The late Alister Clark is introduced as 'Australia's best known rosarian.' The Govanstones, who work in the nursery business (Tillie) and for the Department of Sustainability & Environment
(Andrew) profile 65 women for whom Clark named hybrid tea rose seedlings he bred for hot, dry climates on his Glenara estate. They present an overview of Clark's naming process that reflects
the period social context, color photographs of the roses, and photos of their namesakes (which include prize-winning gardeners and a pioneer early pilot), who range from Jessie Clark (1915) to
Mary Bostock (1951). Some of these roses have no known surviving specimens. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
