mcfarland john horace 1859 1948 (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; x, 233 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm ; LCCN: 23-5940 ; LC: SB411; Dewey: 635.93 ; OCLC: 970845 ; green cloth with gold lettering and color photographic vignette ; no dustjacket ; Includes bibliographical references ("Books on roses" p. 227) and index. ; ".[H]aving in 1915 been rought into an intimate relations with the American Rose Society through an agreement to make for it each year an "American Rose Annual", I came into progressive contact with the friends of the rose everywhere. I had all my life been a theoretical rose-lover, but this labor of love for the rose impelled me to make my relationship practical. This increasingly pleasant rose contact has reached into every state and province of the United States and Canada, as well as across both oceans to all of Europe, to the Philippines, Japan and CHina, to Australia, Ceylon and New Zealand. It has made possible the assembling annually of a record of American rose progress, with side-lights from all the world. Continually, as I have faced the question mark which seems to be a part of the countenance of every American rose-lover, I have felt the need for an interpretation from the American standpoint of the up-to-date rose-lore that has thus far been developed." ; Contents: Is the rose in America? - George Washington's rose - American rose production - Foreign roses prevail - Special rose locations - Superior American hardy climbers - Making the rose universal - The usual roses - Hybrid teas - Pernetianas - Tea roses - Polyanthas - Hybrid perpetuals - Hybrid rugosas - Noisettes - Moss roses - hardy climbers - Crimson rambler - Wichurianas - Climbing hybrid teas - other climbers - The unusual roses - The Crapo Catlague - Sweetbriers - Cherokee - American species - Old-world species - Hugonis - Setipoda - Cathayensis - Van Fleet hybrids - Austrian briers - The rose plant itself - Own-root plants - Budded plants - Which to plant - Potted roses - Various stocks - Capt. Thomas's "Average facts" - What are suckers? - Comparisons of plants - using roses to best advantage - Roses in beds - Color arrangement - using the hardy climbers - Rose pillars - Gound-covers - Training as shrubs - Using the Rugosas - Tree roses - A rose prescription - Roses away from the home - Great park rose-gardens - Portland roses - Botanical gardens - Hospitals & jails - Roses & schools - Rose highways - Landscapes - Great rose-gardens - Making roses grow & bloom - Early planting - Rose soils - Plenty of food - Deep preparation? - Thoroughness - Fall planting - Receiving plants - Planting - Own-root roses - Hardy climbers - Cultivation - Cutting rose-blooms - Disbudding - The art & mystery of pruning - Why we prune - Pruning tools - How & when - Hybrid teas - Hybrid perpetuals - Pegging down - Rugosas - hardy climbers - Pruning for pillars - Rose species - Good-looking shrubs - Summer pruning - Protecting roses from insects & diseases - Green-fly - Aphids - Lice - Three mean rose-slugs - A white pest - Rose-bug - Rose scale - Rose curculio - Slug caterpillar - Other bugs - Diseases - Mildew - Blackspot - A treble result - Other black-spot controls - Wintering roses anywhere - Rose-zone map - First zone - Hybrid tea zone - Rugosa zone - Central New York - New England - Near Chicago - In Canada - The essentials of protection - What about rose varieties? - Standard descriptions - Changing varieties - A great referendum - Safe guidance - What is a double rose? - Bedding roses - ROses for winter beauty - Producing roses, old & new - Roses from seed - Cuttings or "slips" - Layering roses - Budding - Novel budding method - Grafting - Bud sports - Hybridization - The social relations of the rose - The Wars of the Roses - On red rose for rent - The value of organization - Organizing a local society - Proper showing of roses -- The American Rose Society -- Roses for hospitals & jails ; rare title ; edge wear, else G. