The amateur's rose book
comprising the cultivation of the rose in the open ground and under glass, the formation of the rosarium, the characters of wild and garden roses, the preparation of the flowers for exhibition, the raising of new varieties, and the work of the rose garden in every season of the year
by Shirley Hibberd
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The amateur's rose book: comprising the cultivation of the rose in the open ground and under glass, the formation of the rosarium, the characters of wild and garden roses, the preparation of the flowers for exhibition, the raising of new varieties, and the work of the rose garden in every season of the year
1878, Groombridge and Sons
in English
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The amateur's rose book: comprising the cultivation of the rose in the open ground and under glass, the formation of the rosarium, the characters of wild and garden roses, the preparation of the flowers for exhibition, the raising of new varieties, and the work of the rose gardenin every season of the year
1874, Groombridge
in English
- New ed., revised, enlarged, and illustrated with coloured plates and wood engravings.
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Edition Notes
Colour wood-engraved plates are unsigned. All are with title captions.
Colour plates were printed by Benjamin Fawcett. Cf. McLean, Ruari and Antonia. Benjamin Fawcett: engraver and colour printer, 1988.
Most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned. A few are signed "E. Whymper Sc." [i.e. Edward Whymper?]. One is signed "WAD del." and "Beech", and another is signed: "Collings".
Includes small wood-engraved decorative initials and tail-pieces.
Includes "Index.": p. [256]-258.
Publisher's advertisements on p. [1-6] at end.
McLean, Ruari and Antonia. Benjamin Fawcett, p. 169.
MASS copy: Bound in green sand-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind in the same design as McLean D 0506 and McLean D 0509. Spine with imprint: "Groombridge". Boards with bevelled edges. With pale pastel yellow glazed endpapers. With ownership inscription: "J. F. Cuthill".
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