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THE 



AMATEUR 



9 



BOOK 



By the late SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 



Revised by GEORGE GORDON, Editor of the Gardeners' Magazine, Vice-President of the National Rose Society. 



Comprising the Cultivation of the Rose in the Open Ground and under Glass : the Formation of the Rosarium ; the Characters 



of Wii 



and Garden Roses ; the Preparation of the Flowers for Exhibition ; the Raising of New Varieties ; 



WORK 



THE 



ROSE GARDEN 



IN 



EVERY SEASON 



OF 



THE YEAR 



INTRODUCTION. 



THE FAMILIES OF WILD ROSFS. 

 TMK FAMILIES OK GARDEN ROSKs 

 FORMING TMK ROSARIUM 

 DWARF ROSKS. 



THE PROPAGATION OK RfKVV i>v 

 AND GRAFTS. * hS ln 



STOCKS FOR ROSES 

 GARDEN ROSES 

 EXHIBITION ROSFS 



CONTENTS 



THE CHARACTERS OF ROSES. 

 CLIMBING ROSES. 

 PILLAR ROSES. 

 ROSES UNDER GLASS. 

 SEEDLING ROSES. , 

 BUDS I ROSES IN TOWN GARDENS. 



THE FAIRY ROSE. 

 YELLOW ROSES. 



HEDGEROW AND WILDERNESS ROSES 



ROSES FOR DECORA lON^ 



THE ENEMIES 01 ' THE R<> S ^ D ^ 



SENDING ROSES I BY 



ON BUYING NEK MR09B& 



CURIOSITIES OJ ROSE G « U W0RK 



REMINDERS OF MONTHLY 



THE ROSE SHOW 



SELECTIONS OF ROSES. ^ 



ownPTICAL CATALOGUE u 



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