Contents 



THE AMATEUR'S ROSE-GARDEN 3 



ESTABLISHING IDEALS 5 



THE ROSE-LOVER'S CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS 6 



WHERE TO PLANT ROSES 9 



PREPARING TO GROW ROSES 14 



Drainage 14 



Soils 15 



Fertilizers 16 



When to Plant . _ 17 



Treatment on Arrival 18 



PLANTING 20 



Staking the Roses 22 



Labeling 22 



Platting 24 



Mulching 25 



PROTECTING THE ROSES 26 



From Frost 26 



From Enemies 29 



PRUNING 31 



How to Use This Pruning Information 34 



Own Root, and Budded or Grafted Roses 36 



SELECTING THE ROSES 37 



Terms Used to Describe Appropriate Uses 41 



One Hundred and Fifty-Eight Choice Roses 43 



ROSES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES AND USES 64 



SELECTIONS FOR SPECIAL SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF 



AMERICA 77 



The Pacific Northwest J. A. Currey 77 



Minneapolis and Vicinity Theodore Wirth 79 



New York and Lower New England. . . . Rev. E. M. Mills 80 



Roslyn and Northwest Long Island . . Admiral Aaron Ward 81 



Philadelphia and Vicinity Dr. Robert Huey 82 



Washington, D. C, and Points South . . Dr. W. Van Fleet 83 



The South Atlantic and Gulf States C. Wintzer 84 



Chicago and the North W. C. Egan 85 



THE INCREASING REGARD FOR ROSES 91 



The American Rose Society 92 



Rose Test-Gardens 93 



Municipal Rose-Gardens 95 



A FAMOUS ROSE-GARDEN 98 



THE RED ROSE CHURCH AT MANHEIM 100 



ROSE-BEADS 101 



ATTAR OF ROSES 102 



HYBRIDIZING 104 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 105 



SYNONYMOUS ROSES 106 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 107 



ROSES ARRANGED IN CLASSES no 



INDEX . 1 1 6 



ARCHITECTURE 



