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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[August, 
PARSONS ON THE ROSE. 
A TREATISE ON THE PROPAGATION, CULTURE, AND HISTORY OP THE ROSE. 
By SAMUEL B. PARSONS. 
NEW AND REVISED EDITION. 
ILLUSTRATED, 
The Rose is the only flower that can be said 
to have a history. It is popular now and was 
so centuries ago. In his work upon the Rose, 
Mr. Parsons has gathered up the curious leg¬ 
ends 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 de¬ 
scribed. The chapters on multiplication, cul¬ 
tivation, and training, are very full, and the 
work is altogether the most complete cf any 
before the public. 
The following is from the author's Preface :— 
“In offering a new edition of this work, the 
preparation of which gave us pleasure more 
than twenty years ago, we have not only care¬ 
fully 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 his¬ 
tory of the Rose, and its connection with the 
manners and customs of the two great nations 
of a former ago. 
“ The amateur will, wc think, find the labor 
of selection much diminished by the increased 
simplicity of the mode we have adopted, while 
the commercial gardener will in nowise be 
injured by the change. 
“In directions for culture, wc give the re¬ 
sults of our own experience, and have not hes¬ 
itated to avail ourselves of any satisfactory 
results in the experience of others, which 
might enhance the utility of the work.” 
CONTENTS: 
■■ 1 1 U~- t 
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 NT. 
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 tlie Rose, and Fables Re¬ 
specting its Origin. 
Chapter XI. 
Luxurious Use of the Rose. 
CHAPTEr. XII. 
The Rose in Ceremonies and Festivals, 
and in the Adornment of Burial-places. 
Chapter Xin. 
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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Chapter I.—The Suggestion. 
Chapter II.— Making a Change. 
Chapter IH.—Going West, 
Chapter IV.—Getting Settled. 
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X.—Preparation of Soils. 
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Xin.—More about, Pruning and Training. 
p3V.—Autobiography of a Viue. 
XV.—Brief Expositions. 
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XIX. — The Response; 
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