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Handwritten description of the varieties of roses in her garden at Plandome Park, undated

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Dean Hole. Silvery carmine, shaded salmon, flower large. Variety of great excellence; useful for any purpose. Etoile de France. Velvety crimson, center vivid cerise red; carried on a long crest stem, beautiful foliage. Useful for cutting.

Grace Darling. Creamy white, tinted & shaded with peach, large & very floriferous. Gruss an Tepliz. Brightest scarlet crimson, very free flowering.

[Tillameg]. Flesh shaded white, suffused into pink blooms, large buds long & pointed; fine for massing & forcing. Lyon Rose. Flowers large & globular; petals elegantly formed, the color is a coral red or salmon pink shaded with chrome yellow in the center. Very fragrant & hardy. A truly magnificent rose, absolutely distinct. Madame Jules Groley. Bright, china rose, flowers large & beautiful formed. Very floriferous. Franceska [Truger]. Coppery yellow shaded with peach, large & full, useful for cutting. Madame Lombard. Bright rose, fine form, free blooms.

Marie van Houlter. Canary yellow, deeper center, border of petals tipped with rose.

Dates

  • undated

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.1 Linear Feet

Repository Details

Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository

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