Re: [Rose-list] Re: Rose Books

**J*@aol.com**

Yes, Carleen, I did bite the bullet at last and purchase "Classic Roses" and 
"Best Borders" based on Val's glowing review...my credit card's still 
steaming.

Another book I can recommend for rugosa fan is Suzanne Verrier's "Rosa 
Rugosa",
published in 1991. It's a soft cover of only 89 pages, and I think sold for 
around
$30.00 then, and is filled with exquisite photos. The book encapsulates her 
favorites
and mentions those that did not do well for her. The history of the species, 
geneology and culture is well laid out. She is a consulting rosarian for 
White Flower Farm (a mail order house of perennials and shrubs) and lectures 
on 
old-fashioned roses and owns and operates Forevergreen Farm nursery which 
sells
old-fashioned, uncommon and hardy roses locally and by mail-order (all this 
info
was and I believe is still current) in North Yarmouth, Maine. I've referred 
to it many
times and find it a  necessary addition to my gardening library (which keeps 
growing like Topsy).

I can't wait to hear about other rose books everyone enjoys...but I'd better 
cut up
my credit card first!

Joanie, Z5A

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