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Almanac 2: Roses for February
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- February 1
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Max. February 1st is Freedom Day. On 1 February 1865, President Abraham Lincoln approved the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which abolished slavery. 'Freedom'.
- US ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
- 2000: JACfetex; MOErigna
- ROSES INTRODUCED
- 1978: 'Angel Dust'
- 1979: 'Cissie'; 'Lelia Laird'
- 1981: 'Dominique'; 'Georgette'; 'Cream Puff'
- 1982: 'Fairest Of Fair'; 'Little Squirt'; 'Hotshot' -- this rose won Dee Bennett her first American Rose Society Award of Excellence.
- 1983: 'Cottontail'; 'Little Amigo'; 'Meredith Anne', 'Cupie Doll'
- 1984:'Jean Kenneally' -- another Award of Excellence winner from Dee Bennett and one of the top exhibition roses; 'Snookie'; 'Short 'n Sweet'
- 1985: 'Debra Gaye'; 'Madeline Spezzano'; 'Lois'; 'Spring Bouquet'; 'Sugar 'n Spice'; 'Little Peaces'
- 1986: 'Brian Lee'; 'Gail'; 'Fat 'n Sassy'
- February 2
- NEW ZEALAND ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
- 1981: WERina ('Arizona'; 'Tocade') -- an All- America Rose Selection.
- ROSES INTRODUCED
- 1985: 'Bread 'n Butter'
- 1986: 'Cheer Up'
- February 3
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Disa.
- DEATHS
- 1924: Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States of America, a pacifist who presided over the American role in World War I, died in Washington, DC. 'President Wilson'
- 1952: Harold LeClaire Ickes. Ickes was at one time Secretary to the Interior and head of the Public Works Administration. 'Harold Ickes' (also known as 'Crepe Myrtle') was a sport of 'Permanent Wave' introduced by Dixie Rose Nursery in 1937.
- February 4
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Ansgar.
- BIRTHS
- 1902: Charles Augustus Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 25, Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris on 20-21 May 1927, in a tiny silver monoplane called the Spirit of St. Louis. He died on 26 August 1974 in Hawaii. 'Lindbergh' was introduced in the same year as his momentous flight.
- February 5
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Agata. 5 February is the Feast Day of St. Agatha. St. Agatha was a Sicilian virgin who was put to death because she rejected the advances of the Governor of Sicily. 'Agatha' (R. gallica agatha, R. francofurtana, et al) is one of the survivors of a group from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries called the Agathe Roses.
- HISTORY
- 1953: Disney's animated feature Peter Pan premiered. 'Peter Pan'.
- February 6
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Dorotea.
- February 7
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Rikard.
- BIRTHS
- 1812: Writer Charles Dickens, in Portsmouth, England. He died at Gad's Hill on 7 June 1870. One hundred years after his death, Sam McGredy introduced 'Charles Dickens'.
- DEATHS
- 1878: Pope Pius IX . In 1849, Jean-Pierre Vibert introduced a Hybrid Perpetual called 'Pius IX'. There is a Gallica called 'Pius IX' which is also known as 'The Frankfurt Rose' and 'Empress Joséphine'.
- HISTORY
- 1940: Disney's animated feature, Pinocchio, premiered. Kordes' 1940 Floribunda, 'Pinocchio', has proven to be an important rose parent. Its descendants number in the thousands -- among them are 'Masquerade' and 'Fashion'.
- February 8
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Berta.
- US ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
- 1994: 'Escimo' (KORcilmo)
- BIRTHS
- 1819: John Ruskin in London, England. Died 20 January 1900. 'John Ruskin' (Hybrid Tea, Dickson, 1903). 'John Ruskin' (Rugosa, Van Fleet, 1928).
- February 9
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Fanny.
- February 10
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Eugenia.
- DEATHS
- 1939: Pope Pius XI. 'Pius XI'
- February 11
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Yngve.
- BIRTHS
- 1825: Breeder Pierre Notting at Bollendorf, a hamlet near la Sare on the border of Luxembourg, Mons Notting passed his youth in very modest circumstances. From his most tender years, he evinced a passion for flowers... In 1845, he settled in Luxembourg, and labored as friend and worker at Mons Wilhelm's establishment, where he worked until 1855. It was then that he got to know Mons Jean Soupert, ten years younger than himself, and the two of them founded the company [Soupert & Notting] so well known since that time. 'Pierre Notting'
- February 12
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Evelina.
- BIRTHS
- 1809: Abraham Lincoln. He died in 1865. The date of the Emancipation Proclamation was 1 January 1863 and 'Président Lincoln' was introduced the same year. 'Souvenir du Président Lincoln', a dark red Bourbon from Moreau-Robert, was introduced in the year of Lincoln's death. 'Mister Lincoln' -- one of the world's favorite red roses -- was introduced about the time of the hundredth anniversary of Lincoln's death. Of all the roses Herbert Swim bred, he said this one gave him the greatest satisfaction.
- 1809: Charles Darwin, in Shrewsbury, England. He died on April 19, 1882 and is buried in Westminster Abbey. 'Charles Darwin'.
- 1828: Anne Marie Notting, the wife of breeder Jean Soupert. 'Mme. Jean-Pierre Soupert'
- HISTORY
- 1924: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin premiered. 'Rhapsody in Blue'
- February 13
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Agne.
- US ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
- 1951: 'Sleigh Bells'
- February 14
- February 14th is Valentine's Day. 'Sweet Valentine'; 'Valentine'; 'My Valentine'; 'Valentine Heart'; 'Valentine' (Gallica).
- US ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
- 1950: 'Capistrano', 'Mission Bells'-- each one an All-America Rose Selection.
