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| HARRISON'S YELLOW ROSE |
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| ...NATURALIZED |
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| ...FRAGRANT FLOWERS |
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| OTHER SHRUB ROSES NOW BLOOMING Friday, 8:00 AM. 79 degrees, wind NW, calm. The sky is very hazy, it is humid and he barrometer predicts rain. It is going to be a warm day. Harrison’s yellow rose is blooming, it is a thorny but very attractive shrub rose with a nice fragrance. It will bloom for several weeks. It is also known as the Settler’s Rose and the Oregon Trail Rose, and the Yellow Rose of Texas. Discovered n New York in 1824, it immediately became popular, and was taken by settlers from the east all over the country as they headed west to homestead. It graces many original homes in Bayfield, and is still often planted today. The “Yellow Rose of Texas” of song and fable was actually a young woman of color who is viewed as a heroine of the Battle of San Jacinto, in which Sam Huston defeated the Mexican dictator Santa Anna, whom she purportedly charmed into being unprepared for the fight. Many other shrub roses have begun to bloom as well, their perfume waftiing about the neighborhood. |
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