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  • A Rose Named Peace : How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War

    (By Barbara Carroll Roberts)

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    Author Barbara Carroll Roberts
    “Book Descriptions: A biography of the Peace rose and its creator digs deep into world history, botany, and the rewards of perseverance.

    Francis Meilland was passionate about roses. He loved their rich perfume, their buds unfurling in the summer sun, and their petals, soft as lambs’ ears. Like his father and grandfather before him, Francis cultivated flowers on the family farm in France. In his teens, he set about grafting and experimenting, determined to create a rose no one had seen before, and as the world braced for World War II, he rushed cuttings to rose-growing friends around the globe. Six patient years later, word reached him: his rose had not only flourished; people were calling it the Peace Rose.”

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