Mr. Lanham Revisited: Oct. 16, 1926

Mr. Holloway shapes up the garden

It was a cloudy and cool morning in Rome, with the thermometer at 59 degrees when Mr. Lanham checked it. “Not many roses this morning, but Anne cut a fine Crozier and some nice Etoile de Lyons yesterday,” he wrote.

This is an illustration of an Etoile de Lyon rose from an old catalog, which describes it as “a magnificent tea rose in rich golden yellow.” …