Mr. Lanham's Diary: May 5, 1926

The loveliest red rose he ever saw

Enough roses were blooming that Mr. Lanham cut a few more to bring inside, including a Etoile de Hollande boom at his mother’s house: “the loveliest red rose I think I ever saw — dusky, velvety and red, of good form.” This is a climbing rose, introduced in 1919, of the hybrid tea type. The beautiful picture is from Heirloom Roses.

He extolled a few more …