장미와장미재배.Roses and Rose Growing, by Rose Georgina Kingsley

PREFACE
SOME time ago it was suggested, by certain rose- lovers and enthusiasts, that
the practical experience of an amateur, brought up from childhood to love and
cultivate roses, might be of use to other owners of small gardens, who, like
herself, tend their roses themselves. And in the hope that this might be the
case, I undertook to write this little book. My text- book in this labour of love
has been an old copy, which belonged to my father when he settled at Eversley
in 1844, of The Rose Amateur's Guide, by that veteran rose- grower, the late
Thomas Rivers. I am also greatly indebted to the Rev. J. H. Pemberton's
learned and admirable work, Roses, their History, Development, and Cultivation,
published early this year; and to the various publications of the National Rose
Society.
As one branch, however, of the cultivation of roses is a sealed book to me,
for I am 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[ vii] 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