a rose by any other name....

ok, so.....the roses i moved into my new bed are blooming.....and i am embarrassed to admit that i know few of the names......i know by name all of the roses planted prior to say.....the mid-1990's, and the roses planted in the past 2 years.....which still have tags attached....it is the middling roses that are nameless.....i can still recall the exact circumstances which set the stage for such name-forgetfulness.....we were beginning to have our youngest child over for visitations....and the weekend after we had brought back a large sampling of young rose bushes from my brother-in-law the rosarian......our child-to-be presented me with a bouquet of name tags....all just-plucked from the roses in question....omg.......it was all i could do not to raise my voice let alone disclose that this was no sweet gift.....and so.....i have about 12 lovely but nameless roses....i sit on the front porch each evening with eh big rose book, trying to identify them with the pictures and descriptives....but as most of the roses i can name are not int his book.....i am not surprised that i have come up empty on this endeavor......not to worry......i enjoy these mystery roses just the same....