BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden (In front of Castle)

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SIFRG_190604_001.JPG: Katherine Dulin Folger Rose Garden Smithsonian Institution Given by Lee and Juliet Folger and The Folger Fund In Remembrance of Kathrine Dulin Folger October 7, 1998
2. SIFRG_190604_006.JPG: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden Fragrance Factors
3. SIFRG_190604_013.JPG: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden Making Sense of Scent
4. SIFRG_190604_016.JPG: Welcome to the Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden
5. SIFRG_190604_021.JPG: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden A Common Language Plant nomenclature is the naming of plants using the binomial (meaning "two names") system. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus introduced this method in 1753. Binomial nomenclature uses Latin to communicate scientific information on a global scale. Smithsonian Gardens General Plant Labels * Genus (plural: genera): A grouping of closely related species. * Specific epithet: Differentiates individuals within a genus. Genus + specific epithet (the botanical or scientific name of the plant) = Species* * Species: A group of organisms in which two individuals are capable of producing fertile offspring. * Cultivar: A plant selection that varies enough from its parents to warrant cultivation based on its own merits. * Common Name: A plant's nickname. Many plants have more than one depending on the region in which they grow. * Family: A group of plants that share observable characteristics, chemistry, and genetic makeup. * Native Range of Species: The region where the plant species is considered indigenous. Folger Rose Garden Rose Labels * Cultivar: This name can vary depending on the language and the market where the rose is being sold. * Rose Class: Roses are members of the plant genus Rosa. Within that genus, they are grouped into classifications based on lineage as well as characteristics displayed by each variety. * Introduction Year: The year the rose was introduced to the commercial market. * International Cultivar Registration Authority for Roses (ICRAR) code: A unique identifier assigned to each rose. The first part, usually in CAPS, denotes a particular rose breeder. While a rose's cultivar name may vary, its ICRAR code always remains the same.
6. SIFRG_190604_030.JPG: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden Planting Companions
7. SIFRG_190604_034.JPG: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden Creating Balance: Plant Pests and Beneficial Insects
8. SIFRG_190604_048.JPG: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden Community
9. SIFRG_190604_069.JPG: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden The Modern Rose "How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Fossil evidence found in Colorado in the U.S. suggests that plants in the rose family have existed for at least 35 million years. Roses can be grouped into one of three categories: Species, Old Garden, and Modern roses. Species roses, sometimes called "wild roses," evolved and adapted to survive in unique environments. Most are found in Asia, with fewer numbers in America, Europe, and Africa. For centuries, plant collectors across the globe cultivated roses with variations in color, flower form, bloom time and bloom frequency. Their early breeding efforts created a group of roses called Old Garden roses. All rose classes known before 1867 fall into this category. Modern roses are descendants of both Species and Old Garden roses. This term is reserved for classes of roses developed after 1867, the year the rose believed to be the first hybrid tea was introduced. Today, rose breeders target characteristics stored in the genetic material of existing roses when developing new varieties. Disease resistance is one of the most sought-after attributes in modern rose breeding. All of the roses in the Folger Rose Garden were selected with this trait in mind. Leaves: Rosa hilliiae Lesquereux from the Oligocene period (23-35 million years ago) Colorado, USA Thorn (in plant morphology, the more accurate term is prickle): Rose penelopes Unger from the Miocene period (5-23 million years ago) Styria, Austria
10. SIFRG_190604_082.JPG: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden An Apple is a Rose? In the early 1900s, botanists reclassified the Spirea, Plum, and Apple families as subfamilies within the Rose family. This new categorization was embodied in Robert Frost's poem from 1927: The Rose Family by Robert Frost The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But the theory now goes That the apple's a rose, And the pear is, and so's The plum, I suppose. The dear only knows what will next prove a rose. you, of course, are a rose - -- But were always a rose. In the past, botanists classified plants using plant morphology or the study of appearances and visual characteristics, such as how many leaves or petals a plant has. Today, botanists also use DNA to identify plant relationships. This has and surely will lead to more reclassifications. Rose Family Album The Rose family is called Rosaceae. It includes several important crops such as: * apples * pears * cherries * peaches * strawberries Are roses edible? While not as delicious as pears or cherries, some rose hips (the seed pods of roses) and rose petals are edible. Only roses grown without insecticides or fungicides can be eaten. If spent flowers are left on a rose bush at the end of the growing season, rose hips will develop. These vary in size and flavor and must be processed to remove seeds and fine hairs. Rose hips are an excellent source of vitamin C and are often used to make herbal tea, jam, and jelly. They also provide food for birds.
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