Excerpt from Cultural Directions for the Rose: With Full Descriptions of All the Newest and Best Roses in Cultivation, Selections Adapted to Various Circumstances and Situations, and a Calendar of Operations IT is now thirty years Since I published the first edition of Cultural Directions for the Rose, and the last and Sixth edition has been for some time out of print. I have long been called upon by a very large circle of Rosarians and friends to publish a new edition of my Rose book. I do SO in the hope that it may prove to be of some service to the amateur in the cultivation of the Rose. In bringing out this, the seventh edition, it has been my object to make it as practicable and useful as possible to the amateur, giving what further experience I have gained in the cultivation of this beautiful and most popular of all English flowers. I have also taken considerable pains in the selec tion of varieties recommended for cultivation, and have been careful to select only the most reliable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.