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 248, xvi pages, [18] pages of plates : illustrations (4 color), 1 fold-out ; portrait ; 21 cm. ; green and orange cloth with designs ; no dustjacket ; OCLC: 9504907 ; LC: SB411 ; Dewey: 583.305 ; Contents: The early rose / Frank W Halliday -- The rose on the air / J Horace McFarland -- The Allentown rose-garden / C Chester Yost -- More municipal rose-gardens / Robert Pyle -- The garden value of rose species / E H M Cox -- The committee on old roses / Mrs. Francis King -- The duties of the old-rose committee / Stephen F Hamblin -- The old roses of California -- Francis E Lester -- Breeding new roses / George C Thomas -- Rose-breeding in Rhode Island / Josephine Brownell, Walter D Brownell -- A rose foundation / William Crocker -- Breeding better roses / Rev George A Schoener -- Roses from your ice-box / Persis Smallwood Crocker -- The wax treatment for dormant plants / James A Neilson -- The canker scare / R Marion Hatton -- Rose-disease investigations / L M Massey, Bruce Parsons -- The Central East, a symposium -- Roses along Lake Erie: Mentor, Sandusky, Toledo / Melvin E Wyant, Harry B Neumeyer, Paul Fakehany, Charles G Smith -- Roses in and around Detroit / E Genevieve Gillette -- Southeastern Ohio / Mrs. John B Wagner -- Along the Ohio River / Marie Bauer -- Roses in Cincinnati / R J Conners -- Roses in the Blue Grass /. C S Crouse, Maude M Crouse -- Roses in Eastern Indiana / Alexander McGalliard -- No roses without work / Mrs W D Bostick -- Protecting roses in Indiana / Mrs Berenice M Harrison -- Roses in Northern Indiana / A L Hubbard -- Time of planting and winter protection in Michigan / Charles M Greenway -- Roses can be grown in Illinois / E I Lanter -- Roses near the Mississippi / Dr. Ralph Graham -- Roses in industrial Illinois / Perry Wilson -- Roses in "Egypt" / Hon. Kent E Keller -- The rose-mindedness of Ontario / J Horace McFarland -- Roses in the Rocky Mountains / Maud Chegwidden -- Rugosa roses on a Kansas farm / Carol L Martin -- Why I prefer Spring planting / Agnes Fules Huntington -- Caring for a small rose-garden / Mrs Louis Hurd -- The modern way of feeding roses / Dr G J Raleigh -- Abolishing rose-bugs / Ruth O Ericson -- Failure and success in rose-growing / G F Middleton -- My lifetime with roses / E Gurney Hill -- Tributes to Ernest Henry Wilson -- Wilson, the explorer and teacher / Richardson Wright -- Wilson, the lover of plants / E H M Cox -- Frederick Loveless Atkins / Leonard Barron -- Three fine rose men pass on -- J C N Forestier / J H Nicolas -- John Hickman Dunlop / A J Webster -- Sing Sing's rose man / Lewis E Lawes -- Abyssinia as a land of roses / Franklin P Adams -- Roses in Brazil / Eudoro Ramos Costa -- The 1920 rose summer in Europe / J H Nicolas -- The American Rose Society in Europe / Robert Pyle -- The international rose test-gardens / Dr SPencer S Sulliger -- Roses abroad -- Name, names, names / E S Trott -- Proof of the pudding, 1931 -- Radio rose talks -- Rose notes -- New roses of the world ; wear to covers, else G. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 232 pages, [18] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 21 cm. ; green and orange cloth with designs ; no dustjacket ; OCLC: 9504907 ; LC: SB411 ; Dewey: 583.305 ; Contents: The President makes and appeal / Walter E Clark -- The regional rose-conference idea / Robert Pyle -- What is a rose pilgimage? -- Pernet-Ducher / J Dupeyrat -- Breeding roses at home / George C Thomas -- Propagating roses at home / C C Bramble -- What understock do you use? / Mrs. Gross R Scruggs -- Rose-disease work at the New Jersey Station / Richard P White -- Black spot again / L M Massey, Cynthia Westcott -- A plea for patience / P L A Lines -- When is a new rose a good rose? -- Favorite roses, a symposium -- All roses are beautiful / George T Elliot -- Vermont replies / George P Cheney -- A well-considered list / R Marion Hatton -- A nurseryman's selection / S Roger Mitchell -- Roses which give most pleasure / Mrs J A Frank Neal -- My favorite roses / Mrs Frank Harris Hissock -- The favored few / A J Webster -- Among the newer roses / Clarence A Davis -- Among my favorites / Melvin E Wyant -- Time-tested favorites / Robert Housum -- Some yellow roses I like / Clyde O'Rourk -- Hoosier beauties / Arthur L Hubbard -- The call of the wild / Albert Chandler -- Kansas roses / Otto Greef -- A rose-garden in Arkansas / Dymple B Johnson -- Teas in the South / R N Day -- Favorite roses in Central Florida / Louis P Bosanquet -- Roses I have grown and loved / Henderson L Lanham -- The roses of Spartanburg / Mrs L J Blake -- My favorite roses / Mrs James A Bane -- What are my favorite roses? -- Favorites from the Pernetiana paradise / Aden Hyde -- Ideals and favorites / P L A Lines -- Roses of the future / E G Hill -- Rating rose values / Capt L S Van Duzer -- Shipping cut roses / S S Pannock -- Rugosa roses and their hybrids / Chester D Wedrick -- An experience with little own-root roses / Horace W Treusdell -- California roses, a symposium -- Physical geography of California / Emmet Rixford -- The California climate / George C Thomas -- California as a rose paradise / Forrest L Hieatt -- Old roses of California / Arthur P Howard -- Roses in California / Lowell Swisher -- Some new roses in Southern California / John A Armstrong -- California garden practice / Clarence G White -- Combating heat in the San Joaquin Valley / R O MacDonald -- Roses of Monterey / Francis E Lester -- Roses in Central California / Mrs Charles C Derby -- Rose-planting in Santa Clara County / Mrs Fremont Older -- Roses by the Golden Gate / Victor Reiter -- Experiences from Petaluma / Mrs Maud E Serutton -- Roses in Northern California / Howard Bishop Jr -- Roses in the Redwood empire / Mrs J H Gault -- Commercial rose-growing in California / Dr Emmet Rixford -- The rose-pilgrim's progress / Dwight L Armstrong -- Roses in the Puget Sound country / Dr Hiram DePuy -- The American Rose Society tours Europe / J H Nicolas -- Roses in other lands - Rose notes -- World's new roses -- Roses registered ; tiny mark on front cover, else VG. Book.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 232, xxv pp. ; illustrated, 19 photographic plates, 3 in color ; 21 cm. ; John Horace McFarland (1859-1948) was an American master printer and horticulturist. Throughout his career, he advocated for civic beautification, and he became a leader in the conservation movement of the early twentieth century. These early experiences instilled the passion for horticultural beauty and the business expertise that distinguished him personally and professionally. He eventually purchased his father's press. Combining the skills learned from these early experiences, he established a successful printing company of his own. He founded the J. Horace McFarland Company/Mount Pleasant Press, specializing in seed catalogs and nursery trade publications. Over the course of his lifetime, McFarland wrote and lectured extensively on horticulture, printing methods, and civic improvement. McFarland was a prominent member of the American Rose Society. Contents : Why do you like roses? / B Y Morisson -- Favorite moss roses / Jesse A Currey -- Tea roses for southern climates / George C Thomas, Jr -- The land of enchantment / Edmund M Mills -- Interesting boys and girls in roses / J Horace McFarland -- A beginner's experiences / Dwight L Armstrong -- East and West beginnings and experiences / John F Mahneke -- Own-root roses again / G A Stevens -- Buying roses from traveling agents -- Why we stopped selling roses in Sping / George H Petereson -- Rose understocks at Arlington Farm / Guy E Yerkes -- Rose-breeding in theory and practice -- Chromosomes and their relation to rose problems / Kathleen B Blackburn -- Mendelian principles and rose hybridization / J H Nicolas -- Artificial fertilization / J Pernet-Ducher -- Parents and offspring / Capt. George C THomas, Jr -- Handling seeds and seedlings / Allan C Fraser -- Roses and their hybridization in Spain / Pedro Dot -- Hybridization from a woman's viewpoint / Rena E Wilbur -- A poor start makes poor roses / W L Bredero -- The Northeast corner, a double symposium -- Roses in New England -- Roses in Maine / Dr. George T Elliot -- New Hampshire roses / Dr. Joseph Boylston -- Green Mountain roses / Edna V Highley -- Roses in Vermont / R R Campbell -- Practical methods / Mrs. A H Parker -- Along the New England seaboard / John Barrow -- Rhode Island roses / R Marion Hatton -- Roses and heresies in Connecticut / Alexander Cummings, Jr -- Roses in New York and Ontario -- Simplified rose culture on Long Island / Mrs Tracy H Lewis -- Planting and feeding roses / A Schierenberg -- Roses in Central New York / Dr. G Griffin Lewis -- Amateur rose-growing in Rochester / Paul Seel, Elsie Seel - A home rose-garden in Ithaca / E A White -- A Buffalo backyard rose-garden / Oscar S Witte -- Roswe varieties in Ontario / Paul B Sanders -- Thomas, Pemberton, and Lambert roses / Whitman Cross -- Color standardization for roses / H S Tillotson -- Considering new varieties / Capt. George C Thomas, Jr -- Patience for the new roses / G F Middleton -- The proof ofthe pudding, again -- A gentleman discusses blondes / Geoffrey G Whitney -- Roses