CONTENTS. 



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^ CHAPTER I. 

 Botanical Classification 7 



CHAPTER 11. 



Garden Classification 27 



CHAPTER III. 



General Culture of the Rose 69 



CHAPTER IV. 



Soil, Situation, and Planting 86 



CHAPTER V. 



Pruning, Training, and Bedding 93 



CHAPTER VI. 



Potting and Forcing 102 



CHAPTER VII. 



Propagation 113 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 Multiplication by Seed and Hybridizing 130 



CHAPTER IX. 



Diseases and Insects Attacking the Rose 140 



CHAPTER X. 



Early History of the Rose, and Fables Respecting its Origin 153 



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