The rose in America, illustrated with photographs from the author's garden and from other gardens.[Is the rose in America?; George Washington's rose; American rose production; Foreign roses; Special rose locations; Superior American hardy climbers; Hybrid teas; Pernetianas; Tea roses; Polyanthas; Hybrid perpetuals; Hybrid rugosas; Noisettes; Moss roses; hardy climbers; Crimson rambler; Wichurianas; Climbing hybrid teas; The Crapo Catlague; Sweetbriers; Cherokee; American species; Old-world species; Hugonis; Setipoda; Cathayensis; Van Fleet hybrids; Austrian briers; Own-root plants; Budded plants; Potted roses; Various stocks; Capt. Thomas's "Average facts"; What are suckers?; Comparisons of plants; Roses in beds; Color arrangement; pillars]

New York : The Macmillan Co. ; London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd.; [Entirely completed within the Mount Pleasant Press, J. Horace McFarland Company], 1923, 1923. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; x, 233 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm ; LCCN: 23-5940 ; LC: SB411; Dewey: 635.93 ; OCLC: 970845 ; green cloth with gold lettering and color photographic vignette ; no dustjacket ; Includes bibliographical references ("Books on roses" p. 227) and index. ; "..[H]aving in 1915 been rought into an intimate relations with the American Rose Society through an agreement to make for it each year an "American Rose Annual", I came into progressive contact with the friends of the rose everywhere. I had all my life been a theoretical rose-lover, but this labor of love for the rose impelled me to make my relationship practical. This increasingly pleasant rose contact has reached into every state and province of the United States and Canada, as well as across both oceans to all of Europe, to the Philippines, Japan and CHina, to Australia, Ceylon and New Zealand. It has made possible the assembling annually of a record of American rose progress, with side-lights from all the world. Continually, as I have faced the question mark which seems to be a part of the countenance of every American rose-lover, I have felt the need for an interpretation from the American standpoint of the up-to-date rose-lore that has thus far been developed." ; Contents: Is the rose in America? - George Washington's rose - American rose production - Foreign roses prevail - Special rose locations - Superior American hardy climbers - Making the rose universal - The usual roses - Hybrid teas - Pernetianas - Tea roses - Polyanthas - Hybrid perpetuals - Hybrid rugosas - Noisettes - Moss roses - hardy climbers - Crimson rambler - Wichurianas - Climbing hybrid teas - other climbers - The unusual roses - The Crapo Catlague - Sweetbriers - Cherokee - American species - Old-world species - Hugonis - Setipoda - Cathayensis - Van Fleet hybrids - Austrian briers - The rose plant itself - Own-root plants - Budded plants - Which to plant - Potted roses - Various stocks - Capt. Thomas's "Average facts" - What are suckers? - Comparisons of plants - using roses to best advantage - Roses in beds - Color arrangement - using the hardy climbers - Rose pillars - Gound-covers - Training as shrubs - Using the Rugosas - Tree roses - A rose prescription - Roses away from the home - Great park rose-gardens - Portland roses - Botanical gardens - Hospitals & jails - Roses & schools - Rose highways - Landscapes - Great rose-gardens - Making roses grow & bloom - Early planting - Rose soils - Plenty of food - Deep preparation? - Thoroughness - Fall planting - Receiving plants - Planting - Own-root roses - Hardy climbers - Cultivation - Cutting rose-blooms - Disbudding - The art & mystery of pruning - Why we prune - Pruning tools - How & when - Hybrid teas - Hybrid perpetuals - Pegging down - Rugosas - hardy climbers - Pruning for pillars - Rose species - Good-looking shrubs - Summer pruning - Protecting roses from insects & diseases - Green-fly - Aphids - Lice - Three mean rose-slugs - A white pest - Rose-bug - Rose scale - Rose curculio - Slug caterpillar - Other bugs - Diseases - Mildew - Blackspot - A treble result - Other black-spot controls - Wintering roses anywhere - Rose-zone map - First zone - Hybrid tea zone - Rugosa zone - Central New York - New England - Near Chicago - In Canada - The essentials of protection - What about rose varieties? - Standard descriptions - Changing varieties - A great referendum - Safe guidance - What is a double rose? - Bedding roses - ROses for winter beauty - Producing roses, old & new - Roses from seed - Cuttings or "slips" - Layering roses - Budding - Novel budding method - Grafting - Bud sports - Hybridization - The social relations of the rose - The Wars of the Roses - On red rose for rent - The value of organization - Organizing a local society - Proper showing of roses -- The American Rose Society -- Roses for hospitals & jails ; rare title ; edge wear, else G.