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GROOMBRIDGE'S SHILLING PRACTICAL MANUALS.Each Book sent post-free on receipt of the price.1. HOME-MADE WINES.How to Make and Keep them, with remarks on preparing the fruit, fining, bottling, and storing. ByG. VINE.Contains Apple, Apricot, Beer, Bilberry, Blackberry, Cherry, Clary, Cowslip, Currant, Damson, Elderberry, Gooseberry, Ginger, Grape, Greengage, Lemon, Malt, Mixed Fruit, Mulberry, Orange, Parsnip, Raspberry, Rhubarb, Raisin, Sloe, Strawberry, Turnip, Vine Leaf, and Mead.2. CARVING MADE EASY; or, Practical Instructions for Diners Out. Illustrated with Engravings of Fish, Flesh, and Fowl, and appropriate instructions, whereby a complete and skilful knowledge of the useful art of Carving may be attained, and the usages of the Dinner Table duly observed. ByA. Merrythought.3. COTTAGE COOKERY.Containing Simple Instructions upon Money, Time, Management of Provisions, Firing, Utensils, Choice of Provisions, Modes of Cooking, Stews, Soups, Broths, Puddings, Pies, Fat, Pastry, Vegetables, Modes of Dressing Meat, Bread, Cakes, Buns, Salting or Curing Meat, Frugality and Cheap Cookery, Charitable Cookery, Cookery for the Sick and Young Children. ByEsther Copley.4. COTTAGE FARMING; or, How to Cultivate from Two to Twenty Acres, including the Management of Cows, Pigs, and Poultry. ByMartin Doyle. Contains, On Enclosing a Farm, Land Drainage, Manures, Management of a Two-acre Farm, Cow Keeping, The Dairy, Pig Keeping, Bees and Poultry, Management of a Ten-acre Farm, Flax and Rape, Management of a Farm of Twenty Acres, Farm Buildings, etc.5. SINGING MADE EASIER FOR AMATEURS, explaining the pure Italian Method of Producing and Cultivating the Voice; the Management of the Breath; the best way of Improving the Ear; with much other valuable information equally valuable to Professional Singers and Amateurs.6. MARKET GARDENING, giving in detail the various methods adopted by Gardeners in growing the Strawberry, Rhubarb, Filberts, Early Potatoes, Asparagus, Sea Kale, Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Celery, Beans, Peas, Brussels Sprouts, Spinach, Radishes, Lettuce, Onions, Carrots, Turnips, Water Cress, etc. ByJames Cuthill, F.R.H.S.7. CLERK'S DICTIONARY OF COMMERCIALTERMS; containing Explanations of upwards of Three Hundred Terms used in Business and Merchants' Offices. By the Author of "Common Blunders in Speaking and Writing Corrected.""An indispensable book for all young men entering a counting-house for the first time."8. THE CAT, Its History and Diseases, with Method of Administering Medicine. By the HonourableLady Cust.9. ELOCUTION MADE EASYfor Clergymen, Public Speakers, and Readers, Lecturers, Actors, Theatrical Amateurs, and all who wish to speak well and effectively in Public or Private. ByCharles Hartley. Contents: Cultivation of the Speaking Voice, Management of the Voice, Pausing, Taking Breath, Pitch, Articulation, Pronunciation, The Aspirate, The Letter R, Emphasis, Tone, Movement, Feeling and Passion, Verse, Scriptural Reading, Stammering and Stuttering, Action, Acting, Reciting, etc.10. ORATORY MADE EASY.A Guide to the Composition of Speeches. ByCharles Hartley. Contents: Introduction, Power of Art, Various Kinds of Oratory, Prepared Speech, Constructing a Speech, Short Speeches, Command of Language, Reading and Thinking, Style, Hasty Composition, Forming a Style, Copiousness and Conciseness, Diction or Language, Purity and Propriety, Misapplied Words, Monosyllables, Specific Terms, Variety of Language, Too Great Care about Words, Epithets, Precision, Synonymes, Perspicuity, Long and Short Sentences, Tropes and Figures, Metaphor, Simile, etc.11. THE