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Media	Title	Author	Date	Description	ISBN
Book	500 Popular Roses for American Gardeners	Mynah Publishers	1999	Great resource book for the rose buyer. Detailed descriptions of plants, and hybridizer information. Covers species through modern shrub roses. 288pps.
Book	All-America Roses	Redell, Rayford, C.	1998	Photos by Saxon Holt. A nice publication by Redell, presenting some classic American hybrid tea roses. His text is clean, crisp, straightforward. He makes hybrid tea rose growing look easy. 96 pps.
Book	American Rose Annual #42	Abrahamson, Frank -editor	1957	Articles on many subjects such as tree roses, miniatures, understocks, growing roses in Minnesota Table of Contents pg 1 and pg 2
Book	American Rose Annual #44	Abrahamson, Frank -editor	1959	Articles include cold-hardiness, disbudding, roses for fall bloom, genetics of doubleness. Table of Contents pg 1 and pg 2
Book	American Rose Annual #64	Goldstein, Harold- editor	1979	Yearly collection of articles in book form by the ARS. More modern ones are in magazine format. Includes “Photographing Roses”, Rooting Rose Cuttings”, “Drip Irrigation”. 214 pages. Table of Contents pg 1 and pg 2
Journal	American Rose Annual #86	Griffith, Ed editor	2001	Year of the Rose. Articles on hybridizing, great rose gardens, exhibiting, roses in Australia
Journal	American Rose Magazine	ARS	Various issues
Book	The Art of Arranging Flowers A Complete Guide to Japanese Ikebana	Sato, Shozo		The ultimate "zen" of floral arranging.
Book	Beautiful Roses Made Easy Mid-Atlantic and New England Edition	Dunn, Teri Viette, Andre Viette, Mark		Jackson & Perkins Cool Springs Press, Thomas Nelson, Inc.	ISBN 1-591860-74-1
Book	Beautiful Roses: Step by Step Visual Guide	Dolezal, Bob	1991	Sections with photos of roses grouped by color, then type and special uses. Also info on budding, pruning and container roses. 79 pages.
Book	The Big Book of Kitchen Gardens	Time Life Books	1999	Even rose gardeners relish a tomato, now and then! Complete with recipes, this is excellent fodder for cooks searching for the ideal pot-luck zucchini casserole. This book also has a good garden pest section.
Book	Botanica’s Roses	Beales, Peter and Tommy Cairns	1998	Thousands of rose photos, extensive encyclopedia. Comes with CD. 704 pages
Articles	Brownell Roses	House and Garden Magazine	July 2001	Article featuring Dorrie Nichols, and the roses made famous by her grandfather, Walter Brownell of Little Compton, Rhode Island.
Catalog	Catalog: Die Schonsten Rosen der Welt	W. Kordes Sohne	1999/2000	Photos of Kordes roses, descriptions in German. 128 pages
Video	A Celebration of Old Roses	Beales, Peter	1997	Hour long video narrated by Peter Beales about history of roses. Old garden roses are shown sorted by type ie Alba, Gallica etc. End of video shows photos of all included roses with their name. One hour.
Book	Climbing Roses	Mikolajski, Andrew	1997	Consultant Lin Hawthorne; photos Peter Anderson. Looking for a good vertical interest for your rose garden? This 64 page book gives the reader advice on how to grow and use climbers effectively in the garden landscape. Contains an "at-a-glance" growers' guide.
Book	Colorful World of Roses	Field, Xenia	1969	Great black and white photos and info on insect damage, diseases and rose arranging. Also tells how to bud a “standard” (tree) rose. 191 pages
Book	Compendium of Rose Disease	Horst, Kenneth	1983	This important publication on rose diseases, and their treatment was prepared in cooperation with the Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University. Copyright by the American Phytopathological Society. More than just information on blackspot, this is THE book for the embattled rose gardener
Book	Consulting Rosarian Manual	ARS	1995	Excellent book that should be in every rose growers library (purchase from ARS). Very detailed info on soil, fertilizers, spraying, insects and diseases. 94 pages.
Book	Consulting Rosarian Manual	ARS	2001	As above. Updated version. 94 pages.
Book	Easy Roses for North American Gardens	Christopher, Tom	1999	Readers Digest Association, Inc. Pleasantville, NY/Montreal	ISBN 0- 7621-0123 -7
Book	Enjoying Roses	Reilly, Ann	1992	History, selection and care of roses. Section on propagation and the world’s finest roses
Book	Garden Smarts: A Bounty of Tips From America's Best Gardeners	Goldbloom, Shelley	1999	339 pages of how to get started in the garden.
