THREE FOR GARDENERS
THE OLD SHRUB ROSES, by Graham Stuart Thomas; Phoenix House, through Whitcombe and Tombs, English price 32/6. VEGETABLES FOR THE EPICURE, by Roy Genders; Museum Press, English price 10/6. BULBS ALL THE YEAR ROUND, hy Roy Genders; Faber and Faber, English price 25/-. «VEN the least adventurous rosegrower, the one who orders one each of the first six on the published list of favourites in the gardening column, may be tempted to inquire for a hybrid musk or perhaps a moss after reading about them in Mr Thomas’s painstaking book about the older roses that grow on their own roots or on other stock into fine and graceful shrubs or small trees. The author is an adviser to the National Trust and he knows a great deal about his favourite subject and has made many journeys: in search of a missing rose species. His illustrations may well send eager growers in New Zealand in search of button eyes and quartered centres, musks, damasks, Bourbons and Gallicas in greater variety than they are at present commonly seen, Roy Genders has produced two more of his thorough books, the first to convert potato, green pea and lettuce eaters into enthusiasts seeking new seeds to enjoy the pleasures of the epicure; he lists 20-odd kinds of garden peas and lettuces, and mentions many other vege-
tables that do not appear on any printed menu ever seen in this country in a_ public restaurant. And in addition he gives many hints for grower and for cook. His second book will open the eyes of those who think that beautiful lilies are all expensive or that certain bulbs flower only in the spring. He plans a bulb or corm rotation for the whole year. Two most
useful books.
J.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 934, 5 July 1957, Page 12
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297THREE FOR GARDENERS New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 934, 5 July 1957, Page 12
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