CONTENTS.

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Samuel Browne Parsons
CHAPTER I.
Botanical Classification 7
CHAPTER II.
Garden Classification 27
CHAPTER III.
General Culture of the Rose 69
CHAPTER IV.
Soil, Situation, and Planting 86
CHAPTER V.
Pruning, Training, and Bedding 93
CHAPTER VI.
Potting and Forcing 102
CHAPTER VII.
Propagation 113
CHAPTER VIII.
Multiplication by Seed and Hybridizing 130
CHAPTER IX.
Diseases and Insects Attacking the Rose 140
CHAPTER X.
Early History of the Rose, and Fables Respecting its Origin 153
CHAPTER XI.
Luxurious Use of the Rose 161
CHAPTER XII.
The Rose in Ceremonies and Festivals, and in the Adornment of
Burial-places 167
CHAPTER XIII.
The Rose in the Middle Ages 175
CHAPTER XIV.
Perfumes of the Rose 185
CHAPTER XV.
Medical Properties of the Rose 198
CHAPTER XVI.
General Remarks 202

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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