THE ROSE BOOK.

THE ROSE BOOK

A PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON

THE CULTURE OF THE ROSE.

COMPRISING

THE FORMATION OF THE ROSARIUM, THE CHARACTERS OF SPECIES
AND VARIETIES, MODES OF PROPAGATING, PLANTING, PRUNING,

TRAINING AND PREPARING FOR EXHIBITION, AND THE
MANAGEMENT OF ROSES IN ALL SEASONS.

BY

SHIRLEY HIBBERD, F.R.H.S.,

AUTHOR OF "RUSTIC ADORNMENTS," "PROFITABLE GARDENING," "BOOK OF
THE AQUARIUM," ETC., ETC.

LONDON:

GROOM BRIDGE AND SONS.

MDCCCLXIV.