You're welcome Harmony. I've collected this type of rose related stuff since the early 80s. It got to be a bit overwhelming, so I thinned it in the early 90s, giving most of the catalogs to Bob Edberg of Limberlost Rose Books. A lot of it went away in a fire in 1996, but some survived. Friends have passed such things along to me over the years and I've begged for copies from others. I rediscovered a few things sifting through boxes of rose related stuff putting the books back into bookcases where I can get to them after a move two years ago. Fine tuning them to sort out duplicates I'll pass along to Jeri this afternoon at a rose gathering uncovered this and a couple of others. Finally learning how to massage the scanner has helped, too. I love that it is possible to adjust the size of the image shared through Flickr to here so they are shown larger, about legible size, making it easier for anyone who wishes to read them. There is so much to learn from these things! We've had an extremely rich rose history here, but who would know? This catalog is particularly enjoyable to me as it ties in with the period covered by Mabel Osgood Wright's "Barbara" series, 1900 through 1910. Look for The Garden of the Commuter's Wife; The Garden, You and I; The Sign of the Fox; The People of the Whirlpool. I'm glad you've enjoyed them! Thanks! Kim

Nancy and Debra - Westbourne Whiperwill Call is just so different looking. At least in my garden nothing looks like it. When I saw it on the Lily Auction afew years ago, I just had to have it. But then, I really like Westbourne intros anyway.

I like Newberry Festival the best, something about the color and the shape that appeals to me. It is super-hot here too, Rita and I've fallen behind on my posting photos here since all day yesterday I lugged the hose around to water all my gardens. It's on horribly hot days with no rain that I wonder what the heck is wrong with me that I keep adding more gardens to water!!! I would die if we didn't have AC. I have it blasting and it's cool inside but Mom (being 88) keeps complaining that she's freezing...LOL. BTW, hubby and I did end up going to Olallie's on Tuesday. We were going to wait until late August like you suggested to see the lates but when I checked their website, their hours are reduced to just Thurs. - Sunday then and DH has his own business and can only take Tuesdays off. Plus I had already arranged for and paid for daycare for my Mom so we decided, what the heck...might as well take a trip. I took pictures of the Olallie lilies in bloom so I'll be doing a post soon. Hope you have some blooms left after this scorching heat! Take care, Celeste

Thanks Debra, it is very similar to the last camera. And my favorite shots are usually garden or bed shots. Dick, you already well know that performance can vary with location. Her, it does really well. Sarah and Jean. Tanks you. Maryl, I have noticed I have several of the dark ones now and enjoy them all. On Lake f Fire. I probably need to move it. It is right net to Wall of Fire, and they bloom at about the same time...I suppose it may merely suffer in comparison. kay