Roses for English Gardens
The first part, by Gertrude Jekyll, is about the limitless possibilities for using roses in gardens and is entitled Old and New Garden Roses and their Beautiful Use in Gardens.
The second part, by Edward Mawley, a founder and Honorary Secretary of the National Rose Society, is entitled Planting, Pruning, and Propagating Roses. Exhibiting, Growing under Glass etc.
There are lists and descriptions of the best roses at the start of the 20th century.
The first edition was described by The New York Times as by far and away the finest rose manual for the amateur that has ever come under our notice.
