BOOK REVIEWS

Yates Roses
A practical guide to over 300
roses for Australia and New Zealand

Roger Mann
Harper Collins Publishing
$NZ39.95

A ROSARIAN'S library all in one book, the new Yates reference guide Roses is an excellent source of useful rose-growing advice. It follows the history of roses, tells how to identify the main categories, has an comprehensive, colour-coded gallery of blooms - with cultivation requirements and growth characteristics - as well as chapters on how to grow and enjoy your roses, with recipes for rose oils, vinegars, jams and wines. A worthy investment.

Weekend Gardener, Issue 112, December 12-29, 2002, Page 28

Reproduced with permission from the former Weekend Gardener magazine. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of the RNZIH