Portrait of the Empress Josephine (1813-1814) by Ferdinan QuagliaJosephine is said to be the godmoth
Portrait of the Empress Josephine (1813-1814) by Ferdinan Quaglia Josephine is said to be the godmother of modern rose horticulture; created about 50 new varieties of roses and produced the first written history of the cultivation of roses Les Roses. -- source link
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