GRAMMATICAL REMEMBRANCER; or, Aids for correct Speaking, Writing, and Spelling, for Adults. ByCharles Hartley. Contents: Introduction, Neglect of English Grammar, Divisions of Grammar, Parts of Speech, The Article, The Silent H, Nouns, Formation of the Plural, Genders of Nouns, Cases of Nouns, Comparison of Adjectives, Personal Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Shall and Will, The Adverb, Misapplication of Words, Division of Words, Capital Letters, Rules for Spelling, Doublelandp, A Short Syntax, Punctuation, etc.12. THE CANARY.Its History, Varieties, Management, and Breeding, with Coloured Frontispiece. ByRichard Avis. Contains, History of the Canary, Varieties of the Canary, Food and General Management, Cages, Breeding, Education of the Young, Mules, Diseases, etc.13. BIRD PRESERVINGand Bird Mounting, and the Preservation of Birds' Eggs, with a Chapter on Bird Catching. ByRichard Avis.14. WINE GUIDE; or, Practical Hints on the Purchase and Management of Foreign Wines, their History, and a complete catalogue of all those in present use, together with remarks upon the treatment of Spirits, Bottled Beer, and Cider. To which is appended Instructions for the Cellar, and other information valuable to the Consumer as well as the Dealer. ByFrederick C. Mills.GROOMBRIDGE & SONS,5, Paternoster Row, London.
GROOMBRIDGE'S SHILLING PRACTICAL MANUALS.
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1. HOME-MADE WINES.How to Make and Keep them, with remarks on preparing the fruit, fining, bottling, and storing. ByG. VINE.Contains Apple, Apricot, Beer, Bilberry, Blackberry, Cherry, Clary, Cowslip, Currant, Damson, Elderberry, Gooseberry, Ginger, Grape, Greengage, Lemon, Malt, Mixed Fruit, Mulberry, Orange, Parsnip, Raspberry, Rhubarb, Raisin, Sloe, Strawberry, Turnip, Vine Leaf, and Mead.2. CARVING MADE EASY; or, Practical Instructions for Diners Out. Illustrated with Engravings of Fish, Flesh, and Fowl, and appropriate instructions, whereby a complete and skilful knowledge of the useful art of Carving may be attained, and the usages of the Dinner Table duly observed. ByA. Merrythought.3. COTTAGE COOKERY.Containing Simple Instructions upon Money, Time, Management of Provisions, Firing, Utensils, Choice of Provisions, Modes of Cooking, Stews, Soups, Broths, Puddings, Pies, Fat, Pastry, Vegetables, Modes of Dressing Meat, Bread, Cakes, Buns, Salting or Curing Meat, Frugality and Cheap Cookery, Charitable Cookery, Cookery for the Sick and Young Children. ByEsther Copley.4. COTTAGE FARMING; or, How to Cultivate from Two to Twenty Acres, including the Management of Cows, Pigs, and Poultry. ByMartin Doyle. Contains, On Enclosing a Farm, Land Drainage, Manures, Management of a Two-acre Farm, Cow Keeping, The Dairy, Pig Keeping, Bees and Poultry, Management of a Ten-acre Farm, Flax and Rape, Management of a Farm of Twenty Acres, Farm Buildings, etc.5. SINGING MADE EASIER FOR AMATEURS, explaining the pure Italian Method of Producing and Cultivating the Voice; the Management of the Breath; the best way of Improving the Ear; with much other valuable information equally valuable to Professional Singers and Amateurs.6. MARKET GARDENING, giving in detail the various methods adopted by Gardeners in growing the Strawberry, Rhubarb, Filberts, Early Potatoes, Asparagus, Sea Kale, Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Celery, Beans, Peas, Brussels Sprouts, Spinach, Radishes, Lettuce, Onions, Carrots, Turnips, Water Cress, etc. ByJames Cuthill, F.R.H.S.7. CLERK'S DICTIONARY OF COMMERCIALTERMS; containing Explanations of upwards of Three Hundred Terms used in Business and Merchants' Offices. By the Author of "Common Blunders in Speaking and Writing Corrected.""An indispensable book for all young men entering a counting-house for the first time."8. THE CAT, Its History and Diseases, with Method of Administering Medicine. By the HonourableLady Cust.9. ELOCUTION MADE EASYfor Clergymen, Public Speakers, and Readers, Lecturers, Actors, Theatrical Amateurs, and all who wish to speak well and effectively in Public or Private. ByCharles Hartley. Contents: Cultivation of the Speaking Voice, Management of the Voice, Pausing, Taking Breath, Pitch, Articulation, Pronunciation, The Aspirate, The Letter R, Emphasis, Tone, Movement, Feeling and Passion, Verse, Scriptural Reading, Stammering and Stuttering, Action, Acting, Reciting, etc.10. ORATORY MADE EASY.A Guide to the Composition of Speeches. ByCharles Hartley. Contents: Introduction, Power of Art, Various Kinds of Oratory, Prepared Speech, Constructing a Speech, Short Speeches, Command of Language, Reading and Thinking, Style, Hasty Composition, Forming a Style, Copiousness and Conciseness, Diction or Language, Purity and Propriety, Misapplied Words, Monosyllables, Specific Terms, Variety of Language, Too Great Care about Words, Epithets, Precision, Synonymes, Perspicuity, Long and Short Sentences, Tropes and Figures, Metaphor, Simile, etc.11. THE GRAMMATICAL REMEMBRANCER; or, Aids for correct Speaking, Writing, and Spelling, for Adults. ByCharles Hartley. Contents: Introduction, Neglect of English Grammar, Divisions of Grammar, Parts of Speech, The Article, The Silent H, Nouns, Formation of the Plural, Genders of Nouns, Cases of Nouns, Comparison of Adjectives, Personal Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Shall and Will, The Adverb, Misapplication of Words, Division of Words, Capital Letters, Rules for Spelling, Doublelandp, A Short Syntax, Punctuation, etc.12. THE CANARY.Its History, Varieties, Management, and Breeding, with Coloured Frontispiece. ByRichard Avis. Contains, History of the Canary, Varieties of the Canary, Food and General Management, Cages, Breeding, Education of the Young, Mules, Diseases, etc.13. BIRD PRESERVINGand Bird Mounting, and the Preservation of Birds' Eggs, with a Chapter on Bird Catching. ByRichard Avis.14. WINE GUIDE; or, Practical Hints on the Purchase and Management of Foreign Wines, their History, and a complete catalogue of all those in present use, together with remarks upon the treatment of Spirits, Bottled Beer, and Cider. To which is appended Instructions for the Cellar, and other information valuable to the Consumer as well as the Dealer. ByFrederick C. Mills.
1. HOME-MADE WINES.How to Make and Keep them, with remarks on preparing the fruit, fining, bottling, and storing. ByG. VINE.Contains Apple, Apricot, Beer, Bilberry, Blackberry, Cherry, Clary, Cowslip, Currant, Damson, Elderberry, Gooseberry, Ginger, Grape, Greengage, Lemon, Malt, Mixed Fruit, Mulberry, Orange, Parsnip, Raspberry, Rhubarb, Raisin, Sloe, Strawberry, Turnip, Vine Leaf, and Mead.
2. CARVING MADE EASY; or, Practical Instructions for Diners Out. Illustrated with Engravings of Fish, Flesh, and Fowl, and appropriate instructions, whereby a complete and skilful knowledge of the useful art of Carving may be attained, and the usages of the Dinner Table duly observed. ByA. Merrythought.
3. COTTAGE COOKERY.Containing Simple Instructions upon Money, Time, Management of Provisions, Firing, Utensils, Choice of Provisions, Modes of Cooking, Stews, Soups, Broths, Puddings, Pies, Fat, Pastry, Vegetables, Modes of Dressing Meat, Bread, Cakes, Buns, Salting or Curing Meat, Frugality and Cheap Cookery, Charitable Cookery, Cookery for the Sick and Young Children. ByEsther Copley.
