tea roses

“For instance, you will not shadow your lively little verbenas with the stately growth of a tall ricinus; nor force the tea roses to keep house near the marigolds.”

Gardening by Myself

“Accompanying the rapturous description of the nuptials, which had taken place in the rose garden of the newlyweds’ newly built “vanilla-hued manse,” was a formal portrait of a storybook couple—the groom tall, heavily mustached, and square-jawed; the bride ten years younger, raven-haired, and Renoir-soft, clutching a bouquet of white tea roses and baby’s-breath to a modest bosom.”

Simon & Schuster: Over the Edge