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HubertG 
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The roses at the top and centre here are clearly the same specimens used in the 1925 American Rose Annual photo, except their positions have been reversed. It's interesting to see how these photographic images were manipulated like that in that era.
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I will respond further in the Comments.
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10 days ago by
HubertG
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Is this Swim and Weeks' rose 'Paloma' that has been mislabelled by the garden or Tantau's floribunda 'La Paloma' that has been uploaded to the wrong file? I can't really tell looking at David Elliott's other photos but I think it's the floribunda.
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12 days ago
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#1 of 6 posted
12 days ago by
jedmar
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Misspelling by a French nursery. However, even native English Speakers have Trouble with the Apostrophe. See the books "Apostrophe Catastrophe" or "The accidental Apostrophe"
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But the breeder was American. Did he have no right of control over the rose's name?
Another good book - and very funny - is "Eats, shoots and leaves", by Lynne Truss.
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#3 of 6 posted
12 days ago by
HubertG
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Maybe the rose belongs to Coral Pin and she just wants to make sure you know, lol.
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Ooh, you could write a saga about her life...
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#5 of 6 posted
12 days ago by
HubertG
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... if we knew who she was ... ;-)
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Coral Pin
Took us all in.
Nobody knows
Why she'd have a rose.
We can't make it out.
What shows beyond doubt
That it has to be?
The apostrophe.
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#6 of 6 posted
11 days ago by
jedmar
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Yes, I read that one. Very funny!
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12 days ago by
HubertG
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I wasn't sure where to put this and thought this might be the best place.
In Peter Lambert's 1934-35 catalogue on page 43 under the Rosa Gigantea section there is a rose listed called 'Soeur Amic'. One would naturally think that this is a error for 'Senateur Amic' but its breeder is given as Levavasseur as follows:
"Soeur Amic (Levavasseur). (Schnitt lang)."
That's the only description. It's also listed in the index as 'Soeur Amic'.
In Lambert's 1938-39 catalogue it is listed in the Rosa Gigantea section on page 36 as 'Soeur Amié' with the following description:
"Soeur Amié (Levavasseur). (Schnitt lang), gefüllt, lachsgelb."
which means double and salmon-yellow. In the index it appears as 'Soeur Amic'.
In the 2nd edition (1942) of 'Standardized Plant Names' under Roses there is an entry for "Soeur Amic HG. (Lev.)" and no entry for 'Senateur Amic'.
So I don't know whether being a Hybrid Gigantea it is a mistake for 'Senateur Amic', or because the description is not like 'Senateur Amic' that it is in fact a different rose by Levavasseur.
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12 days ago by
jedmar
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Added as a separate rose for the time being. The nursery Levavasseur & Cie still existed in the 1930s, although it might not have been Ernest Levavasseur. There are catalogues of the nursery from the period, but could not yet access one.
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12 days ago by
HubertG
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Thanks. It's peculiar.
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