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Title: Catalogue of autumn bulbs : 1898
Identifier: catalogueofautum18pete (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—PLANT DEPARTMENT. 49
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. The Crimson Rambler. ... spills grand Rose improves upon acquaintance. The better it is known the more popular it becomes. It is of rapid, vigorous growth; plants in our grounds attained a height of fifteen feet the past season. The flowers are produced in trusses, pyramidal in shape, good specimens measuring nine, inches from base to tip, and seven inches across, fairly covering the plant from the ground to the top, so that it is one mass of glowing crimson. The color is superb and remains strong and vivid to the end ; plants in our grounds retained the bloom for two months. The profusion of bloom is marvelous, over three hundred blooms having been counted on one shoot. It is essentially a garden Rose, but makes a magnificent spec- imen in a pot or tub. These plants would make good specimens in pots in the greenhouse or conservatory in the spring, if potted and started into growth early. Price, 1st size plants from open ground (ready October 25th), 50c. each, $4.50 per doz.; 2d size, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. ... TUg Memorial Rose.... (Rosa Wichuraiana.) The grandest plant for cemetery decoration La existence. It grows flat on the ground, like an ivy, and blooms in grand abundance throughout July and intermittingly the balance of the season, pure white, sweetly fragrant flowers, with a golden yellow disc. It is perfectly hardy, and if planted this fall should bloom next season. Price, extra strong plants, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz.; second size, 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. Ready October 25th. Double White" Memorial Rose." (Manda's Triumph.) Blooms in clusters of from 12 to 18 flowers on each, literally cover- ing the plant. This variety is val- uable for all purposes, whether for trailing on the ground for cemetery use, growing on fences and gate posts, boundary walls, or as speci- mens in pots or tubs. Double Pink... . ."Memorial Rose" (Universal Favorite.) A fitting companion to the above; identical in growth, but with per- fectly formed double flowers \% to 2 inches in diameter, of a soft, light pink, and very fragrant. South Orange Perfection. Double flowers, soft blush chang- ing to white, about Dg inches in diameter. This is a very pretty variety and entirely distinct from the others. .. Pink Roamer... The flowers are single, over two inches in diameter, a bright, rich pink, with a large, silvery-white centre and orange red stamens, producing a most charming effect. Very fragrant. Price for the above, except where noted, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. Plants from open ground ready October 25th. This illustration was made from the photograph of a plant growing on the estate of Mr. Louis B. MeCagg, Newport, It. I., tak- en July, 1896. The plant was set out In May, 1895, and was furnished by us. It was about 18 inches high when planted, and when the photograph was taken It was 15 feet high and 6 feet wide, with thou- sands of flowers. <•;

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