The Quest for the Rose.

Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix.

A history of the rose in human culture accompanied with more than 1000 colour photographs. Also takes readers to China on a search for the progenitors of today’s modern roses, in particular for the ‘four stud China’s’ ancestors of modern Hybrid Teas. Also a practical reference guide to roses, each is described in detail with practical information about flowering, scent, height and habit. Superb quality book typical of the Phillips and Rix partnership.

BBC Books, London, 1993.

ISBN 9780563364429

Hardback with dust jacket. 256 pages.

SECONDHAND. Fine condition.