Roses

by Nancy Gardiner (Author), Peter Harkness (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1993

  $38.98

  This insight into the growing, handling and caring for the rose opens with an account of the history of the rose. The sections which follow provide information about modern species, their growing methods and the joys and frustrations of producing roses for showing. Also included are a selection of anecdotes, stories and poems about the rose, accompanied by recipes for pot pourri and rosewater.