If the choice of roses at the local nursery or garden center baffles you, check out the American Rose Society’s “2006 Handbook for Selecting Roses.”

With ratings for more than 3,000 commercially available roses, the booklet offers rose growers – both novices and experts – the information they need to choose the right rose varieties.

Compiled from an annual survey of ratings by thousands of ARS members from across the country, the 2006 handbook is available now, for $5, including shipping and handling.

To order the “2006 Handbook for Selecting Roses” or to receive information about growing roses, write: American Rose Society, P.O. Box 30000, Shreveport, LA, 71130-0030, call (800) 637-6534, e-mail ars@ars-hq.org or visit the ARS Web site at www.ars.org.

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