Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 – 8:06 a.m.
2003-12-16 8:06
I have been building my library of books about roses. Here is what I have at this point:
| Title | Author | Publisher | Year Published | page count | ISBN |
| 200 Tips for Growing Beautiful Roses | Barbara Blossom Ashman | Chicago Review Press | 1998 | 146 | 1556522770 |
| A Year in the Life of a Rose | Rayford Clayton Reddell | Harmony Books/Crown Publishers, New York | 1996 | 176 | 0-517-70669-5 |
| All About Roses | Rex Wolf | Ortho Books | 1995 | 112 | 0897212568 |
| American Horticultural Society Practical Guides: Roses | Linden Hawthorne | DK Publishing, New York | 1999 | 72 | 0-7894-4155-1 |
| An Illustrated Treasury of Redoute Roses | Frank J Anderson | Crown Publishers, Inc: New York | 1979 | 104 | 0517297647 |
| Botanica’s Roses | Peter Beales (ed) | Random House | 1998 | 704 | 0-09-183803-7 |
| Burpee Basics: Roses | Mary C. Weaver | Macmillan Publishing, New York | 1998 | 175 | 0-02-862636-2 |
| Classic Roses | Peter Beales | Henry Holt and Company: New York | 1997 | 500 | 0805055843 |
| Easy Care Roses: Low Maintenance Charmers | Brooklyn Botanical Gardens (ed.), Stepheny | Brooklyn Botanical Gardens | 1995 | 112 | 0945352875 |
| Flowers of the World | Frances Perry | Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited | 1972 | 320 | |
| Growing Roses | Valerie Swane | Kangaroo Press | 1992 | 152 | 0864174810 |
| Hardy Roses | Robert Osborne and Beth Powning | Garden Way Publishing, Pownal, VT | 1991 | 138 | 0-88266-739-4 |
| Identifying Roses | John Mattock | Chartwell Books, Inc | 1994 | 80 | 0785800522 |
| Impressionist Roses | Derek Fell | MetroBooks/Michael Friedman Publishing Group, Inc, New York | 2001 | 144 | 1-58663-192-6 |
| Making a Rose Garden | Ethne Clarke | Grove Weidenfeld/Grove Press, New York | 1991 | 113 | 0802114415 |
| Parsons on the Rose | Samuel B. Parsons | Orange Judd Company, New York | 1883 | 240 | |
| Poulsen on the Rose | Sven Poulsen | The Garden Book Club | 1955 | 166 | |
| Reliable Roses | Christine Utterback | Clarkson Potter Publishers: New York | 1997 | 192 | 0609800868 |
| Rosa Gallica | Suzanne Verrier | Firefly Books, | 1995 | 150 | 0-913643-12-2 |
| Rosa Rugosa | Suzanne Verrier | Firefly Books LTD | 1999 | 104 | 0913643076 |
| Rose Gardens, Their History and Design | Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall | Henry Holt and Company, New York | 1989 | 202 | 0-8050-1144-7 |
| Rose Recipes from Olden Times | Eleanour Sinclair Rohde | Dover Publications, New York | 1973 | 95 | 0-486-22957-2 |
| Roses | Gertrude Jekyll and Edward Mawley | The Ayer Company, Salem, NH | 1983 | 166 | 0-88143-001-3 |
| Roses | Peter Cotes | Octopus Books, london | 1973 | 96 | 0-7064-0055-0 |
| Roses | Editors of Sunset Books | Sunset Books, Menlo Park, CA | 1998 | 128 | 0376036583 |
| Roses for Dummies | Lance Walheim and Editors of the National Gardening Association | IDG Books Worldwide, Inc, Foster City, CA | 1997 | 330 | 0-7645-5031-4 |
| Roses of Yesterday (Vintage Rose Catalog) | Francis E Lester and Will Tillotson | The Lester Rose Gardens, Watsonville, CA | 1950 | 64 | |
