Rosa Rosam wrote:
if you are lucky enough to read some french :
- "La rose de France" by Francois Joyaux.
It's all about Gallicas. Very interesting text, beautifull pics. An attempt
to have all the known (and unknown) gallicas.
Much better than S. Verrier's book.

Jocelen,

Has that book been translated or likely to be translated in to English?
I love Gallicas and am intrigued by your saying that this is much better
than Verrier's book. I would love to read it, and my French reading
skills were only good enough to translate technical papers in chemistry
(just so I can fulfill foreign language requirements for graduation),
but were never good enough to appreciate the beauty of the prose. Now,
after several years of very occasional use, they are rustier than ever.
Alas, the loss is mine.

- "La Rose, une passion francaise" by Francois Joyaux. History of the rose
in France, without being one-eyed and self centered on France. Must have if
you are passionated by OGR. I think that book will be translated in english
soon.

Glad to hear that.

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Radika
California
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