The Graham Stuart Thomas Rose Book Book

	List of Colour Plates	x
	List of Pencil Drawings	xiv
	List of Monochrome Photographs	xv
	List of Figures in Chapter II	xvi
	The Descriptions	xviii
	Acknowledgements	xix
	Introduction: The Appeal of the Rose	xx
Part 1	The Old Shrub Roses
1	Reappraisal	3
	A Personal Approach	3
	The Rise of the Old Roses	8
	Revolution	11
	Appreciation	15
2	Beauty Observed	18
	Old Roses in the Garden	18
	Old Roses in Pictures	20
	Old Roses in Paris	23
	Old Roses for the House	25
3	Old Roses in Cultivation Today	26
	The Gallica Roses	26
	The Damask Roses	38
	The White Roses	47
	The Centifolia Roses: The Provence Roses	53
	The Centifolia Roses: The Moss Roses	59
Part 2	Species Roses and Modern Shrub Roses
4	Rose Species in Nature and in the Garden	71
5	Species, Varieties, and Hybrids Not Having Affinity to the China Rose	78
	The Dog Rose and Its Relatives	78
	The Cinnamon Rose and Its Old World Relatives	85
	Some American Wild Roses	95
	The Wild Yellow Roses and Related Species	101
	The Wild Burnet Roses and Their Garden Forms	108
	The Japanese or Rugosa Roses	114
	Some Strange Species and Their Hybrids	119
6	Shrub and Other Roses Having Affinity to the China Rose	123
	The Influence of the China Roses	123
	The Bourbon Roses	131
	The Hybrid Perpetual Roses	138
	The Poly-poms: An Interlude	149
	The Noisette and Tea Roses	152
	The Hybrid Musk Roses	168
	Shrub Roses of the Twentieth Century	175
	The New English Roses	193
Part 3	Climbing Roses Old and New
7	Ramblers and Climbers Old and New, Their Characters and Uses	201
8	Ramblers Derived from the Musk or Synstylae Section of the Genus Rosa	208
	The Synstylae	208
	The Mystery of the Musk Rose	220
	Old and New Garden Ramblers	224
9	Ramblers and Climbers Derived from the Musk Rose or Synstylae Section Intermarried with the Offspring of the China and Tea Roses	237
	Large-flowered Ramblers	237
	Large-flowered Climbers of Hybrid Tea Style	241
	The "New" Climbers	249
10	Some Rare Species and Their Forms and Hybrids	257
	Tha Banskian Roses	257
	The Macartney Rose, Rosa bracteata	260
	The Cherokee Rose, Rosa laevigata	262
11	Ramblers and Climbers: Their Selection and Display	264
	Selections for Various Positions and Purposes	264
	The Display of Climbers and Ramblers	269
Part 4	Practical Points
12	For True Gardeners	281
	Cultivation	281
	Pruning	283
	Fragrance	286
Part 5	From Other Pens
13	The Work of Dr C. C. Hurst	297
14	Key to the Major Groups of Cultivated Roses	341
15	The Botany of Climbing Roses and the Derivation of Some Garden Climbers	346
	Hardiness Zones	351
	Bibliography	355
	Index	359