I like sharing these lists, although I don't enjoy reading glowing descriptions of roses that have since dropped out of fashion, and thus out of commerce. :>( But it is nice to see some familiar names of roses still grown by folks on this forum, even if I don't grow them myself. Of my roses whose original names I (think I) know, about 6 are on these two lists. 'Madame Lambard' and 'SdlM' are on both lists, and I'm pretty confident that I have those correctly labeled. I ordered 'Mrs, Bosanquet', "a beautiful China Rose that should be in every garden", a week or so ago, and she is very, very lovely, but a good bit pinker than expected. China types do like to play the chameleon, but I'm wondering if this lovely thing is really 'Mrs. B.'? Virginia

Carol, I'm glad you enjoyed the read. Now, get out there and rustle up some purple roses. They must be out there waiting for you! Ingrid, I feel the same way. Even though many are gone forever, I still wish I knew what they looked like. Knowing that a rose is bright rose and cupped just isn't enough. But OTOH, the catalogues that predate this era were simply non-alphabetical lists of rose names that might or might not mean anything to you. This "St. Patrick" guy seemed pretty thrilled to get a catalog with color info, and I appreciate his initiative to classify and alphabetize a list of 1000 roses. Virginia

Absolutely. One nice thing about starting roses in pots is you can move them around to see what position they appear to enjoy best. I have a friend who grew a potted Sweet Chariot at her condo in San Diego. In her front garden area, it mildewed terribly. She moved it around to the back patio, which seemed very similar to her. but Sweet Chariot stopped mildewing.

I was able to get 5 standard “Life of the Party” roses in early spring from Lowe’s 50% off! First bought one and went back for all they had after I saw how romantic they looked in the garden! The fragrance is incredible.... just love them! I’m in Silverado Canyon, California.