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In Search of Lost Roses

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ISBN-10: 0226105962

ISBN-13: 9780226105963

Edition: 2002

Authors: Thomas Christopher

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Christopher has researched the history of old roses, their creation and introduction into America. He tells stories of the eccentric characters involved in 'rustling' the roses from back-alleys and overgrown graveyards across the country.
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List price: $17.50
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Thomas Christopher has been reporting on gardening and environmental issues for more than twenty-five years, writing for a wide range of publications including the New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, and Britain's Daily Telegraph. He is the author of Water-Wise Gardening, a guide to new styles of gardening emerging from the need to conserve this resource. A graduate of the New York Botanical Garden School of Professional Horticulture, he contributes a blog about sustainable gardening, Green Perspectives, to the garden's website. He is the editor of The New American Landscape.

Introduction
Of Musk Roses and Other Mysteries
""An Awful Yet Pleasing Treat""
Rose Rustling
Heirloom Roses
Twice-Blooming Roses of Paestum
The Flowery Kingdom
A Journey to the Mother Lode
""He Who Would Have Beautiful Roses in His Garden . . .""
Black Gardeners
""Thank God for the Tax Deductions""
American BeautyIndex of Roses