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A Rose Named Peace : How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War

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Description:A biography of the Peace rose and its creator digs deep into world history, botany, and the rewards of perseverance.Francis Meilland was passionate about roses. He loved their rich perfume, their buds unfurling in the summer sun, and their petals, soft as lambs’ ears. Like his father and grandfather before him, Francis cultivated flowers on the family farm in France. In his teens, he set about grafting and experimenting, determined to create a rose no one had seen before, and as the world braced for World War II, he rushed cuttings to rose-growing friends around the globe. Six patient years later, word reached him: his rose had not only flourished; people were calling it the Peace Rose.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Rose Named Peace : How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War. To get started finding A Rose Named Peace : How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 48

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Release: 2022

ISBN: 1536208434

Description: A biography of the Peace rose and its creator digs deep into world history, botany, and the rewards of perseverance.Francis Meilland was passionate about roses. He loved their rich perfume, their buds unfurling in the summer sun, and their petals, soft as lambs’ ears. Like his father and grandfather before him, Francis cultivated flowers on the family farm in France. In his teens, he set about grafting and experimenting, determined to create a rose no one had seen before, and as the world braced for World War II, he rushed cuttings to rose-growing friends around the globe. Six patient years later, word reached him: his rose had not only flourished; people were calling it the Peace Rose.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Rose Named Peace : How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War. To get started finding A Rose Named Peace : How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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