As to the illustrations, it should be borne in mind that they are not intended to represent exhibition roses, but merely ordinary blooms, typical of the various kinds of garden roses. The colour prints have been admirably carried out by Messrs. Swain and Son of Barnet, by their new process of colour-printing. My friend, Miss Emily Jubb, has supplied several of the original photographs of roses and of pruning, from specimens in my own garden; and to her I offer my warm thanks. Thanks are also due to Mr. Wm. Paul of Waltham Cross nurseries, and to Mr. Henry Nicholson of New Barnet, for their kindness in furnishing Messrs. Swain and Son with all the other specimen flowers for the plates. In fact, without Mr. Nicholson's ready help in a supplying a large proportion of the subjects from his own garden, it would have been difficult to carry out the scheme of illustration.
If this humble record of my own practical experience, its failures, and its successes, is the means of encouraging others in the cultivation of roses, I can only wish them the interest, delight, and healthful relaxation of tired body and mind, which this pursuit has afforded me for many a long year.
Rose G. Kingsley
Keys, Eversley,
Hants,
Nov. 6, 1908.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | MAKING AND PLANTING A ROSE GARDEN | [1] |
| II. | PRUNING AND PROPAGATING | [15] |
| III. | SUMMER-FLOWERING ROSES—OLD AND NEW | [37] |
| IV. | CLIMBING ROSES—SUMMER FLOWERING | [52] |
| V. | CLIMBING ROSES—AUTUMN FLOWERING | [68] |
| VI. | TEA ROSES | [80] |
| VII. | HYBRID TEA ROSES | [93] |
| VIII. | HYBRID PERPETUALS | [111] |
| IX. | BOURBON, CHINA, AND POLYANTHA ROSES | [123] |
| X. | ROSE PESTS | [136] |
| XI. | HOW TO GROW ROSES FOR EXHIBITION | [151] |
| INDEX | [161] | |