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New David Austin book

20 years ago

Just popped in to a bookstore on my lunchbreak and found a new rose book by David Austin - The English Roses - it was only published this year. Hardcover and 300 pages. $75.00 though so bought DH a wine book as well, that way I can say I popped in to the store to get that wine book for you and while I was there.....

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20 years ago
What a marvelous idea, Ah the things we have to do.
Plenty of interesting reading coming up at the week-end.
Or a quite night curled up with a book after a hard days work.
Sounds good to me I bet you will enjoy it whatever you do.
Cheers...MM.
tom_pariz
20 years ago
Hi Vee.
Can you please tell which bookstore (chain) was that? I'm looking for that new book too -- on Amazon.com it says it's gonna be printed February 2006, but that's American edition.
Btw, can you tell us more impessions about the book? Any info is highly apprecaited!
-Tom
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vee71
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20 years ago
Tom
I bought it from a Mary Ryan's bookstore which is a Queensland only bookstore chain.

I am at work and the book is at home so I will have to rely on memory. It is quite a nice book, starts off with background information on how the roses came about, which old roses were used as parents. Has some information on growing, pruning, how to position the roses in the garden for most pleasing effect, companion planting, picking for the vase and arrangement. He doesn't really talk much about some of his older roses, they only get a small paragraph each, but he devotes a page to most of them, focusing on the more recent varieties (I suppose that is no surprise though).

I am not sure where you can purchase this in WA but I am sure a bookstore could order it in for you.

V
janineJ9
20 years ago
I was very recently in Melbourne at Borders in Carlton and they didn't have it. I ended up with James Young's (Australian) hardcover book on Roses at $50 which is great but I am a little sceptical about the photography colouring. It seems to me that some of them are just too intense/bright, or something - not quite realistic. I am comparing this to Peter Beale's (English) big book on roses which I keep borrowing from my local library. Photo's seem much more realistic.
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