This little book offers things you won't find in other books. Before you choose your roses, assess how much time you have available to spend on your roses. The book relates your available time with the type of roses you should choose. It helps you decide the best place to plant your roses. It takes you through the steps of planting and caring for your roses -- especially how to winterize them. Happily, it describes how to enjoy your roses -- perhaps unique in North American books. Definitely unique, it provide lists of Canadian rose hybridizers. It also recommends further reading in several other books by Canadian authors.

There are magnificent full colour pictures of roses to gladden the heart. The book gives the essentials for beginners -- not an overload. But it will also sharpen the knowledge that experienced rose growers have accumulated. It is only $6.00 -- a giveaway.

It makes a thoughtful little gift for any birthday, anniversary or holiday celebration. Where can you find it? From the publisher, ROSECOM , 41 Outer Drive, London, Ontario N6P 1E1. Enclose your CAD cheque or USD check for $6.00 plus $1.10 for mailing, and send it to ROSECOM with your name and address. Or you can pick it up from any of the following outlets or societies (while supplies last):

In the Maritimes, The Prince Edward Island Rose Society

In the Montréal area, La Société des roses du Québec Rose Society

In the National Capital, The Friends of the Central Experimental Farm

In the Toronto area, The Civic Garden Centre Bookstore, Don Mills

In the Hamilton area, The Hamilton & Burlington Rose Society

In the London area, The Lambeth Horticultural Society

In the St. Thomas area, The St. Thomas and District Horticultural Society

In Manitoba, Skinner's Nursery, Roblin, Manitoba

In Saskatchewan, The Saskatchewan Rose Society

In Alberta, The Calgary Rose Society

The book,registered as ISBN 0-9686988-0-8, is also in the National Library of Canada, Ottawa, where it is available for consulting in the permanent collection and in Canadiana, the national bibliography.