Excerpt from Prince's Manual of Roses: Comprising the Most Complete History of the Rose, Including Every Class, and All the Most Admirable Varieties That Have Appeared in Europe and America; Together With Ample Information on Their Culture and Propagation William Prince, Sen., the grandfather of the author, was the first American amateur who formed an extensive collection of Roses by making importations, and his son, the late William Prince, continued to enlarge the collection annually, with the finest varieties obtainable from foreign climes; and he also formed, in connection with the writer, a most perfect collection of our native species and varieties, At the time of his decease, in 1842, his Rose Garden com. 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.