PARSONS ON THE ROSE. 



A TREATISE ON THE 



Propagalioii, Collure, anil History of the Rose. 



By SAMUEL B. PARSONS. 

 KTEW AND REVISED EDITIOIsT. 



II-LUSTRATED. 



The R®se is the only flower that can be said to have a history. It is pop- 

 nlar now, and was so centuries ago. In his work upon the Rose, Mr. Parsons 

 has gathered up the curious legends concerning the flower, and gives us an 

 Idea of the esteem in which it was held in former times. A simple garden 

 classification has been adopted, and the leading varieties under each class 

 enumerated and briefly described. The chapters on multiplication, cultiva- 

 tion, and training, are very full, and the work is allogetaer the most complete 

 of any before the public. 



The folt^^wing is from the author's Preface : 



*' In oflering a new edition of this work, tha preparation of which gave 

 us pleasure more than twenty years ago, we have not only carefully revised 

 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 history of the 

 Rose, and its connection with the manners and customs of the two great 

 nations of a former age. 



The amateur will, we think, find the labor of selection much diminished 

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

 cial gardener will in nowise be injured by the change. 



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

 hare not hesitated to avail ourselves of any satisfactory results in the experi 

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



CONTENTS: 



Chapter I. — Botanical Classification, 

 Chapter II. — Garden Classification. 

 Chapter III. — General Culture of the Rose. 

 Chapter IV. — Soil, Situation, and Planting. 

 Chapter V. — Pruning, Training, and Bedding. 

 Chapter VI, — Potting and Forcing. 

 Chapter VII. — Propagation. 



Chapter VIII. — Multiplication by Seed and Hybridizing. 



Chapter IX. — Diseases and Insects Attacking' the Rose. 



Chapter X. — Early History of the Rose, and Fables Respecting its Origin. 



Chapter XL— Luxurious Use of the Rose. 



Chapter XII. — The Rose in Ceremonies and Festivals, and in the Adom« 



ment of Burial-places. 

 Chapter XIII. — The Rose in the Middle Ages. 

 Chapter XIV. — Perfumes of the Rose, 

 Chapter XV. — Medical Properties of the Rose. 

 Chapter XVI.— General Remarks. 



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