ROSES - Collingridge Standard Guides

London: Collingridge Books, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 304 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; profusely illustrated with colour and black and white plates and line drawings. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a small chip on the lower left of the front panel; price clipped; no interior markings. Everything you need to know to grow roses. The Chapters are: The Evolution of Modern Roses; Adaptability and Versatility; The Uses of Roses; Selecting and Ordering Roses; Choosing and Preparing the Site; Planting and Display; Pruning and Training; Feeding and Mulching; Aftercare; Pests and Diseases; Propagation; Hybridisation; Exhibiting Roses; Roses in Pots Under Glass; Labour Saving in the Rose Garden; Roses for Fragrance; Standards - Half-standards - and Weeping Standards; Autumn in the Rose Garden; Renovating the Neglected Rose Garden; Descriptive List of Hybrid Tea Roses; Descriptive List of Floribunda Roses; Descriptive List of Rambling Climbing and Pillar Roses; Descriptive List of Shrub and Hedging Roses; Descriptive List of Miniature Roses; Rose Awards in Britain and other Countries; Notable Rose Display Gardens; and Selections of Roses for Various Purposes; followed by a glossary, an appendix and an index..