Roses and Rose Growing

This practical manual offers an amateur's step-by-step guidance on selecting and preparing a rose garden site, planting, pruning, and propagating, and describes major rose classes—summer-flowering, climbing, tea, hybrid tea, hybrid perpetuals, Bourbon, China, and polyantha—along with pest control and cultivation for exhibition. Chapters combine hands-on instructions, seasonal care, and variety-specific advice, supplemented by colored and halftone illustrations and a specialist contribution on exhibiting. Emphasis is on small gardens and accessible techniques for improving drainage, shelter, and bloom quality.