Roll Call-The Old Rose Breeder: A Gazetteer of Breeders, Introducers, and Their Roses Through 1920

"Roll-Call: The Old Rose Breeder" is the first ever complete listing of the breeders of old roses with their introductions classified and dated, as well as location information and other thumbnail data. This handy reference, compiled over nearly two decades of study by the top authority on the history of old roses, is a necessary guide for old rose enthusiasts and researchers who wish to have a full idea of the careers and contributions of those who bred and released old roses. The reader will be able to trace the efforts of each breeder/introducer year-by-year, casting light on their hybridization, their goals, their abilities--and their luck. Have the complete historical sweep of the world of old roses at your fingertips!