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This is a smaller version of the hardcover Botanica's Roses This is a neat little book with great high quality photos. However, the big Botanica's Roses book has two or three times as many roses. So this is not a listing of basically every rose like the other book, but it is a great selection. The one MAJOR problem about this book is that it does not give size estimations for the roses. Yes, it tells climate zones, bloom color, fragrance amount, flowering habit and frequency of bloom --- but if you don't know how big a bush is going to get, how can you make a decision about buying and garden placement? They should have had two estimations of size - one for cooler and one for warmer climates - for each rose such as in the Smith and Hawken "100 Old Roses..." book. Also, I have found that having more than one rose book is very helpful to compare notes and get the full story. For instance, some of the authors of books may not have an objective opinion of roses they have bred themsleves. To me, Peter Beales' "Classic Roses" has proved to be the most useful book so far because, though he does not list thousands of roses (just many hundreds!), Beales teaches overall concepts and categorizes the roses so you can develop an understanding of what families of roses will be good for your location and specific garden uses. He also has symbols that tell you all about each rose in pictoral shorthand. So, get this smaller Botanica book if you want a great little book for browsing for plants with pretty blooms - but do a little more research before you plant! Happy rose gardening!! Nicely done I was pleasantly surprised when I received this book. The pictures are nice and clear and seems organized well. Even though it has information about hundreds of roses, it seemed to missing a few of what I thought were fairly popular roses. All in all it's a good reference book for the beginner. Decent book Decent book, good photos, easy to carry to a nursery. It is designed like a "dictionary" of roses. I like it better when they are organized by rose catagory ( old roses, hybrid tea etc) but this is a nice book none the less. A rose by any other name....... A beautifully illustrated and fact-filled book on the myriad of extraordinary rose cultivars. The book is a feast for the eyes and truthfully a bargain for it's price considering that most books cost more and do not even approach the detailed information and unbelievably beautiful photos of hundreds of cultivars. This book is replete with cultivars from landscape roses, hybrid teas, floribundas, miniatures, species roses, and even vines. They are all covered and fully illustrated!!!! A true encyclopedia for the rose afficianado that one will enjoy looking at over and over again!!! It will help you find that perfect rose for your landscaping needs. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I do. :-) A Great Value For a book to have as much color photography as this book does for under $... is truly amazing. I have done much of my rose garden by year of introduction and have found this book extremely useful. I do searches on internet sites or rose lists, and then locate the roses in this book to see what they look like, as well as other tidbits of information such as disease-resistance, repeat-bloom, hardiness etc. The book does include year of introduction in its summary, but lists the roses alphabetically so one can easily find them. I also noticed the index in the back of the book lists many roses by their synonym names which is helpful when another source you are working with calls the rose by a different name. Very little information in terms of how to care for a rose exists in this book. You will have to purchase other books for that. There is only so much information one can pack into a book and still keep it portable!! See also:
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