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In the 1880s, she produced several series of books in which her full-color illustrations of flowers accompanied her selections of poetry by various authors, including John Greenleaf Whittier, Julia Ward Howe, Alice Wellington Rollins, Helen Hunt Jackson, Celia Thaxter, James G. Percival, William Dean Howells, Mary Mapes Dodge, and Elaine Goodale.
Rosa ' KORbin ' is a white floribunda rose cultivar bred by Kordes in Germany in 1958. It is also known as Iceberg , Fée des Neiges and Schneewittchen . [ 1 ] ' KORbin' is among the world's best known roses.
In 1944, it was included in the All-America Rose Selection. [5] In 1976, it was the first cultivar to be granted the highest award a rose can be granted when it was selected as World's Favorite Rose and included into the Rose Hall of Fame. [6] In 2018, the U.S. Postal Service issued a new Forever stamp celebrating the Peace Rose
Rosa 'Michele Meilland' is a light pink Floribunda rose cultivar, bred by Francis Meilland in 1945. Meilland International introduced the rose in France in 1948. It was named for Meilland's daughter, Michele, who was born in 1943. It was named the most beautiful rose in France in 1945.
Isla Rose Thomas is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World is a 1945 picture book by Becky Reyher and illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett. A lost girl looks for her mother who is, in the girl's eyes, the most beautiful woman in the world. The book was a recipient of a 1946 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations. [1]
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Bed of Roses was released by Berkeley on October 27, 2009, [5] one of ten Roberts books released that year. Five of the releases were paperback reprints of books previously issued. Three were new hardcovers, including two published under the pseudonym J.D. Robb. Vision in White and Bed of Roses, were released in trade paperback. [6]
The book featured paintings of roses that Lawrance drew from nature. She also engraved and hand coloured the plates of the book and undertook the printing and publishing of the volume. [ 5 ] In 1814, she married Thomas Kearse in Marylebone, [ 7 ] continuing to work under her married name Mrs Kearse. [ 6 ]