4. COTTAGE FARMING; or, How to Cultivate from Two to Twenty Acres, including the Management of Cows, Pigs, and Poultry. ByMartin Doyle. Contains, On Enclosing a Farm, Land Drainage, Manures, Management of a Two-acre Farm, Cow Keeping, The Dairy, Pig Keeping, Bees and Poultry, Management of a Ten-acre Farm, Flax and Rape, Management of a Farm of Twenty Acres, Farm Buildings, etc.
5. SINGING MADE EASIER FOR AMATEURS, explaining the pure Italian Method of Producing and Cultivating the Voice; the Management of the Breath; the best way of Improving the Ear; with much other valuable information equally valuable to Professional Singers and Amateurs.
6. MARKET GARDENING, giving in detail the various methods adopted by Gardeners in growing the Strawberry, Rhubarb, Filberts, Early Potatoes, Asparagus, Sea Kale, Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Celery, Beans, Peas, Brussels Sprouts, Spinach, Radishes, Lettuce, Onions, Carrots, Turnips, Water Cress, etc. ByJames Cuthill, F.R.H.S.
7. CLERK'S DICTIONARY OF COMMERCIALTERMS; containing Explanations of upwards of Three Hundred Terms used in Business and Merchants' Offices. By the Author of "Common Blunders in Speaking and Writing Corrected."
"An indispensable book for all young men entering a counting-house for the first time."
8. THE CAT, Its History and Diseases, with Method of Administering Medicine. By the HonourableLady Cust.
9. ELOCUTION MADE EASYfor Clergymen, Public Speakers, and Readers, Lecturers, Actors, Theatrical Amateurs, and all who wish to speak well and effectively in Public or Private. ByCharles Hartley. Contents: Cultivation of the Speaking Voice, Management of the Voice, Pausing, Taking Breath, Pitch, Articulation, Pronunciation, The Aspirate, The Letter R, Emphasis, Tone, Movement, Feeling and Passion, Verse, Scriptural Reading, Stammering and Stuttering, Action, Acting, Reciting, etc.
10. ORATORY MADE EASY.A Guide to the Composition of Speeches. ByCharles Hartley. Contents: Introduction, Power of Art, Various Kinds of Oratory, Prepared Speech, Constructing a Speech, Short Speeches, Command of Language, Reading and Thinking, Style, Hasty Composition, Forming a Style, Copiousness and Conciseness, Diction or Language, Purity and Propriety, Misapplied Words, Monosyllables, Specific Terms, Variety of Language, Too Great Care about Words, Epithets, Precision, Synonymes, Perspicuity, Long and Short Sentences, Tropes and Figures, Metaphor, Simile, etc.
11. THE GRAMMATICAL REMEMBRANCER; or, Aids for correct Speaking, Writing, and Spelling, for Adults. ByCharles Hartley. Contents: Introduction, Neglect of English Grammar, Divisions of Grammar, Parts of Speech, The Article, The Silent H, Nouns, Formation of the Plural, Genders of Nouns, Cases of Nouns, Comparison of Adjectives, Personal Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Shall and Will, The Adverb, Misapplication of Words, Division of Words, Capital Letters, Rules for Spelling, Doublelandp, A Short Syntax, Punctuation, etc.
12. THE CANARY.Its History, Varieties, Management, and Breeding, with Coloured Frontispiece. ByRichard Avis. Contains, History of the Canary, Varieties of the Canary, Food and General Management, Cages, Breeding, Education of the Young, Mules, Diseases, etc.
13. BIRD PRESERVINGand Bird Mounting, and the Preservation of Birds' Eggs, with a Chapter on Bird Catching. ByRichard Avis.
