The Rose Bible

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1998, 1998. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 2nd printing ; 252 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.; ISBN: 0811821595; 9780811821599 LCCN: 98-6832 ; LC: SB411; Dewey: 635.9/33734; NAL: SB411 ; OCLC: 38879170 ; Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harmony Books, c1994 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; "Classic by America's leading rosarian reveals everything a gardener needs to know about this most treasured of garden plants. Ray Reddell has distilled his vast knowledge of the eternally popular rose into one copiously illustrated, indispensable reference, offering expert advice on everything from planting and pruning to training and grafting roses. Encompassing antique and modern roses, original species and recent hybrids, bushes and shrubs, ramblers and climbers, this is the definitive volume on growing splendid roses. ; "Rayford Clayton Reddell owns a nine-acre ranch in Petaluma, California, planted with over 8,000 rose bushes. An expert on roses, he is a garden columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle as well as a regular contributor to Horticulture magazine." ; features roses from Plumpton Place in East SUssex England, Sissinghurst, St. Albans, Mottisfort, Castle Howard, Bois de Bologne, Rosarie de l'Hay, Park Retiro, Generalife Alhambra, Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, Washington Park in Portland, Huntington Gardens in Pasadena, Filoli Gardens in Woodside California ; FINE.