CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. CAUSES OF FAILURE, ..... I 

 II. CAUSES OF SUCCESS, . . . . . 12 



III. OUR QUEEN OF BEAUTY, .... 34 



IV. POSITION, ...... 53 



V. SOILS, . . . . . . .65 



VI. MANURES, . . . . . .82 



VII. ARRANGEMENT, ...... IO3 



VIII. SELECTION, ...... 121 



IX. SELECTION (continued), . . . . .144 



X. GARDEN ROSES, . . . . . . 157 



XI. GARDEN ROSES (continued), . . . .174 



XII. CONCERNING ROSE-SHOWS, . . . . 185 



XIII. ROSES FOR EXHIBITION, . . . .207 



XIV. HOW TO SHOW THE ROSE, .... 225 

 XV. AT A ROSE-SHOW, ..... 248 



XVI. MEMORANDA FOR THE MONTHS, . . . 268 



APPENDIX : A select list of exhibition and 



GARDEN ROSES, ..... 283 



INDEX, ...... 297 