- HISTORY
- 1859: The State of Oregon was admitted to the Union. 'Oregon Centennial'; 'Oregon Ophelia' (the breeders came from Oregon); 'Oregon Rainbow' (the breeder lives in Oregon). Oregon is a good place to grow roses.
- 1912: The State of Arizona was admitted to the Union. 'Arizona'
- 1962: Jacqueline Kennedy took Americans on their first televised tour of the White House. 'White House'.
- February 15
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Sigfrid.
- US ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
- 1994: 'Caribbean' (KORbirac), an All-American Rose Selection
- 2000: JACstrip ('Valentine Surprise™'); DEVrudi ('First Light') -- another All-American Rose Selection; JAChov; JACdrive ('Red Delicious'); JACtafl ('Bridal Shower™')
- BIRTHS
- 1564: Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei in Pisa. He died in 1642. 'Galileo'
- HISTORY
- 1950: Disney's animated feature Cinderella premiered. De Vink's 'Cinderella' of 1953 is one of the smallest roses around.
- February 16
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Julia. [From Peter Schneider on Roses, pp. 13-14:] Julia Clements, the doyenne of British flower arrangers, has the rare honor of having three roses named after her, the first two being 'Julia Clements', a red floribunda introduced in 1957, 'Lady Seton', a light pink hybrid tea introduced in 1966... [don't forget 'Julia's Rose'!]
- February 17
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Alexandra. February 17th is Random Acts of Kindness Day. The Kindness Movement got its start in the early 1980's, when Berkeley, California, writer Anne Herbert penned the phrase, "practice random kindness and acts of senseless beauty." 'Kindness'
- EUROPEAN UNION ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
>1997: AUSmoon (aka 'Pegasus') a light yellow Shrub Rose from David Austin and named for a charity known as Riding for the Disabled and it refers to the winged horse of Greek mythology.
- February 18
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Frida.
- US ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
- 1997: SELantimoon; SELgallia
- February 19
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Gabriella.
- BIRTHS
- 1834: Breeder Jean Soupert. in Luxembourg. He died 16 July 1910. Francois Lacharme introduced a Hybrid Perpetual called 'Jean Soupert' in 1875. In 1929, Soupert & Notting introduced 'Souvenir de Jean Soupert' -- which translates as "in remembrance of Jean Soupert".
- February 20
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Hulda.
- BIRTHS
- 1819: William Allen Richardson in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was but two years old his father moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where he resided until his death, in October, 1892... much interested in the cultivation and propagation of Roses. He imported a good many, and in this way became acquainted by correspondence with Madame Ducher. The widow Ducher named 'William Allen Richardson' for a favoured customer, "a rich, American fancier" from Kentucky, 1819-1892.
- 1941: Buffy Sainte-Marie, on the Piapot (Cree) Reservation in Saskatchewan. 'Buffy Sainte-Marie' is a Floribunda from George Mander. Its blooms are a blend of many different colors -- salmon, orange, pink, and yellow.
- DEATHS
- 1920: Robert Edwin Peary, buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He rose to the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy. In 1888, he married Josephine Diebitsch who accompanied him on many of his expeditions. Josephine accompanied Peary on four expeditions he led to northern Greenland between 1886 and 1900, proving that Greenland was an island and not a continent. On 6 April 6 1909, Peary's party reached the North Pole. 'Mrs. Robert Peary', a white climbing sport of 'Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria', was introduced by Dingee & Conard of Pennsylvania in 1898. There is some confusion about this rose. It has been attributed to both Dickson and De Voecht.
- February 21
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Hilding.
- ROSES INTRODUCED
- 1978: 'Ada Perry',
- DEATHS
- 1824: Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Joséphine. 'Eugène de Beauharnais'
- February 22
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Martina.
- US ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
- 1994: KORtenses ('Sergeant Pepper')
- 2000: KORstoffein ('Patricia Kordana®'); KORkleiva ('Vanilla Kordana®'); JACmegip
- BIRTHS
- 1854: Spencer S. Sulliger, the Dean Hole of America, at Tippecanoe, Ohio. 'Spencer'
- February 23
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Torsten.
- February 24
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Mattias.
- February 25
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Sigvard.
- February 26
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Torgny
- BIRTHS
- 1802: Writer Victor Hugo in Besancon, France. He died on 22 May 1885. He is probably best known for Les Miserables. Schwartz came out with a Hybrid Perpetual called 'Victor Hugo' in 1884. Bonnair introduced a Tea called 'Souvenir de Victor Hugo' in the year following the author's death.
- February 27
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Lage.
- US ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
- 1951: 'Fred Howard' (Fred Howard, a California rose breeder)
- BIRTHS
- 1848: Ellen Terry, in Coventry, England. Her parents were actors. She herself was an acclaimed Shakespearean actress and at one time considered the first lady of the British stage. She made her first stage appearance at the ripe old age of eight in The Winter's Tale. Her career spanned more than half a century. She died in 1929. The Ellen Terry Museum is located in the house she lived in for the last thirty years of her life called Smallhythe Place. In 1925, Chaplin Bros. introduced a fragrant light yellow and peach Hybrid Tea called 'Ellen Terry'.
- 1901: Italian sculptor Marino Marini, in Pistoia, Italy. 'Marina Marini' is named for his wife, Mercedes Pedrazzini (affectionately known as Marina). They married in 1938.
- 1932: Actress Elizabeth Taylor. 'Elizabeth Taylor', introduced in 1985, is a popular exhibition rose.
- February 28
- In Sweden, your Name Day is Maria.
- February 29
- US ROSE PATENTS ISSUED
- 2000: SAVaclend ('Rainbow's End, Cl.'); 'Preveris'; JACpursh ('Purple Simplicity™'); JACbabl; PREsur
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