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'Highland Mary' rose Reviews & Comments
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Childs’ Rare Flowers, Vegetables and Fruits - 1901 Everblooming Rose, Highland Mary A sport from Agrippena, which originated in Canada, and like that fine old variety, is a persistent bloomer, both summer and winter, with a stronger and better growth; flowers double the size and exceedingly sweet. Blossoms beautifully cupped, each petal being white, with a delicate lemon tinge; just enough to make it perfectly exquisite. Each petal is also bordered with a delicate band of pink, which, blending with the white and lemon tinge, makes a combination which is truly fascinating. It will bloom all the time, either in the garden or in pots; is hardy in the open ground with slight protection. 20c. each; 3 for 50c.
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John Lewis Childs (1899) has 'Highland Mary' and 'Halloween' pictured on the cover, and identified as "Robert Burns Roses".
His 1898 catalog also has these two roses, and one other, on the cover, but I don't have access to the text for either year.
According to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History blog, referring to the John Lewis Child's 1898 cover: The "Halloween" rose is a striped pink and white cross between "Meteor" and "Bon Silene." (Read Burns's poem about Halloween traditions.) The Highland Mary rose is a mutation of Canadian rose "Agrippena," white with pink and lemon. Sweet Afton is a pink fragrant Philadelphia cross between "American Beauty" and "Safrano."
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