Once neglected, the nearly 4,000 thorny residents of the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden were in bad shape as they waited for their death. But not anymore.
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Once neglected, the nearly 4,000 thorny residents of the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden were in bad shape as they waited for their death. But not anymore.