The American rose annual : the 1922 year-book of rose progress ; 7 [Is the American Rose Society worth while; Dr. Walter van Fleet, american rosarian and plant hybridist; What new roses does America need?; An American Rose Society list of best varieties?; A model back-yard rose-garden; A "tired business man's" experience with roses; Can the city man with a 50-foot lot have a rose-garden?; Climbing roses in New England; Why not use roses as shrubs?; Budded and own-root roses; Staging a rose show; Rose-lore clearing-houses?; Black-spot and mildew of roses; Insects that hunt the rose; Good soil for good roses; Fertilizing the soil for rose-growing; The greatest rose-producing center in the world; Rose activities in St. Thomas, Ontario; etc by McFarland, John Horace, 1859-1948 [Robert Pyle, Capt. George C. Thomas, Jr, Paul A. Kohl, Charles J. Ferrin, J H Nicolas, A. J. Fish, G A Stevens, Louise Hook, Eula Young Morrison, Charles G. Adams, James H. McNeill, L. M. Massey, E. M. Rosenbluth, B. G - 1922

Harrisburg, Pa. : American Rose Society, 1922, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 192, xxi ; illustrated, 1 foldout in color ; 21 cm. ; John Horace McFarland (1859-1948) was an American master printer and horticulturist. Throughout his career, he advocated for civic beautification, and he became a leader in the conservation movement of the early twentieth century. His wide-ranging achievements made a lasting impact on printing processes, horticulture, and environmental protection. During McFarland's early years, his father operated a nursery and a small weekly newspaper in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. McFarland worked in both of his father's businesses as a youth. These early experiences instilled the passion for horticultural beauty and the business expertise that distinguished him personally and professionally. He eventually purchased his father's press. Combining the skills learned from these early experiences, he established a successful printing company of his own. He founded the J. Horace McFarland Company/Mount Pleasant Press, specializing in seed catalogs and nursery trade publications. Over the course of his lifetime, McFarland wrote and lectured extensively on horticulture, printing methods, and civic improvement. McFarland was a prominent member of the American Rose Society. He was instrumental in enlarging that organization's focus from mainly commercial growing concerns to public membership, using his horticultural expertise and printing business to help popularize the cultivation of roses by amateur gardeners. He served as the Society's president from 1930 to 1932, and he headed a committee that developed a method of identification and registration of rose varieties. McFarland operated one of the Society's rose test gardens at Breeze Hill. For many years, he kept detailed records on hundreds of rose varieties, methods for cultivating them, and awards they won.; Contents: Is the American Rose Society worth while? / Robert Pyle -- Dr. Walter van Fleet, american rosarian and plant hybridist, an appreciation by some of his friends and associates -- What new roses does America need? -- An American Rose Society list of best varieties? / Capt. George C. Thomas, Jr -- A model back-yard rose-garden / Paul A. Kohl -- A "tired business man's" experience with roses / Charles J. Ferrin -- Can the city man with a 50-foot lot have a rose-garden? / J H Nicolas -- Climbing roses in New England / A. J. Fish -- Why not use roses as shrubs? -- Budded and own-root roses / Capt George C. Thomas, Jr -- Another experience with own-root roses / G A Stevens -- A community flower show in Kansas City / Louise Hook -- The Richmond children's Rose Fair / Eula Young Morrison -- How to start a rose show anywhere / Charles G. Adams -- Staging a rose show -- Rose-lore clearing-houses? / James H. McNeill -- Black-spot and mildew of roses / L. M. Massey, E. M. Rosenbluth, B. G. Pratt -- Insects that hunt the rose / C. R. Crosby, M. D. Leonard, Edith M. Patch, C. A. Weigel -- Good soil for good roses / S. L. Jodidi -- Fertilizing the soil for rose-growing / P. A. Lehenbauer -- The greatest rose-producing center in the world / Roy MacGregor -- Rose activities in St. Thomas, Ontario / Dr. F. E. Bennett -- Accurate and protected rose names -- America scores again / S. S. Pennock -- The test-gardens in 1921 / A. C. Beal -- The future of the national rose test-gardens / F. I. Mulford --Rose-tests and rose progress at Portland / Jesse A. Currey -- E. G. Hill's lifetime with roses -- Among European rosarians / E. A. White -- The rose cut-flower outlook for 1922 / Charles H. Totty -- The story of Priscilla / Wallace R. Pierson -- New English roses of 1921 / Courtney Page -- The new roses of all the world, with index -- Rose notes -- Official List of American roses / Charles E. F. Gersdorff -- New roses registered in 1921-22 ; with the 1923 membership card of J. B. McCullough, laid in ; some wear and soiling ; VG.