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Nature, Gardens & Animals
The Book of Roses
Francis Parkman
174 pages~3 hr 28 min read26 chapters$4.99
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
- 1THE BOOK OF ROSES
- 2Boston J. E. Tilton And Company.
- 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.
- 4INTRODUCTION
- 5CHAPTER I. OPEN AIR CULTURE
- 6CHAPTER II. POT CULTURE
- 7CHAPTER III. PROPAGATION
- 8CHAPTER IV. MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS
- 9CHAPTER V. GROUPS and FAMILIES
- 10CHAPTER VI. SUMMER ROSES
- 11CHAPTER VII. AUTUMNAL ROSES
- 12ROSES MOST APPROVED BY THE BEST CULTIVATORS OF THE PRESENT DAY
- 13In Addition To Those already mentioned under their respective Classes. PROVENCE ROSES.
- 14MOSS ROSES.
- 15DAMASK ROSES.
- 16ALBA ROSES.
- 17GALLICA ROSES
- 18HYBRID CHINA ROSES.
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