14. WINE GUIDE; or, Practical Hints on the Purchase and Management of Foreign Wines, their History, and a complete catalogue of all those in present use, together with remarks upon the treatment of Spirits, Bottled Beer, and Cider. To which is appended Instructions for the Cellar, and other information valuable to the Consumer as well as the Dealer. ByFrederick C. Mills.
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RECREATIVE SCIENCE
A RECORD AND REMEMBRANCER OF INTELLECTUAL OBSERVATION
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE.
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THE PROMINENT FEATURES OF RECREATIVE SCIENCE.
Applications of Science, including Photography and the Stereoscope, Electro-Metallurgy, etc., with all their minute and recreative manipulations.Essays on the Result of Scientific Research, as witnessed by the civilization of the Nineteenth Century, which derives so much of its strength and moral excellence from theSteam-engine, theElectric Telegraph, and other applications of scientific principles.Biographies of Eminent Scientific Men and Analysis of Old and New Scientific Books.Illustrations of Natural Phenomenaand Diagrams of Optical, Mechanical, and other principles as required by the subject matter of the papers published in the work.Natural Historyoccupies a prominent position among the various subjects dealt with, includingHome Recreations, of which the love of Nature may be said to be the basis. The Management of Collections of Living Animals, the Preparation of Specimens by Taxidermy, and the arrangement of Cabinets of Insects, Birds, Shells, Plants, etc., etc.Experimental Philosophy and Recreations in Chemistryare introduced with a view to explain principles and give a zest to study.Recreative Scienceis in all respects popular in tone and attractive in its subjects. It is compiled by writers of the highest eminence in the several departments of Scientific Knowledge. In a word, it is a Record of Discovery, Observation, and Intellectual Progress. An Instructor in First Principles, and an Exhibitor of the Accomplishments of Research.
Applications of Science, including Photography and the Stereoscope, Electro-Metallurgy, etc., with all their minute and recreative manipulations.
Essays on the Result of Scientific Research, as witnessed by the civilization of the Nineteenth Century, which derives so much of its strength and moral excellence from theSteam-engine, theElectric Telegraph, and other applications of scientific principles.
Biographies of Eminent Scientific Men and Analysis of Old and New Scientific Books.
Illustrations of Natural Phenomenaand Diagrams of Optical, Mechanical, and other principles as required by the subject matter of the papers published in the work.
Natural Historyoccupies a prominent position among the various subjects dealt with, includingHome Recreations, of which the love of Nature may be said to be the basis. The Management of Collections of Living Animals, the Preparation of Specimens by Taxidermy, and the arrangement of Cabinets of Insects, Birds, Shells, Plants, etc., etc.
Experimental Philosophy and Recreations in Chemistryare introduced with a view to explain principles and give a zest to study.
Recreative Scienceis in all respects popular in tone and attractive in its subjects. It is compiled by writers of the highest eminence in the several departments of Scientific Knowledge. In a word, it is a Record of Discovery, Observation, and Intellectual Progress. An Instructor in First Principles, and an Exhibitor of the Accomplishments of Research.
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FRANCIS SMITH.CONTENTS.A Plea for the CanaryOrigin of Our Own CanariaThe Wild CanaryOur LizardsOur Yorkshire SpanglesOur Norwich YellowsOur London Fancy BirdsOur BelgiansOur Green BirdsOur CinnamonsOur TurncrestsThe Dominie and the GermansPreparations for BreedingNest Boxes and NestsOur First BirdsOur MisfortunesOur InfirmaryOn CagesGROOMBRIDGE & SONS, 5, Paternoster Row, London.Post 8vo, cloth gilt, with Woodcut Illustrations, price 5s.THE ROSE BOOKA PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTURE OF THE ROSECOMPRISINGThe 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.CONTENTS.The Families of Wild RosesThe Families of Cultivated RosesSummer RosesForming the RosariumCulture of Roses in the Open GroundAutumn PlantingSpring PlantingPruning, Disbudding, and Seasonal ManagementClimbing RosesPillar RosesYellow RosesRoses in PotsRoses in BedsRoses in Great TownsTea Roses in TownsVarious Modes of PropagatingSelect Lists of RosesReminders of Monthly Work In Rose GardenHints To BeginnersGROOMBRIDGE & SONS, 5, Paternoster Row, London.
