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What happened to the Eglantine Roses that Shakespeare had in his garden, and mentioned so often? What happened to Empress Josephine's Rose Garden after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo? What happened to the Albion Roses that the Romans saw, on the cliffs of England? Did you know that the old roses could not be reproduced from seed, so that the cutting you hold in your hand, is from a cutting of the actual rose that Josephine gifted to a visitor from Malmaison. In the 1850s Tea Roses were introduced, and Rose-Lovers ordered the "Old Roses" torn out, so that the last of the roses of antiquity were destroyed. But a fascinating search began: A few of the slaves who'se plantation owners ordered the old roses destroyed, saved a few cuttings, and raised them in secret, for they were not allowed to have gardens. That Gardeners like Greg & Gita of vintagegardens.com hunted and searched in abandoned cemeteries, old destroyed homes with ruined gardens, identifying the roses from paintings - This book tells some of the stories of the Rose Hunters!Read full review
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