Roses: From the Archives of the Royal Horticultural Society

by Peter Harkness

Book Overview

Roses are Treasured for Many Reasons: their enchanting beauty and sweet fragrance, their fascinating history, their rich symbolic power, and their value as the most versatile of garden plants. Fossils of roses estimated to be between three and twenty-three million years old have been found in such diverse locations as Bulgaria, France, Germany, the western United States, China, and Japan. Ancient societies as varied as the locations in which rose...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810956241
• ISBN13: 9780810956247
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary