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Expert Opinions: Roses and Rose-Growing

A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. By S. Reynolds Hole. 1883. 326 pp. Wm. S. Gottsberger, New York. An American reprint of a standard English work. Highly entertaining work on roses, and most inspiring. ROSES AND HOW TO GROW THEM. Collected magazine articles. 1910. 199 pp. Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y.

COMMERCIAL ROSE-CULTURE. By Eber Holmes. 1911. 165 pp. A. T. de la Mare Printing and Publishing Company, New York. EVERBLOOMING ROSES FOR THE OUTDOOR GARDEN. By Georgia T. Drennan. 1912. 262 pp. Duffield & Co., New York.

THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF OUTDOOR ROSE-GROWING. By George C. Thomas, Jr. 1914. 156 pp. and 96 plates in color, etc. J. B. Lippincott Company. THE AMERICAN ROSE ANNUAL. 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920. Published by the J. Horace McFarland Company, Harrisburg, Pa., for The American Rose Society. Contributions upon roses, rose-growing and rose-gardens. Recounts the year's activities. Free to members only. The following are all edited from the English standpoint: ROSES: THEIR HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTIVATION. By Rev. Joseph H. Pemberton, Vice-President of the National Rose Society. 1908. 336 pp. Longmans, Green & Co., London and New York. ROSES AND ROSE-GROWING. By Rose G. Kingsley. 1908. 163 pp., 28 full-page color-plates. The Macmillan Company, New York and London. With special attention to the best roses in each of the various classes, regarded from the English viewpoint. ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS. By Gertrude Jekyll and Edward Mawley. 1902. 164 pp. George Newnes, Ltd., London. Although relating to English gardens, it is, nevertheless, most entertaining, and by its thoroughness helps to clear up many questions left unanswered by other authorities. ROSE-GROWING MADE EASY. By E. T. Cook. 200 pp. Another English publication, suggestive and helpful, and written apparently by one with long years of first-hand experience.

THE ROSE BOok. A complete guide for amateur rose-growers by H. H. Thomas. 1913. 283 pp. Profusely illustrated. Treats well the various uses to which roses may be put.

THE BOOK OF THE ROSE. By Rev. A. Foster-Melliar, M.A. 352 pages, 33 illustrations. Macmillan & Co. 1902. A comprehensive and inspiring authority covering well the entire subject, for the use of the amateur. For a list of rose-books in all languages the "Cyclopedia of American Horticulture" refers us to the "Bibliografia de la Rosa," Vergara, Madrid, 1892.