Classic Roses - Hardcover

Beales, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1860463029 ISBN 13: 9781860463020

Publisher: The Harvill Press, 1997

Synopsis

This rose encyclopaedia provides a comprehensive history and a useful manual for all rose growers and rose lovers. It identifies and describes all the species, cultivars and varieties that have stood the test of time, including the Ancient China teas, the York and Lancaster roses, the Provence and Bourbons, and the humble and hardy rugosas. A major part of this work is the grower's guide to the buying, propagation, feeding and pruning of old roses and important hybrids, shrub roses and climbers. There is also details of where old roses can best be seen around the world. Peter Beales is the author of "Twentieth-Century Roses" and "Roses: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia".

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Review

"Lovingly compiled, beautifully illustrated and the most enticing book on roses which I have ever found" (Robin Lane Fox Financial Times)

"This book is the answer for everyone...it is impossible to evoke the natural grace and the detailed advice with which this author writes" ( Field)

"A massive and magnificently illustrated encyclopaedic work" ( Daily Telegraph)

Book Description

This new edition synthesises the vast knowledge and experience of a world-class gardener whose own collection of roses now holds more than 2,000 species and varieties.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Harvill Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860463029
• ISBN 13: 9781860463020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464