ROYAL NAMESAKES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 78, 15 March 1935, Page 14

ROYAL NAMESAKES

The Rose of England Two flowers are already associated with the name of Princess Marina —a yellow rose and a miniature cactus dah- j lia of a lovely shade of pink. The rose ' was exhibited at the autumn show of the National Rose Society and the dahlia at the National Dahlia Show in England. It is a popular belief that raisers of j new plants are at perfect liberty to name plants after anyone they please. ! This is not the case in regard to Their , Majesties nor any members of the : Royal Family, says a writer in “The | Queen.” Permission has to be obtained, j and is naturally only granted if the new plant or hybrid is considered I worthy of the honour. Plants associated with the name of Their Majesties . or with King Edward, Queen Alcxan- | dra, the Prince of Wales, the Princess I Royal, the Duchess of York, Princess Elizabeth or Princess Margaret Rose are all first-rate plants. An outstanding instance that may be cited is that of the violet named after j Queen Alexandra who* Princess of ■ Wales. This is still one of the finest I violets. The tea rose named in her ' honour and first exhibited during the ■ war was awarded a gold medal. It ’s i a singularly beautiful rose, and the ! foliage is good, too. There is no rose j named after Princess Elizabeth, but j one of the new hybrid teas with sal- ! mon pink flowers is named after Prinl cess Margaret Rose. Perhaps the best i known flower associated with Princess ! Elizabeth’s name is the bright pink tulip called after her. Princess Marina is evidently a flowerlover. When choosing the material for the wedding gown, many beautiful I materials from the famous Lyons looms | were displayed before her, but the j Royal bride’s imagination was eaptmr I ed by one in which the design included i the rose of England, and chiefly on I this account this material was the one i chosen. i The rose of England figures also in i the exquisite gift presented to the I Princess by the Buckinghamshire Lace ■ Association. This is the beaut it ul lace ; wrap made of Buckingham lace I" 1 ’ I Princess Mary, daughter of James If. • on the occasion of her marriage to Wil- ’ liam of Orange. The design shows not ; i only the rose of England, but also a I tulip, the latter being included in hon- ! ! our of the Dutch Prince. The red rose of England is a variety - of R. alba, and Parkinson, in his ;' 1 Paradisos.'’ describes the r*d mse 1 and the white rose of [lngland ns fh' k I most ancient knowne Roses to our Countrey . . . assumed by our preen dent Kings rf all others to bee ; nizanee of their (lignitic, the whi 1 ' 1 rose and the red.’ The white rose became the badge of the House of York, the rose described by Shakes I pea re ns ■ I ‘ ‘ the mill whit <■ Ruse ; With whose >«ei t .• i ell th. -ball be perfumed.” The red rose ' t England i u. i the same as the red rose of the llou-e of j Lancaster, which is a variety of R. gallica, and assumed as his badge by . Edmund Crouchba-k. Earl of Lancaster in Henry 11l 's reign.