Book	The Grand Rose Family	Rondeau, Anne-Sophie	1998	Rustica Editions, Paris, France	ISBN 2-84038-249-0
Articles	Green Thoughts Garden Ledger	clippings	various	The Green Thoughts Garden Ledger. Miscellaneous clippings and articles, maintained by the Library, and always under reconstruction, but feel free to ask for this interesting collection of stuff! Contains some back articles of the RI Rose Society Newsletter--always good reading! Readers are welcomed to add clippings to the collection.
Book	Growing and Displaying Roses	Mattock, John Newdick,Jane Sutherland, Neil	1993	Whitecap Books CLB Publishing, Godalming, Surrey England	ISBN 1-55110-076-2
Book	Growing Better Roses	Nisbet, Fred J.	1973	Describes improved growing techniques, focused on developing the "Queen of Flowers" into a hardier, less "picky" plant specimen. 243 pps.
Book	Growing Better Roses	Nisbet, Fred, J.	1973
Video	Growing Good Roses	Redell, Rayford Clayton	1992	56 minutes. VHS.
Book	Growing Roses for Small Gardens	Gibson, Michael	1990	Owners of small gardens, and especially urban gardeners, will find this book useful if they choose to incorporate roses into their landscapes. Describes how to effectively use miniature, climbing, and small shrub roses. Also discusses the practice of rose growing in containers. 135 pps.
Video	Growing Tree Roses in RI	Shelley, John	2001	John Shelley’s presentation on growing and winterizing tree roses.
Book	A Guide to Creating Rose Arrangements The American Rose Society	Russell Anjer, Chairman Rose Arrangements Committee	1989	Helpful publication for all gardeners bitten by the rose-arranging bug. 103 pps.
Book	Guidelines for Judging Rose Arrangements	Abler, Elizabeth (ed.)	1997	Official ARS guidelines for judging arrangements. Helpful in understanding the styles and classes available and the criteria used. 95 pages.
Book	Guidelines for Judging Roses	ARS	1993	Official ARS guidelines for judging all types of roses. Includes illustrations. Useful to both new and experienced exhibitors. 60 pages
Book	Guidelines for Judging Roses	ARS	2003	MISSING Newly revised Official ARS guidelines for judging all types of roses. Includes illustrations. Useful to both new and experienced exhibitors.
Book	Handbook For Selecting Roses (several)	Schorr, Phil (ed.)	2000 2001	Yearly ARS guide to buying roses given to all ARS members. Gives numerical ratings and lists best roses by class.
Book	Impressionist Roses	Fell, Derek	1999	A wonderful book delving into the historical perspective on Impressionist artists and their use of roses in their paintings. Beautifully photographed. Great source of visual ideas for the modern day gardener. 136 pps.
Video	Japanese Flower Arranging: The Ohara School Method			Great little video! A good visual companion to the Ikebana book.
Journal	Journal of the California's Rose Heritage 2005 Conference, First Edition	Heritage Rose Foundation	2005	Article by Daniel Russo, pages 129-137, entitled "Rambler Roses of America". Wonderful insight on the history of the often-overlooked rambler rose. Dan resides in Connecticut, and is a founding member of the Rhode IslandRose Society.
Book	Landscape with Roses	Cox, Jeff	2002	The Taunton Press, Newtown, CT	ISBN 1-56158-382-0
Book	Lost Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll	Gunn, Fenja	1991	Macmillan Publishing Company, New York	ISBN 0-02-541516-3
Book	Moments in the Garden	Martin, Tovah	1991	Photos and descriptions of America’s finest gardens with close-ups of their plants. Locally includes Blithewold, Huntington and Longwood
Book	Old Roses and English Roses	Austin, David	1992	What can we say? Austin roses are a passion with some gardeners, and other gardeners might not immediately warm to the experience of the Austin Rose. But when David Austin talks about his cultivars, as though they were favorite children, the reader gains perspective and understanding about having the "perfect English rose" as a garden guest. 223 pps.
Book	Old-Fashioned Roses	McDonald, Elvin	1998	Smithmark Publishers U.S. Media Holdings, Inc.New York, NY	ISBN 0-7651-9065-5
Book	Organic Gardening Basics: Roses	Rodale, Inc.	2000	OG Basics, Vol. 4	ISBN 0-87596-839-2
Book	The Organic Rose Garden	Druitt, Liz	1996	Taylor Publishing Company Dallas, Texas	ISBN 0-87833-906-X
Book	Ortho’s All About Pruning	Buscher, Fred and Susan McClure	1989	Pruning techniques for trees, shrubs, vines including roses, grapes, fruit trees, evergreens, espaliers
Book	Ortho’s All About Roses	Cairns, Tommy	1999	Choosing appropriate roses for your type of garden. Growing and pruning. Hardiness zones. Photos and ARS ratings in back. 96 pages.