in China / M Leslie Hancock -- Five years of rose progress in Australia / H H Hazlewood -- Roses at a naval base / G Prideaux -- Brown canker of the rose / Anna E Jenkins -- As the retail florist sees roses / Max Schling -- The cut-rose situation in New York / E L D Seymour, Frank H Traendly -- Conversation with a rose beginner -- A rose school in Texas -- The favored roses of America / Robert Pyle -- Royal doings in Tacoma / James A Hays -- What about the new European roses? -- Two new van Fleet hybrids -- New roses of the world -- Roses registered -- Rose notes. ; green patterned cloth ; with return card for ARS laid-in ; slight edge wear, else VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 208, xx, [1] ; illustrated, 4 in color ; 21 cm. ; John Horace McFarland (1859-1948) was an American master printer and horticulturist. Throughout his career, he advocated for civic beautification, and he became a leader in the conservation movement of the early twentieth century. His wide-ranging achievements made a lasting impact on printing processes, horticulture, and environmental protection. During McFarland's early years, his father operated a nursery and a small weekly newspaper in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. McFarland worked in both of his father's businesses as a youth. These early experiences instilled the passion for horticultural beauty and the business expertise that distinguished him personally and professionally. He eventually purchased his father's press. Combining the skills learned from these early experiences, he established a successful printing company of his own. He founded the J. Horace McFarland Company/Mount Pleasant Press, specializing in seed catalogs and nursery trade publications. Over the course of his lifetime, McFarland wrote and lectured extensively on horticulture, printing methods, and civic improvement. McFarland was a prominent member of the American Rose Society. It truly happened (poem)/Florence van Fleet Lyman -- The rose in poetry/Edmund M. Mills -- The music of the rose/Charles G. Adams -- The resurrection of the rose/Ruben Dario -- A tired woman's roses/Mabel Osgood Wright -- The Sunday rose festival/Edmund M. Mills -- The Sing Sing rose-garden/Richardson Wright -- About municipal rose-gardens/Harold A. Caparn -- The best in small rose-gardens (a symposium) -- Designing a small rose-garden/Harold A Caparn -- The small rose-garden in the West/Spencer S. Sulliger -- Planning the small rose-garden/Paul A. Kohl -- The ideal rose-garden/Liberty H Bailey -- Find a white rose of a thousand dollars!/Jesse A. Currey -- The rose/from the San Francisco Journal -- Who will carry on?/J. H. Nicolas -- Quick germination of rose seeds/Allen C Fraser -- Rooting budded roose-cuttings/Martin Bilon -- What do roses cost?/W. C. Egan -- "Heart of Gold" in 1926, an official announcement -- Heresy in rose-growing/G. A. Stevens -- Ordinary fertilizers vs. special plant-foods/Sidney H. DOggett -- The conquest of mildew/H. H. Hazelwood -- A mildewless rose-garden/W. DeP. Knowlton -- A cautionary word about fungicides/L. M. Massey -- The color of a red rose/James M. Petrie -- A California bloom record/P. J. Lauber -- More Denver rose news/Dr. William L. Hess -- Own-root roses in COlorado/John T. Roberts, Jr -- Georgia roses/Mrs. E. P. Crenshaw -- Texas roses/W. E. Haisley -- Is the South growing the right roses? -- A Chevy Chase rose-garden in 1924/Whitman Cross -- Some new roses in central New Yorkk/Mrs. Frank C. Soule -- The world's most important rose test-garden/J. H. Nicolas -- An intimate view of roses in France/J. Duperyat -- The rose news from Italy/Countess Senni -- German rose experiences/Wilhelm I. H. Kordes -- The rose in Spain/Pedro Dot -- The queen of flowers in the Philippines/W. W. Weston -- Rose-growing in a hot climate/R. A. Nicholson -- The favored roses of America, referendum report -- The 1925 members' rose forum -- What kind of rose catalogues do you want?, editorial inquiry -- The value of design in a flower show/A. D. Taylor -- A survey of the florists' roses/Wallace R. Pierson -- The 1925 rose cut-flower situation/S. S. Pennock -- The new roes and the grower/Anthony Ruzicka -- The English Gold-Medal roses/Courtney Page -- Where can I buy the new roses? -- The world's new roses -- Roses registered -- Rose notes. ; some wear and soiling ; VG. Book.

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