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The German flower growers of the Riviera have also contributed in a significant way to the genetic improvement of the flower cultivations. On the Gartenwelt we can read some words about a rose cultivar produced by Paul Braüer, an hybridizer of Sanremo, and launched on the market by J. C. Koerner, a flower grower from Bordighera: Among the various latest roses which were marketed this year, Principessa di Napoli is surely one of the most beautiful ones and, as far as I already know, one of the most satisfying ones... the flowers have a bright pink

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coloration, which tends to the opaque yellowish on the inside, whose tone stands out with more intensity and beauty at blooming time... Its scent is very delightful and delicate (Eckardt, 1897). The text goes on specifying that since this cultivar which has been produced in Bordighera bloomed very much, it was resistant to diseases and since its stems had come to Frankfurt in excellent conditions, it was expected to have a good success on the German market. The process of genetic selection which has been performed by the German hybridizer Paul Bräuer recorded some important successes in the field of the cut flower cultivation of carnations. The German grower Bräuer in San Remo was actually the only one who devoted himself to the research of new hybrids of Tea rose. His successes are quite satisfactory, above all for the roses of the Riviera; e.g. his creations Contessa Cecilia Lurani, Principessa Bülow, William Hartmann, and Principessa Victoria di Battenberg, Zarina Alexandra, and above all the new rose, Re del Siam (Kiese, 1912). The villa where Mr. Bräuer carried on his research of new cultivars was at the bottom of the Monte Solaro, near San Remo. The German hybridizer deserves also a special mention for having written a series of interesting articles about the culture of roses in the western part of the Italian Riviera. These articles have been periodically published between 1891 and 1911 on the German magazine Rosen-Zeitung (Bräuer, 1891, 1895, 1896, 1907, 1911). As a reaffirmation of the close bond between the history of the Ligurian floriculture and the Germans, it is curious to know that the rootings of Rosa indica 900s came mostly from Germany.