Roses And How To Grow Them

The present work is conscious of many deficiencies, the subject being not only large, but a very varied one. This family embraces upwards of eighty distinct species and thousands of varieties; besides this the subject presents additional difficulties from the great variations in temperature and rainfall. The book will save the amateur from the necessity of exercising his own judgement so as to adapt his garden operations not only to the climate but also the weather and the state of the soil. The book is useful to all classes of readers has been the object throughout the whole work, and every endeavour has been made to make it as simple as possible, presuming that it may fall into the hands of many about to commence the culture of the “Queen of Flowers”. Contents Chapter 1: Propagation and Cultivation of the Rose, Hybridising and raising new varieties from seed; Chapter 2: Propagation by Cuttings, Stem cuttings, Cuttings from single eyes, A new method of raising cuttings; Chapter 3: Budding; Chapter 4: Grafting, Inarching, Layering; Chapter 5: Soils, The soils best suited for roses, Draining, Trenching, How to improve light or heavy soils; Chapter 6: Manures, The kinds of manures to employ to obtain a specific end, Manures recommended to the leading english rosarians, Table showing the proportionate value of animal manures according to the material on which they are fed, Liquid manures; Chapter 7: Planting and Transplanting, When to plant, Where to plant, How to plant, Design for rosarium; Chapter 8: Pruning, When to prune and how to prune; Chapter 9: Growing Roses in Pots, Proper compost for pot roses, How to pot roses, Selection of varieties for pots, Resting period, Pruning; Chapter 10: Rose Enemies and their Consequences; Chapter 11: Forms of Growth, Terms generally employed, Dwarf roses, Pegged-down roses; Chapter 12: Standard Rose; Chapter 13: Climbing Roses; Chapter 14: Hybrid Perpetuals, Typical roses, Selection of varieties, The family divided into groups of each colour; Chapter 15: Hybrid Perpetual Roses (Contd...), Descriptive list of best varieties; Chapter 16: Tea Roses, Hints on cultivation, A new method of growing, Descriptive list of varieties; Chapter 17: Hybrid Tea Roses; Their origin, List of varieties; Chapter 18: The Noisette Roses, Their history, Peculia characteristics, List of varieties; Chapter 19: The Bourbon Rose, Bourbon and noisette perpetuals, China rose, Rose lawrencianae, Rose microphylla, Rosa lyelli, List of varieties; Chapter 20: Summer Roses, Provence roses, Moss roses, Perpetual moss roses, French roses, Hybrid china roses, Hybrid bourbon roses, Damask roses, Rosa alba, Scotch roses, Bousalt roses, Austrian roses, Rosa sulphurea, Sweet brier; Chapter 21: Climbing Summer Roses, Ayrshire roses, Evergreen roses, Rosa multiflora, Polyantha roses, Banksian roses, Rosa gigantea; Chapter 22: American Roses, Prairie roses, Noisette or champney roses, Bouborn roses, Bengal roses, Hybrid perpetual roses, Tea roses; Chapter 23: New Roses, Descriptive list of best varieties; Chapter 24: Roses for exhibition, Selection and arrangements of blooms, Size of show boxes, Exhibiting pot roses; Chapter 25: Catalogue Descriptions, The various terms generally employed in describing roses; Chapter 26: Selection of Varieties, The best varieties of each selection, Selection of varieties for exhibition; Chapter 27: Rose Synomyms; Chapter 29: Roses in Towns, Appendix I: The Roses Grower’s Calendar, Work to be done in each month, with concise hints regarding the various operations.