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A Look Back at the Selection of Georgia’s Beautiful State Flower: The Cherokee Rose
“Only a horticulturist can identify a Cherokee Rose for sure, but Mrs. Wills once suggested a simple way for the average person to distinguish between the Cherokee and the Macartney, which is often confused with it because the blossoms are similar: ‘The Cherokee,’ she said, ‘has only three leaves on a leaf stem; the Macartney…
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