j± hsfe^t book: oisr roses. 



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THE ROSE. 



By H. B. ELLWANGER. 



A Treatise on the Cultivation, Family Characteristics, etc., of the Various Groups of Roses. 

 With Accurate Descriptions of the Varieties now Generally Grown. 



ONE HANDSOME VOLUME, 16 MO., CLOTH, $1.25, POST-PAID. 



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NOTICES. 



" Mr. Ellw anger's book is sternly practical. His directions are sharp and positive. Occa- 

 siona ly he gives a sentence in italics which every rose-grower should learn by heart. The 

 chapter on " Typical Roses " is especially valuable. This is not a botanical classification but a 

 grouping together of certain families of larger classes like the Hybrid Rem om ants, with an 

 account of their striking characteristics. Great pains have been taken to trace as far as possible 

 the genealogy of famous varieties, and the description of the Roses in cultivation, with which 

 the book; closes is the best yet given in this country. No amateur can afford to be without this 

 list, and another one which precedes it. where all the best varieties are classified according to 

 their value for bedding, forcing, exhibiting, autumn-blooming and other special purposes, as 

 well as for certain qualities such as hardiness and fragrance."— New York Tribune. 



" At the present moment, when the cultivation of the Rose is exciting so deep an interest in 

 this country, we hail with pleasure tlie appearance of this book, from the pen or one whose life 

 has been devoted to its culture, and whose opportunities of learning its habits, capabilities, and 

 requirements have been such as to make the seemingly difficult task of producing a ' new 

 book ' apparently an easy one. It is an extremely difficult task for those who are well versed 

 in any branch of flori-culture to place themselves in a position to fully realize the wants of 

 those who are either partially or wholly unacquainted with the subject. This difficulty Mr. 

 Ellwanger seems to fully realize and has surmounted it. He has given to the lover of the Rose 

 a book complete in interest anu instruction. The amateur will find in this book more of inter- 

 est in all that pertains to the Rose, the origin of new varieties, by whom and how produced, 

 their parentage, etc., than in any previous publication on the same subject."— Ladies' Floral 

 Cabinet. 



" Contains the greatest amount of information, in the most concise and available form. 

 Amateur growers of the Rose will find this work invaluable, and even professional rosarians 

 will learn something new in their profession."— Agricultural Review. 



" Devotees of the Rose, and especially amateur cultivators, will find the work an invaluable 

 guide and assistant, for it embodies the raie practical experience and observation of one who 

 is himself an enthusiastic admirer and successful cultivator— an expert who has, under the most 

 favorable auspices, acquired the valuable technical and other information so concisely im- 

 parted." — Southern Industries (D. D T. Moore.) 



" There is present ed in a concise and cheap form much information that is not generally 

 accessible to persons interested in flowers."— The Critic. 



" A manual of the flower that plays the greatest part in the enormous consumption of cut 

 flowers for festal occasions. A curious book to the general reader, an invaluable manual to the 

 nurseryman " — New York Times. 



" I cannot refrain from saying that I know of no work on horticulture that is worthy of 

 being compared with it. for excellence of arrangement. "-N H. Ridgeley. 



'I find very many interesting facts in your book that I do not And in any other."— H. D. 

 Hirst. 



" I congratulate our brothers on your side of the sea in having such a concise, lucid and 

 comprehensive directory." — S. Reynolds Hole. 



" Your book on Roses is the best and most practical I know. I would not be without it for 

 ten times its price."— Prof. Karl Klauser. . 



'' The only fault I can find, is, that there is not more of it. The catalogue of varieties, with 

 its concise description of each, is especially interesting and valuable. I wish I could see it 

 greatly expanded."— Jan. D. Raynolds. 



" I cannot resist the desire to thank you for. and in the name of, the great army of small 

 amateurs, for the beneficent help and valuable information you have given them in your pretty 

 Rose book. It is refreshing to have the truth told about Roses. Thank you a thousand times." 

 — Mrs. R B. Edson. 



" Its classification for various purposes will be very useful. Its historical and genealogical 

 record is interesting, confirming a^ it does the fact, that good children come from good parents. 

 Your Rose book will receive a hearty welcome and have an extensive circulation."— Marshall P. 

 Wilder. 



" I desire to give you my thanks for the lucid and to me, quite accurate descriptions of the 

 color, form, habit of growth, tendency to disease, and constancy of blooming, of the different 

 varieties. There is apparent, throughout the work, an honesty of purpose, and the indepen- 

 dence with which you express your own particular views about the worth or worthlessness of 

 any sort, is commendable. It shows the book is not a mere compilation from foreign works, 

 but a book in which you express your individual views, formed from, a long experience in the 

 cultivation of the Rose in this country. The conclusions you arrive at, in regard to the value 

 of the various varieties, have been very closely confirmed by my own experience, growing as I 

 do a large number of varieties, and examining them nearly every day."— «/o 7m B. Moore. 