Book	Ortho’s All About Roses	Wolf, Rex and James McNair.	1995	History of roses, using roses in the landscape, basic care of roses. Encyclopedia of roses in back. 112 pages.
Book	Ortho’s All About Sprinklers and Drip Systems	Ortho	1998	Planning, installing and repairing sprinklers and irrigation systems. Includes watering systems for containers. 96 pages.
Book	Ortho’s All About the Easiest Roses to Grow	Cairns, Dr. Tommy	2002	Describes 150 fuss-free roses. How to have non stop color in landscape. Alos describes companionplants.
Book	Principles of Gardening	Johnson, Hugh	1996.
Book	Redoute Roses	Anderson, Frank, J.	1981	Mr. Anderson, Honorary Curator of Rose Books for the New York Botanical Gardens, presents a small, but wonderful peek into the world of Joseph Pierre Redoute, the painter of the famous roses of Malmaison. Lavishly illustrated, this little volume is a must-read for lovers of old roses. 112 pps.
Book	The Rockwells' Complete Book of Roses	Rockwell, F.F. Grayson, Esther	1966	Doubleday and Company; New York	ISBN 0-385-06341-5
Book	The Rose	Genders, Roy	1965	Exhaustively thorough book on rose growing including chapters on exhibition, propagation and history. Fascinatingchapter on rose fragrance. Many other interesting lists. Good section on shrub roses. 623 pages.
Book	The Rose Bible	Reddell, Rayford, Clayton	1998	Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA	ISBN 0-8118-2159-5
Book	Rosa Gallica	Verrier, Suzanne	1995	A concise, definitive work on gallica roses, grown in "green fashion". Photographs that beg to be "sniffed" off the pages. 149 pps.
Book	Rose Companions	Scanniello, Stephen	2005	Are your roses ready to join the Lonely Hearts' Club after the June Bloom? This is the book for you! Plenty of ideas on what do do when your roses don't choose to cooperate with your garden plans.	ISBN 1- 5918-6122-5
Book	Roses	Crockett, James Underwood	1975	This is a basic primer on the care and feeding of our favorite flower. The really neat part here is the section on the arrangement of roses--a definite "time warp" sensation! Ilustrations by Allianora Rosse.
Book	Roses	Jekyll,Gertrude Mawley, Edward	1983	The Ayer Company Salem, New Hampshire Originally published in 1902 as Roses for English Gardens.	ISBN 0-88143-0001-3
Book	Roses	Sunset editors	1990	Rose photos arranged by color. Ideas for planting in problem sites. Basic rose care. 96 pages.
Book	Roses	The American Horticultural Society	1999	In paperback, and consisting of 72 pages, this book is labelled as a "practical guide", through which the venerable American Horticultural Society gives advice to the beginning gardener on the selection, cultivation, and general care of the rose.
Book	Roses	Time Life editors	1989	Culture of roses. Includes budding, rooting and a monthly garden checklist of maintenance by zone. Photo encyclopedia in back. 158 pages.
Video	Roses For Every Garden	Redell, Rayford Clayton	1995	Rose culture presented by VHS format. 20 minutes
Book	Roses for Small Gardens	Gibson, Michael	1990		ISBN 0-88192-186-6
Book	Roses: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy	Ray, Richard and MacCaskey, Michael	1981	Photos and descriptions of popular roses. Basic growing instructions. 158 pages.
Book	Step by Step Guide to Growing and Displaying Roses	Mattock, John and Newdick, Jane and Sutherland, Neil	1993	Beautifully illustrated with step by step photos in a large format book. First section includes specifics of pruning different classes of roses, budding, pollinating etc. Second section is on rose arranging, making wreaths, floral techniques. 124pages.
Book	The Ultimate Gardening Book	McGlynn, Carole	1999	Fine publication for the gardener looking for ideas on adding to existing gardens, or planning out new garden designs. Color photos are grouped by plant types. 446 pps.
Book	The Ultimate Rose Book	McHoy, Peter	1997	If you are looking for a way to use your roses creatively, this is the book for you! Though it contains the usual basic information on the care and feeding of the rose, and a rather decent historical perspective on the flower, the real strength of this book aims for the rose arranger, and the artistically-minded gardener. Plenty of projects with excellent sets of instructions. Nicely photographed, 256 pages.
Book	Visions of Roses	Beales, Peter	1996	Features 33 rose gardens. Nice mixture of landscape type photos and close-ups
Book	Wildflowers on the Windowsill	Hitchcock, Susan Tyler	1984.