EMBRACING THE HISTORY OF THE ROSE, THE FORMATION OF THE ROSARIUM,
AND A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS PRACTICES ADOPTED IN THE
SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION OF THIS POPULAR FLOWER: ILLUSTRATED WITH
NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.

DIVISION II.

CONTAINING AN ARRANGEMENT, IN NATURAL GROUPS, OF THE MOST ESTEEMED
VARIETIES OF ROSES RECOGNISED AND CULTIVATED IN THE VARIOUS ROSE
GARDENS, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN; WITH FULL DESCRIPTIONS AND REMARKS
ON THEIR ORIGIN AND MODE OF CULTURE.

Ἡ Σαπφὼ τοῦ ῥόδου ἐρᾳ, καὶ στεφανοῖ αὐτὸ ἀεί τινι ἐγκωμίῳ· τὰς καλὰς τῶν
παρθένων ἐκείνῳ ὁμοιοῦσα.

Sappho was enamoured of the Rose, and bestows upon it always some distinguished praise:
she likens it to the most beautiful of maidens.-PHILOSTRATUS, Ep. 73.

BY WILLIAM PAUL,

NURSERYMAN, CHESHUNT, HERTS.

LONDON:

SHERWOOD, GILBERT, & PIPER, 23 PATERNOSTER ROW.
EDINBURGH: MACLACHLAN AND CO.

AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.

MDCCCXLVIII.

LONDON:

WILLIAM WATTS, CROWN COURT, TEMPLE BAR.

TO THE

ROSE AMATEURS

OF

GREAT BRITAIN

THIS WORK

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

THEIR HUMBLE SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.