Stop No. 2:
Rose City.
In 1901, a local lawyer named Frederick V. Holman wrote a newspaper article entitled “Make Portland the Rose City". A quote from the article says, “For obvious reasons we cannot compete with San Francisco as the ‘foggy’ or ‘wicked’ city, with Tacoma as the ‘sleepy’ or ‘Sunday’ city, or with Seattle as the ‘raw’ or ‘hurrah’ city, but we can if we will give to Portland the name of the ‘Rose City’.”
(Frank L. Beach is also credited with coining the phrase “Portland, City of Roses”.)
For the 1905 Lewis and Clark Expo, Holman suggested making the whole city attractive for the event by having citizens plant roses.
They planted 22 miles of roses along the curbside along the parade route. ‘Madame Caroline Testout’ was the only rose available in such quantities. It is estimated that 50,000 roses were planted. By 1917 more than 200 miles of parking strips were planted with the ‘Madame Caroline Testout’ Rose.
Next. Follow the brick path around the garden, to,
Stop No. 2A.
Royal Rosarian Garden.
Rose City.
In 1901, a local lawyer named Frederick V. Holman wrote a newspaper article entitled “Make Portland the Rose City". A quote from the article says, “For obvious reasons we cannot compete with San Francisco as the ‘foggy’ or ‘wicked’ city, with Tacoma as the ‘sleepy’ or ‘Sunday’ city, or with Seattle as the ‘raw’ or ‘hurrah’ city, but we can if we will give to Portland the name of the ‘Rose City’.”
(Frank L. Beach is also credited with coining the phrase “Portland, City of Roses”.)
For the 1905 Lewis and Clark Expo, Holman suggested making the whole city attractive for the event by having citizens plant roses.
They planted 22 miles of roses along the curbside along the parade route. ‘Madame Caroline Testout’ was the only rose available in such quantities. It is estimated that 50,000 roses were planted. By 1917 more than 200 miles of parking strips were planted with the ‘Madame Caroline Testout’ Rose.
Next. Follow the brick path around the garden, to,
Stop No. 2A.
Royal Rosarian Garden.
