Introduction 9
I. The Comradeship of the Rose 13
II Where ox My Place Can I Grow Roses? 21
Design and Key to Formal Garden.
Design and Key to Informal Garden.
III. How to Choose the Choicest 31
IV. Universal Favorites and Special-
Purpose Varieties . . 39
Including Votes of American Rose
Society.
Choice by Leading Amateurs.
Selection by Leading Nursery-men.
V. Laying the Foundation . 53
Preparation of the Soil,
Fertilizers, Etc.
VI. Planting 59
Treatment on Arrival.
Heeling-inLabelingPlanting.
VII. Rose-Time . 69
Give Your Neighbors the "Keys" to
Your Garden.
VIII. Protecting the Roses 77
From Summer Drought.
From Winter Frost.
Banishing Bugs.
Mildew and Black-Spot.
IX. Pruning for Abundance 93
For Exhibition, Etc.
X. The Best Roses for America 101
157 varieties, with class, color,
habit, appropriate use, and
directions for pruning.
XI. Selections by Experts for Special
Sections 121
North America Charles S. Sargent
Boston and Vicinity Mrs. Harriet R.
Foote
Central New York"State .... Rev.
Edmund M. Mills
Northwestern Long Island....Mrs.
Aaron Ward
Philadelphia and Vicinity.. Dr.
Robert Huey
Washington and South....Charles E.
F. Gersdorff and F. L. Mulford
Indianapolis and Vicinity.... J. H.
Nicolas
Chicago and Vicinity...V. C. Egan
Minneapolis and Vicinity...Theodore
Wirtb
St. Louis and https://www.tradebit.coml A. Kohl,
Floriculturist of the Missouri
Botanical Garden
Pacific Northwest: Portland Jesse A.
Curre
Seattle..... H. L. Collier
XII. Extending the Dominion of the Rose
American Rose Society.
Municipal Rose-Gardens.
XIII. Hybridizing 154
XIV. Own-Root and Budded or Grafted
Roses 157
XV. How to Preserve Rose Fragrance 159
How to Make Attar of Roses.
How to Make Rose Beads.
The Red Rose Church at Manheim.
XVI. Roses for Forcing or Indoor Bloom