beauties, which is by 

 Mr. Henry Hentz, Jr. 



