The American Rose Annual, 1947. [Hanging Gardens Of Babylon; How Roses Get Their Names; Fragrance; Climbing Roses ; San Diego; Roses For The Blind; Pioneer Roses; Holland ; Species Roses; New Zealand; Root-Knot Control; Minnesota; Italian Riviera; Texas

Harrisburg, PA : American Rose Society, 1947., 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. viii, 281 pp. ; green cloth with black lettering in color photographic dustjacket ; dustjacket has some fading, nicks on edges, creases and a tear to top of dustjacket spine ; Contents: Our Tree Needs Roots / Dr. Charles V. Covell -- Roses And International Understanding / Robert Pyle -- The Rose Is Older Than Man / Dr. Wilbur Stout -- The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon. / Quimby L. Matthews -- How Roses Get Their Names / Dr. J. Horace Mcfarland -- Pause And Progress / Fred Edmunds -- Fragrance In The Rose Garden / N. F. Miller -- Our Rose Shows Are Important / Mrs. Jon Otto Johnson -- Climbing Roses That Should Be Created / Professor Stephen F. Hamblin -- Roses For The Blind / Professor Hugh Findlay -- Pioneer And Pampered Roses / O. F. Middleton -- Consider The Old Reliables / Edwin F. Steffek -- Diagnosing Rose Troubles / Alex Laurie -- When Roses Don't Flourish And Why / Colonel K H. Jenkins -- Varieties Of Roses And How To Grow Them / C. B. Pfister -- Nicholson Bowl Award -- Roses I Have Known And Grown / William J. Benton -- Roses In Perennial And Shrub Borders / Joseph Y. Jeans, Jr. -- Climbers And How I Grow Them / A. O. Snoddy -- An Amateur Gardener's Favorite Roses / Dr. Carrie C. Dozier -- Tailor-Made Standards / Dr. Charles V. Covell -- More Species Roses Of Value / Roy E. Shepherd -- Training Hybrid Perpetuals And Climbers / A. O. Smith, Jr. -- Soil Preparation / Harry B. Lindley -- Watch The Diet / Lea Newman -- Roses On Muck Soil / Herbert J. Martin -- Fertilizing / Gale S. Robinson -- We Bury Our Roses / O. W. Greenlaw -- Preventing Rose Troubles / P. W. Miller -- Chlorosis / F. B. Wann -- Soil Fumigants For Root-Knot Control / Dr. L. M. Massey -- DDT For Controlling Rose Chafers / A. G. Smith, Jr. And O. W. Underhill -- Growing Roses In Northern Minnesota / E. S. Rankin -- San Diego Rose Culture / B. O. Adams -- Growing Roses In New England / Sumner C. Burgess -- The Italian Riviera And Its Roses / Comm. Domenico Alcardi -- Word From Central Europe Natan / A. K. Vardi -- Rose Growing In Holland / John De Vink -- Rose Growing In San Pedro Sula / C. Barletta Paz -- Rose Research In New Zealand / Professor O. S. Peren -- The Texas Rose Research Foundation / Dr. B. W. Lyle -- An Old Rose Alias A New Understock / Herbert C. Swim -- The Photosynthetic Efficiency Of Rose Leaves / Dr. Joseph B. Howland -- Classification Is Growing More Complex / Harry R. O'Brien -- Fifty-Five Years' Work With Thornless Roses / Niels B. Hansen -- Rose Hybridizing In Minnesota / Richard S. Wilcox -- The Interactions Of Various Rose Species / Percy H. Wright -- Classification And Breeding Of Polyantha Roses. / Dr. Walter B. Lammert -- Proof Of The Pudding -- New Roses Of The World -- Index -- Illustrations -- Facing Page -- Dr. E. Horace Mcfarland -- Frontispiece -- O. Chesnel -- Sweet Fairy. H. Ch.Min. (In Color) -- Nocturne. Ht. (In Color) -- Rubaiyat. Ht. (In Color) -- Vanity Fair. Ht. (In Color) -- Climbing Crimson Glory. Cht. (In Color) -- Yours Truly. Ht. (In Color) -- Facing Page -- Enchantment. Ht. (In Color) -- Root-Knot On Rosa Multiflora -- American Flagship. Ht. (In Color) -- Stages In Development Of The Root- Knot Nematode -- Pink Satin. Ht. (In Color) -- Peace. Ht. (In Color) -- Sunset Glory. Ht. (In Color) -- Festival. Ht. (In Color) ; G/FAIR.