Re: Eleanor Roosevelt quotation

**"John C. Macgregor IV" j*@earthlink.net**

On May 25, 2006, at 9:28 PM, Larry Maxcy wrote:

> I found this on a list of quotations. I have no idea if it is true or
> not, but it's too good not to pass on.
>
>> I had a rose named after me and I was very
>> flattered. But I was not pleased to read the
>> description in the catalog: "No good in a bed,
>> but fine against a wall."
>> -- Eleanor Roosevelt

If indeed Eleanor said this, it was a wry borrowingl.  The original  
of this description was applied to the climbing form of the apricot- 
colored tea rose, "Lady Hillingdon", which was not hardy and needed  
the protection of a wall to survive English winters.  The double- 
entendre was a bit more apropos in Edwardian Britain.

John C. Macgregor IV
jonivy@earthlink.net

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