Re: ALISTER ALISTAIR
Moira wrote:
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>My brand new and sumptuous Botanica's Roses however does it plenty of
>justice saying among other nice things "many who grow it say there is no
>other rose which will bloom so continuously, displaying cascades of
>beautifully formed blooms in full sun".
>It also as a very attractive pic to tempt one.
Ah yes, but in climates much warmer than the UK. Odd that a chappy
living in Bath of all places should raise such a rose. I've worked
out why my spelling for Alister was so odd - this is the English
spelling and I've always used the Scottish version - not because I'm a
Scot, but because I've only ever known Scots to have that name. The
reason for my other blunder has also finally come to light. A very
old and much leafed-through book - a very early edition of Pearson's
Encyclopaedia of Roses. It was my first reference book on roses some
35 years ago - and although its references to modern types were OK, I
now see a few howlers with the older types. Odd how you can pick up
on something and carry it with you for so long - even more odd that I
have not been corrected before now. I've had many discussions with
David Austin about this and others in the past. Maybe David was being
too polite or simply didn't notice.
Dave Poole
TORQUAY UK
http://www.ilsham.demon.co.uk/gardenviews.html
