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Rosa de Rescht Recognised as a plantswoman rather than a designer, Nancy Lindsay's name occurs as many plant varieties, forming a rather intriguing selection. [...] The plant that Nancy herself claimed as her own was the Rosa de Rescht. This deep rich velvet damask rose was 'discovered' in Persia by Nancy on her plant-hunting trip in 1945. Blooming in distinct cycles, the flowers are 4-5cm across and exude an exceptionally sweet and intense damask scent. Its mystique is heightened by the mystery of its discovery and loss. A possible description of it appeared as early as 1843 in a catalogue from the firm of Rivers of London, but its identity is unsure and the name given ('Pompone perpetual') of no help. Ellen Wilmott referred to the lost Persian rose, the Gul e Reschti, in her work The Genus Rosa. By 1922 an unnamed rose of the same description was claimed to have been growing on a ranch in Idaho, but not until many years later was the claim substantiated. And so Nancy Lindsay is credited with the 'rediscovery' of this exquisite (but well-behaved) rose during her equally mysterious, undocumented plant-hunting expedition to Persia in 1945.