Photo from The Rockwell's Complete Book of Roses, Revised and Lists Updated, by F. F. Rockwell and Esther C. Grayson, 1966.
Caption:
PLATE 23
Genial Gene Boerner has to his credit as a hybridizer such fine varieties as Vogue, Fashion, Spartan, and Sterling Silver. Here we find him critically examining some of his "maidens."
From "Les Amis des Roses", 4. trimester 1947, p. 15: Jean Gaujard & E. S. Boerner (right) in front of the rose 'Marie Curie (ca. June/July 1947)
Courtesy of the Archives of Roseraie du Val de Marne