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THE MICROSCOPE
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By the Hon. Mrs. WARD.
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"Contrives to furnish a large amount of interesting natural history in brief compass and in a picturesque and engaging manner."—Pall Mall Gazette.
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FIELD FLOWERS
A HANDY BOOK FOR THE RAMBLING BOTANIST,
SUGGESTING
What to Look for and Where to Go in the Outdoor Study ofBRITISH PLANTS.
By SHIRLEY HIBBERD, F.R.H.S.
"It will serve as an excellent introduction to the practical study of wild flowers."—The Queen."We cannot praise too highly the illustrations which crowd the pages of this handbook; the coloured plates are especially attractive, and serve to bring before us very distinctly the most prominent flowers of the field, the heaths, and the hedgerows."—Examiner.
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THE FERN GARDEN
HOW TO MAKE, KEEP, AND ENJOY IT OR, FERN CULTURE MADE EASY.
By SHIRLEY HIBBERD, F.R.H.S.
CONTENTS.
Ferns in GeneralFern CollectingHow to Form an Outdoor FerneryCultivation of Rock FernsCultivation of Marsh FernsFerns in PotsThe Fern HouseThe Fernery at the FiresideManagement of Fern CasesThe Art of Multiplying FernsBritish FernsCultivation of GreenhouseStove FernsSelect Greenhouse FernsSelect Stove FernsTree FernsFern Allies
Ferns in GeneralFern CollectingHow to Form an Outdoor FerneryCultivation of Rock FernsCultivation of Marsh FernsFerns in PotsThe Fern HouseThe Fernery at the FiresideManagement of Fern CasesThe Art of Multiplying FernsBritish FernsCultivation of GreenhouseStove FernsSelect Greenhouse FernsSelect Stove FernsTree FernsFern Allies
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THE CANARY
ITS VARIETIES, MANAGEMENT, AND BREEDING WITH PORTRAITS OF THE AUTHOR'S OWN BIRDS.
By the Rev. FRANCIS SMITH.
CONTENTS.
A Plea for the CanaryOrigin of Our Own CanariaThe Wild CanaryOur LizardsOur Yorkshire SpanglesOur Norwich YellowsOur London Fancy BirdsOur BelgiansOur Green BirdsOur CinnamonsOur TurncrestsThe Dominie and the GermansPreparations for BreedingNest Boxes and NestsOur First BirdsOur MisfortunesOur InfirmaryOn Cages
A Plea for the CanaryOrigin of Our Own CanariaThe Wild CanaryOur LizardsOur Yorkshire SpanglesOur Norwich YellowsOur London Fancy BirdsOur BelgiansOur Green BirdsOur CinnamonsOur TurncrestsThe Dominie and the GermansPreparations for BreedingNest Boxes and NestsOur First BirdsOur MisfortunesOur InfirmaryOn Cages
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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.
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.
CONTENTS.
The Families of Wild RosesThe Families of Cultivated RosesSummer RosesForming the RosariumCulture of Roses in the Open GroundAutumn PlantingSpring PlantingPruning, Disbudding, and Seasonal ManagementClimbing RosesPillar RosesYellow RosesRoses in PotsRoses in BedsRoses in Great TownsTea Roses in TownsVarious Modes of PropagatingSelect Lists of RosesReminders of Monthly Work In Rose GardenHints To Beginners
The Families of Wild RosesThe Families of Cultivated RosesSummer RosesForming the RosariumCulture of Roses in the Open GroundAutumn PlantingSpring PlantingPruning, Disbudding, and Seasonal ManagementClimbing RosesPillar RosesYellow RosesRoses in PotsRoses in BedsRoses in Great TownsTea Roses in TownsVarious Modes of PropagatingSelect Lists of RosesReminders of Monthly Work In Rose GardenHints To Beginners
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