APPENDIX E 

 BIBLIOGRAPHY 



"As though the rose should shut and be a bud again." — Keats 



THE following list of books on roses, with other helpful 

 information regarding them, is intended to guide the 

 reader to the most w^orth-while volumes on this subject 

 available in America. It represents the result of many happy 

 hours spent by the author in appraising the comparative value 

 not only of these works but also of many more than here shown 

 which have been deemed less worthy of mention. 



The five most complete collections w^hich have been con- 

 sulted were in the hbraries of the Arnold Arboretum near 

 Boston, of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, 

 Mass., of the New York Botanical Gardens in Bronx Park, of 

 the New York Pubhc Library, and of the Library of Congress 

 at Washington, D. C. 



For the individual intent upon knowing roses better, this list 

 represents the cream, certainly in the English language. As a 

 helpful presentation of the history and development of the 

 rose, Pemberton's book is worth owning. Most elaborately 

 complete and graphic are the massive masterpieces of *'The 

 Genus Rosa," by Miss Wilmott, and "Les Roses" (in French) by 

 Redoute. Gravereaux's contributions, also in French, reflect 

 the same infinite care and research that made possible the 

 Roseraie de I'Hay. Dean Hole will always be delightful. 



To keep in step with rose progress today one should get the 

 annual publications of the American Rose Society. 



Capt. George C. Thomas, Jr., and J. Horace McFarland 

 present respectively the results of extensive experiments and 

 a readable resume of the present-day rose situation. 



In the list of books and periodicals named on the following 

 pages, abbreviations are used to indicate the libraries where 

 they may be found: N, New York Public Library; A, library 

 of Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; C, Congressional 

 Library, Washington, D. C; B, Library of New York (Bronx) 

 Botanical Gardens; M, Library of Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Societv, Boston, Mass. Where ND is used it indicates "Not 

 Dated." 



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