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'Juliet' rose Reviews & Comments
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The Garden of Ignorance by Marion Cran, 1931 edition.
...in the centre are tall bushes of the wonderful Austrian Briar with its single flowers of marvellous far-reaching flame colour, the colour indeed of nasturtiums; the rest of the bed, which is a large one, is planted out with the new rose Juliet, a cross between Captain Hayward and the rich coloured Soliel d'Or. Juliet has a particular individual perfume, strong and invigorating. The flowers are very large, of a strange yellow pink, a colour once seen never forgotten--a kind of exaggerated salmon apricot, the most curious hybrid, I should say, of modern years. The growth is rather straggly and briar-like. Juliet is the extraordinary product of a most unnatural union. I sigh with sympathy when I think of poor Captain Hayward, the shapely tidy-living nicely bred gentleman that he is, wedded to that wild gipsy Soliel d'Or with her unmistakable briar habit and straggling impossible growth. It must be a most uncomfortable, not to say discordant ménage! I grow Juliet more, I believe, from an amazed interest than any other motive. I see the distinct features of either parent so strongly marked, so crudely united in their wayward beautiful bizarre daughter...
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I will try and add that reference later Andrew. I have added the author but the publication will not add at the moment.
My book is the fifth edition and I think it is 1924 and that reference is on page 108. Yours too?
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Yes that's right Patricia, pages 108-9. The full title of the book is: THE GARDEN OF IGNORANCE THE EXPERIENCE OF A WOMAN IN A GARDEN. Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited 3 York Street London S.W
She writes some interesting points but waffles on too much about unnecessary stuff like her stupid cats. Her daughter looks really evil! And what a horrible colour scheme! There is a similar book called Garden Magic by Muriel Marston
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Although she was said to have written "pure mush", I loved the books of Marion Cran. She inspired me to write some priceless stupidities in enormous fun. See also the roses 'Marion Cran' and 'Mrs. George Cran'.
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Marston's account of collecting an Osmunda fern in Ireland is interesting historically and there are a few other rose references from Cran that are worth having. They are very much books of their time.
Marion Cran, Muriel Marston, Virginia Woolf, Margery Fish, Derek Jarman, Vita Sackville-West, Frances Parttridge, Michael Haworth-Booth and Christopher Lloyd, amongst others, all influence the way I write. One of Fish's books, A Flower for Every Day, is in my head whenever I do anything in the garden.
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The Rose Annual (1910) pp. 46-56
Hybridisation of Roses
WALTER EASLEA
When I raised Juliet, which was obtained by crossing Captain Hayward with Soleil d'Or, the plant flowered in the pot it was raised in (a 48 size) with two other seedlings from the same cross which proved worthless. The seed was sown in January, 1906, and the plants were grown in pots under glass all that year. In March, 1907, the seedling plant blossomed. Grafts were taken from the plant and by the autumn about 50 plants were obtained which yielded buds that were budded the same year, and grafts the following winter.
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Is the hardiness given for this rose, 4a-5b, possibly a typing error?
The gardens tab shows this beauty being grown in many warm gardens around the world. Captain Hayward, the seed parent, may be hardy to USDA 4, but I doubt Juliet is. I wish I could grow it in USDA 5.
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27 JAN 14 by
 jedmar
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Agrre, it must be an error - corrected.
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