Re: Souvenir de Norah Lindsay

Norah Lindsay, English Garden Designer (1873-1948). Not 1866 as you have listed.
Mrs. Lindsay did not collect Rose de Rescht from Persia. Her only daughter, Nancy Lindsay, claims to have collected this plant during one of her trips to Persia in the mid-1930s. Information regarding the origins of Rose de Rescht remain unclear.

For more information see: Norah Lindsay: The Life and Art of a Garden Designer, by Allyson Hayward. (Frances Lincoln, 2007) or www.norahlindsay.com