Rose : Climbing, English, Shrub, Hybrid Teas and Old Roses

by Austin, David

• ISBN13: 9781870673532
• ISBN10: 1870673530
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-30
• Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Ltd

Summary

"The best loved of all flowers in most Western societies, the rose has exerted its fascination throughout recorded history and today is intertwined with our culture in many different ways. In this wide-ranging book, David Austin, who is known internationally as one of the most passionate rosarians of his time, encompasses all that you need to know about roses. He selects and describes more than 900 of the best and most beautiful roses for today's gardens, many of which are illustrated with glorious photographs. There are chapters on Old Roses, English Roses, Hybrid Teas and Floribundas, Small Roses, Species Roses, Shrub Roses, Climbing Roses and Rambling Roses, as well as on the more practical sides of incorporating roses into the garden and cultivating them."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

The Original Old Roses	p. 16
Gallica Roses
Damask Roses
Alba Roses
Centifolia Roses
Moss Roses
The Repeat-Flowering Old Roses	p. 48
China Roses
Portland Roses
Bourbon Roses
Tea Roses
Hybrid Perpetual Roses
The Hybrid Tea and Floribunda Roses	p. 76
Hybrid Tea Roses
Some Older
Hybrid Tea Roses
Modern Hybrid Tea Roses
Floribunda Roses
Some Small Roses	p. 102
Dwarf Polyantha Roses
Patio Roses
Miniature Roses
The English Roses	p. 116
The Development of the English Roses
The Classification of English Roses
English Old Rose Hybrids
The Leander Group
English Musk Roses
English Alba Rose Hybrids
Shrub Roses	p. 174
Rugosa Roses
Hybrid Musk Roses
Modern Shrub Roses
Ground-Cover Roses
Climbing Roses	p. 206
Noisette Roses
Various Old
Climbers
The Climbing Tea
Hybrid Tea Roses
Modern Climbers
English Roses as Climbers
Rambler Roses	p. 244
Sempervirens Hybrids - Ayrshire Hybrids
Multiflora Hybrids - Wichurana Hybrids
Other Rambling Roses
Species Roses and Their Near Hybrids	p. 274
Species Shrub Roses and Their Hybrids
Climbing Species Roses
Roses in the Garden	p. 306
Roses in the House	p. 332
Rose Cultivation	p. 338
Glossary	p. 342
Bibliography	p. 343
General Index	p. 344
Index of Roses	p. 347
Picture credits	p. 352
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