Book published 1971.

Authored by Graham Stuart Thomas

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First published 1955. Text revisions by the author in 1957, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1971 and 1978.
Includes chapters by Dr. C.C. Hurst: "Notes on the origin and evolution of our Garden Roses" and "Notes on the origin of the Moss Rose"

Revised edition of 1979 differs only by
- other monochrome plates
- deletion of following paragraph on p. 205: "Throughout this book and in many writings in the past Rosa moschata has been confused with R. brunonii. Further explanation is given in my book Climbing Roses Old and New (Phoenix House/J. M. Dent, 1965).
- additional paragraph re Rosa chinensis on p. 217 (see References)