The Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing

The book that taught America to grow roses out of doors: how to site and prepare a bed, how to prune and propagate, and a rated list of the best varieties with the faults of each set down honestly.

Cultivation

3 pages in this part of Outdoor Rose Growing.

Recipes for the Diseases of Roses

Below are extracts from the best-known authorities, giving their recipes for mildew, black spot, rust, etc. "THE ROSE Book" (Page 211). H…

Hints on Hybridization

In the climate of the Middle Atlantic States, it is not possible to grow some of the roses which succeed so wonderfully in the south of…

Hints on Hybridization: California

In Santa Barbara, California, they come into bloom before Christmas, and the growing season there begins after the period of summer…

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