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The Book of Roses

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The Book of Roses

Francis Parkman

174 pages~3 hr 28 min read26 chapters$4.99
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The great historian of the American wilderness was also a devoted grower of roses. Francis Parkman turns his careful mind to their open-air and pot culture, guiding the reader to raise the queen of flowers with real confidence. A surprising and expert little book from a famous pen. Cultivate roses under the sure hand of an unexpected master.

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26 chapters

  1. 1THE BOOK OF ROSES
  2. 2Boston J. E. Tilton And Company.
  3. 3TO Edward Sprague Rand, Jr., A Horticulturist Whose Energy And Skill Have Made "A Wilderness To Blossom As The Rose," This Book Is Cordially Inscribed.
  4. 4INTRODUCTION
  5. 5CHAPTER I. OPEN AIR CULTURE
  6. 6CHAPTER II. POT CULTURE
  7. 7CHAPTER III. PROPAGATION
  8. 8CHAPTER IV. MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS
  9. 9CHAPTER V. GROUPS and FAMILIES
  10. 10CHAPTER VI. SUMMER ROSES
  11. 11CHAPTER VII. AUTUMNAL ROSES
  12. 12ROSES MOST APPROVED BY THE BEST CULTIVATORS OF THE PRESENT DAY
  13. 13In Addition To Those already mentioned under their respective Classes. PROVENCE ROSES.
  14. 14MOSS ROSES.
  15. 15DAMASK ROSES.
  16. 16ALBA ROSES.
  17. 17GALLICA ROSES
  18. 18HYBRID CHINA ROSES.

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