![]() Christopher's knowhow can explain why the rustlers soak their cuttings in water in which they have previously soaked willow chips: willow hormones promote rooting. Yes, advance copies are expected later this year. Chapters, organized loosely around the author's visits with old-rose aficionados, include some satisfyingly tall tales, particularly of his jaunts with Texan rose ``rustlers'' who travel, caravan-style, to find and take clippings of plants growing by abandoned houses or in graveyards. Gary Parkes The book will be published in the Spring 2019. ![]() ![]() A reader learns that ``Autumn Damask,'' which has its legendary roots in Damascus, may be the most fragrant of all roses and that the Chinese ``Gigantea'' boasts canes as long as 50 feet, while those of ``Rosa Rouletii'' reach only six inches. Both are venerable genres that cover a lot of ground, and horticulturalist/writer Christopher's brief account of his journeys searching out the hardy yet subtle shrubs classified as ``old roses'' provides many satisfactions. ![]() ![]() Well known are the rambling rose and its literary equivalent-the rambling gardening book. ![]()
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