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The Makers of Heavenly Roses
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Most of us who grow roses in our gardens, for love of their beauty and perfume and for the fascination of their names, know something of their long history, but how much do we know of the men and women who created them? Here, in a lavishly illustrated book that is rich in anecdote and characterisation, the author goes back to the first generations of families whose names now adorn our best-loved roses and explores the nature of a passion that has afflicted men as diverse as Henry Bennett, the solid 19th century farmer turned rose grower, the gentle bachelor curate Joseph Pemberton and the north german nurseryman, Wilhelm Kordes.
Most of us who grow roses in our gardens, for love of their beauty and perfume and for the fascination of their names, know something of their long history, but how much do we know of the men and women who created them? Here, in a lavishly illustrated book that is rich in anecdote and characterisation, the author goes back to the first generations of families whose names now adorn our best-loved roses and explores the nature of a passion that has afflicted men as diverse as Henry Bennett, the solid 19th century farmer turned rose grower, the gentle bachelor curate Joseph Pemberton and the north german nurseryman, Wilhelm Kordes.
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