Book ID: 94553
Zhang Zhuoshuang and Zhu Xiuzhen
Rose of China. 2006. Many color photographs. 220 p. 4to. Hardcover.- Chinese, with English abstract, Latin nomenclature and Latin species index.
Deals with the nomenclature, cultivation history, ecological habit, classification, breeding, propagation, cultivation, pest control, application, registering, and especially the introduction of cultivars and the rose culture, thus making the book a comprehensive introduction of roses. While introducing the rose cultivars, the modern roses are divided from old roses. In 1966 more than 470 cultivars were registered in China. 200 new cultivars are described together with 21 old Chinese rose varieties. In the index, the names and the character of 1, 200 cultivars of roses are described.