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Bibliography 



Beginning with "The Rose Manual," by Robert Buist, in 

 1884, there have been issued in America at least eighteen 

 different works, the most noteworthy of which we list below: 

 The Rose. By H. B. EHwanger. 1882. 293 pp. Dodd, Mead & Co., 



New York. This was long the standard rose book. 

 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. 19 10. 



199 pp. Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y. 

 Commercial Rose-Culture. By Eber Holmes. 191 1. 165 pp. A. T. 



De la Mare Printing and Publishing Company, New York. 

 Making a Rose-Garden. By H. H. Saylor. 1912. 53 pp. McBride, 



Nast & Co., 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. Lippin- 



cott Company. 

 The American Rose Annual. 1916. 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, or may be had in 



paper binding from the publisher at 50 cents each, while they last. 



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 unan- 

 swered 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. 

 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. 



