m only an amateur who does not exhibit, I felt that no work
on rose-growing would be complete without a chapter which should help
those who wish to do so. And here I was indeed fortunate in obtaining
the help of so distinguished an authority as my friend and neighbour,
Rev. F. Page-Roberts, Vice-President of the National Rose Society. My
grateful thanks are due to him for the delightful chapter, the last in
the book, on "How to grow Roses for Exhibition." And I feel that to have
his name on the title-page is an honour of which I cannot be too proud.

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 T