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Title: Catalogue of floral beauties, for the spring of 1896
Identifier: catalogueofflora1896grea (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Great Western Plant Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Ohio Springfield Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Nursery stock; Flowers; Roses; Plants, Ornamental
Publisher: Springfield, Ohio : Great Western Plant 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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20 The Great Western Plant Co., Springfield, Ohio. GENERAL COLLECTION OF h;ARDY Price, 10 cents each; or we will send fonrteen kinds from this list, your selection, for $1.00 ; any six kinds for 50 cents. Large two-year-old plants, 85 cents each. : : : : : : : Abel Carriere.—Flowers are extra large, very double, full and sweet. Color a dark, rich crimson, passing-to a velvety-ma- roon. Alfred Colomb.—A bright carmine-crimson, very large, full, and of fine globular form. Anna Alexin*.—Color a clear,rosy-pink, changing to brilliant car- mine,elegantly shaded, fragrant and beautiul. Antoine Mouton.—The flowers are of extraordinary size and full- ness, very fragrant. Color a bright, clear pink, reverse of petals silvery-rose. Albane de Arneville.—(New.) Pure white, at the largest size and deliciously fragrant. Annade Diesbach.—(Glory of Pan's.). Brilliant crimson, shaded maroon, long pointed buds, full and sweet. AH Pacha Cherif.- Full, globular form, of the largest size, ver- milion-red, rich and velvety. Admiral de Joinville.—The flowers are large and borne in clus- ters,very double and remarkably sweet. Color a bright, glow- ing1 crimson. Very handsome.
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Ball of Snow.—(Boule de Neige.) A finely formed, pure white Rose, occasionally shows light flesh when first opening. Beautiful shell-shaped petals, evenly arranged, flowers of good size. Baroness Rothschild.—Color a rich and lovely shade of pink, de- lightfully perlumed. An ideal Rose in every respect. Countess of Roseberry.—Color satin pink inthe center, deepen- ing to bright crimson on the outer petals. Superb. Captain Christy.—The color is a lovely shade of pale peach, deepening to rosy-crimson. Extra fine. Crown Prince.—A noble Rose. Color a clear red, deepening at centerto ruby-crimson. Comte de Paris.—A Rose of great promise,bright, vivid, Poppy- crimson, large and full. Columbia.—A lovely pure white bedding Rote, of bushy habit. Clara Cochet.- Salmon-rose, deepening to bright cherry red, large and full. A lovely variety. Charles Dickens.—This we regard as a wonderful Rose. Color a rich, glossy carmine, tinged with crimson. Very sweet- Coquette des Alps.—A lovely pure white Rose. Very full and free in flower. Delicious fragrance. Coquette de Blanches.—One of the finest white Hyfcn'd Perpetuals. Flowers large, pure snow-white, very double, full and Ira- grant. A constant bloomer. One of the best. Doctor Hogg.—Deep violet crimson, richly shaded with maroon, shell-shaped petals, full,compact form, very double and de- sirable. Duchess de Caylns.—First-class for general planting. Is strong, hardy and vigorous, and a regular and free bloomer. Extra large flowers, full, perfect form, very fragrant. Color a rich cherry-red, sometimes brilliant crimson, delicately tinged with scarlet. Very fine. Dinsmore.—Dazzling scarlet crimson of the largest size. Very sweet and always in bloom. None better Karl of Dufferin.—Fine velvety-crimson, shaded rich dark ma- roon, very large, lull and sweet. Emperor of Morocco.—This is a grand Rose, matchless in color, Deing a dark velvety-maroon. Empress of India.—This is one of the darkest of Roses. The color is an intense rich velvety crimson. Karl of Beaconsfleld.—A magnificent Rose. Large, very full and fragrant, deep, rosy-crimson, brightening with intense rosy-scarlet. Karl of Pembroke.—Solt, velvety-crimson, petals margined with cardinal-red, large, regular flowers, full and fragrant. Kllse Boelle.—An elegant Rose. Very full and double, and de-' lightfully perfumed. Color a pure ivory-white, sometimes clouded with blush and tinged with amber.

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