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Old Posted Feb 5, 2019, 6:03 PM
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Interesting, e_r! The bouquets on the sign, I think, provide the clue as to what the namer was thinking about: The name refers to the 'American Beauty' rose, introduced as such in 1886:


Deutsches Rosenbuch, 1889, p. 183.

The name came to be a generic term used by florists to indicate long-stemmed red roses of perfect form; but the original was as above.

(There's a longstanding controversy about whether or not the 1886 rose was actually a re-introduction of an 1875 French rose 'Mme. Ferdinand Jamin'. I'm firmly of the opinion that it was not a reintroduction, as differences between the two roses were noted at the time.)

And the new restaurant is on . . . Rose Avenue.
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