How to Grow Roses

The thirteenth edition, 1920, by the president of the American Rose Society — including his month-by-month calendar of everything a rose wants done to it.

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Introduction

18 chapters

Pruning Information

8 chapters

Roses for Various Purposes

7 chapters

Expert Opinions

18 chapters

Highlights

Choosing the Location

Where to Plant Roses Several available spaces for the rose-bed are usually to be found on the average home-grounds. The author…

Calendar of Operations

July 4.-Gather all the flowers you can; it is not best for the plants to have them die on the bushes. You should now be reaping a…

Introduction

Staking the Roses Labeling Plotting Mulching PROTECTING THE ROSES From Frost From Enemies PRUNING How to Use This Pruning…

Roses for Special Purposes

The tree Roses in the Bagatelle Gardens in Paris are much larger than are customarily seen in American gardens. Some of these are…

Selecting the Roses

Rosa Wichuraiana has shiny green foliage nearly all the year the variety; (7) other noteworthy remarks. We have endeavored to…

Curious Facts

9 genuinely curious things this book actually says, each linked to its page.

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