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| | Old Roses in Calvert County, Maryland - by Mrs. Frederick L. Keays, 1932 American Rose Annual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | During our searchings through old gardens in our part of Calvert County for old roses to grow on our place, Lillie, this cook's daughter, who is now our cook on the farm, showed us the way to the old plantation to see if we could get something from the original rose. |
 | | We noted a few facts not touched upon in the above description; An occasional flowering branch was found quite devoid of prickles; the unpaired leaflet was generally a bit longer than the paired; a few bracts were foliaceous, perhaps the result of rich feeding; the pedicels frequently were subarticulate or jointed. |
 | | Judging from the present contents of some very old gardens, rose-growing was quite extensive in Calvert County, Maryland, during the Colonial and early Federal periods, when Gallica, Centifolia, Alba, Moss, Damascena, and the Briers were the popular forms of garden roses. |
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