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A helpful note re pronunciation: a ditty by Philadelphia journalist Ralph D Paine in 1897 regarding LG's son who captained the England cricket team on an American tour that year tells us:
At one end stocky Jessop frowned,
The human catapult
Who wrecks the roofs of distant towns
When set in his assault.
His mate was that perplexing man
We know as "Looshun-Gore",
It isn’t spelt at all that way,
We don’t know what it’s for.
But as with Cholmondeley and St. John
The alphabet is mixed,
And Yankees cannot help but ask -
"Why don't you get it fixed?"
The Cricket Captains of England, Alan Gibson, 1989, The Pavilion Library, ISBN 1-85145-390-3, p114
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Love it! But the poet(aster) didn't get the emphasis on St John right, I think.
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Hello
I'm in the process of writing a book about Barbier's roses, and think I can add something to "Le Poilu"
According to Dickerson's Old Rose Adventurer, p 312, this rose is a cross between Barbier's Wichmoss and Moussue de Japon. I've never seen the rose, but the pics from Amiroses seem to reflect the parentage. MR12 concurs
Lloyd
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Thank you. I have added the Modern Roses 12 Reference to the rose page and the lineage.
Smiles,
Lyn
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'I'm in the process of writing a book about Barbier's roses...'
Goody!
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Thank you Jon ! This is wonderful.
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You are welcome - hard to take a bad photo there! I may have duplicated one photo - you are welcome to remove it if so . . .
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As the photo's contributor, you are able to delete the photo. To do so, display the full size version (click on the thumbnail image) and then click the EDIT button. There you'll find a DELETE button at the bottom of the edit form..
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Wheee! That was fun :)
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Thanks again for your contributions to HMF.
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27 JAN 12 by
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Great color combination, I like it! What are the nodding pink flowers? How do you decide what to put together? Your garden looks so beautifully done. I'm feeling overwhelmed with all the roses I have to plant and would like to learn from those whose gardens are so pleasing.
Melissa
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Thank you! The pinks are Columbines - the good old vulgar Granny's Bonnets. The blue are polemoniums. Both self-seeded, so no great planning genius required! So - if I have a Rule - it is restrict your palette to what complements the dominant plant in your garden (in your case and mine Old Fashioned and Species roses) then let Nature do the planning for you. Then it is just a matter of removing those that don't please in their placement. Repeat for 35 years :)
You have a wonderful and interesting range of roses - I'm especially jealous of your collection of Species!
Best wishes - don't be overwhelmed, be grateful for the opportunity to grow so many wonderful plants!
Jon
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