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. Joseph Pemberton in the early 1900s. He was vicar of the splendidly named Havering-atte-Bower in Essex, where he lived with his sister and helper, Florence.Clergymen were responsible for much plant breeding and research around that time, as they were

of the word.It's relatively simple to breed new pinks so, over the years, many variations have emerged. Singles, doubles, spotted, lace-edged, miniatures and some that are a combination of all these and look a bit like tumble-dried rosy lapdogs. One