| Roses: Old Roses and Species Roses | Paul Starosta, Eleonore Cruse | Evergreen/Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, Cologne | 1998 | 128 | 3-8228-7761-1 |
| Secrets of the Miniature Rose | Elizabeth Abler | Taylor Trade Publishing, Lanham, MD | 2003 | 139 | 0-87833-311-8 |
| Smith & Hawken 100 Old Roses for the American Garden | Clair G. Martin | Workman Publishing, New York | 1999 | 278 | 0-7611-1341-X |
| Stories of the Rose | Anne Winston-Allen | Pennsyvania State University Press | 1997 | 224 | 0271016310 |
| Taylor’s Guide to Roses | Nancy J. Ondra | Houghton Mifflin | 2001 | 474 | 0-618-06888-0 |
| Taylor’s Pocket Guide to Old-fashioned Roses | Maggie Oster (ed) | Houghton Mifflin | 1989 | 128 | 0395510155 |
| The Classic Garden | Graham Rose | Summit Books, New York | 1989 | 192 | 0-671-68840-5 |
| The Companion to Roses | John Fisher | Salem House Publishers: Topsfield, MA | 1986 | 224 | 0881622303 |
| The Complete Rosarian | Norman Young | St. Martins Press, New York | 1971 | 286 | |
| The Consise Handbook of Roses | Eigil Kiaer, Verner Hancke | E. P Dutton & Co., New York | 1966 | 111 | |
| The Essential Rose Garden | Peter McHoy | anness publishing ltd, new york | 1998 | 96 | 1-84038-071-3 |
| The Glory of Roses | Christopher Baker and Allen Lacy | Steward, Tabori and Chang, New York | 1990 | 239 | 1-55670-448-8 |
| The Graham Stuart Thomas Rose Book | Graham Stuart Thomas | SagaPress, Inc/Timber Press Inc | 1994 | 385 | 0-88192-280-3 |
| The History of the Rose | Roy E. Shepherd | Macmillan Co. New York | 1954 | 264 | |
| The Magic World of Roses | Matthew A. R. Bassity | Hearthside Press, New York | 1966 | 224 | |
| The Natural Rose Gardener | Lance Walheim | Ironwood Press, Tucson,AZ | 1994 | 160 | 0-9628236-3-5 |
| The Old Rose Adventurer | Brent C. Dickerson | Timber Press, Portland, Oregon | 1999 | 616 | 0-88192-466-0 |
| The Old Rose Advisor | Brent C. Dickerson | Timber Press, Portland, OR | 1992 | 400 | 0-88192-216-1 |
| The Quest for the Rose | Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix | Random House, New York | 1993 | 256 | 0-679-43573-5 |
| The Random House Book of Roses | Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix | Random House, New York | 1988 | 224 | 0-394-75867-6 |
| The Rockwells’ Complete Book of Roses | F. F. Rockwell and Esther C. Grayson | American Garden Guild/Doubleday | 1958 | 332 | |
| The Rose Bible | Rayford Clayton Reddell | Harmony Books, New York | 1994 | 252 | 0-517-58821-8 |
| The Rose Expert | Dr. D. G. Hessayon | Expert Books | 1995 | 128 | 0903505258 |
| The Rose Question and Answer Book | John Milton | Heatherside Press, New York | 1965 | 192 | |
| The Rose’s Kiss | Peter Bernhardt | Shearwater Books/Island Press, Washington, DC | 1999 | 267 | 1-55963-564-9 |
| The Rose-Lover’s Guide | Roland A. Browne | Atheneum | 1974 | 235 | 0-689-10606-8 |
| The Rose: Myth, Folklore and Legend | Ann Mayhew, Michael Pollard | Walker and Company, New York | 1979 | 125 | 0-8027-0642-8 |
| The Ultimate Rose Book | Stirling Macoboy | Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York | 1993 | 472 | 0-8109-3920-7 |