BEVERLY DOBSON is a native Californian who grew roses in Westchester County, New York for twenty-six years before returning to California in 1994. She began publishing rose information in the 1970s and founded the Combined Rose List in 1980. She is a rose enthusiast with experience as an American Rose Society Accredited Judge and Consulting Rosarian, an author, editor, and presenter of slide programs. The only American Honorary Vice-President of the Royal National Rose Society, she is the recipient of the Silver Honor Medal from the New York State District of the American Rose Society in 1981, a former Secretary-Treasurer of the Rose Hybridizers Association, and current Secretary of the Heritage Roses Group. Her many publications include the rose chapter in the Fourth Edition of 10,000 Gardening Questions Answered by 20 Experts, and the rose section in the Wise Garden Encyclopedia. From 1983-1994 she published the widely acclaimed Bev Dobson's Rose Letter. All 67 back issues are available @$2.00 each from Beverly R. Dobson, 916 Union Street #302, Alameda, California 94501.

PETER SCHNEIDER is a rose collector, importer, and exhibitor who has been editing the Combined Rose List in partnership with Bev Dobson since 1992. He is an accredited rose judge who is active in his local rose society. He is the editor of the revised edition of Taylor's Guide to Roses, the author of Peter Schneider on Roses, and of the rose essay in Taylor's Guide to Seashore Gardening. A regular contributor to Horticulture, he has also contributed to The Gardener, National Gardening and numerous other publications. Since 1995 he has edited and published the American Rose Rambler. With his wife Susan he grows about 1,200 different varieties of roses in rural Portage County, Ohio.