'Reine des
Violettes'. hybrid perpetual
'Reine des Violettes' in the foreground on the pergola on 2000 May 16.
In the background are 'Fantin-Latour' and 'Henry Kelsey' .
You violets that first appear,
By your
pure purple mantles known,
Like proud virgins of the yeare,
As if the
spring was all your own,
What are you when the Rose is blown?
--Wotton
(from The
1925 Rose Annual of The National Rose Society, Great
Britain)
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