How to mark a centennial? At this famed California library, with a rose.
Jul 08, 2019
3 minutes
The sign says, “Ask me about roses.” So someone does.
“Could you tell me where we can see the new hybrid?” asks Jilliene Schenkel, standing under the welcome shade of a towering magnolia tree. She is here at the famed Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens near Los Angeles, where a new rose has been chosen to mark the 100th anniversary of this veritable temple to the humanities.
The man in front of the sign directs her toward a sundial surrounded by
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