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Title: Catalogue of flowers : spring, 1899
Identifier: CAT31283746 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: G. R. Gause & Co; Earlham View Greenhouses; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Indiana Richmond Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Richmond, Ind. : G. R. Gause & 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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hardy, and the best way to treat them is to leave them all in open ground and. give whatever covering may be convenient. The Wonderful Hardy- Climbing Rose * Crimson Rambler. No place should be without this really valuable climber. It is praised by all who have seen it laden with it* hundreds of beautiful crimson flowers. Price lO cents each. Two-year-old Plants, 4-0 cents each. The plant is vigorous in growth, making shoots from eight to ten feet during the season. A charming pillar Rose. It is also magnfficent in bush form or for covering buildings trel- lises, etc. One of the striking charac- teristics of this Rose is its remarkable color, which is of the brightest crim- son, and remains undimmed to the end. The flowers are produced in great pyramidal panicles or trusses, each carrying a large number of blooms. The individual flowers are of good size, and remain perfect on the plant for a length of time with fresh- ness of color unimpaired. The foliage is bright green and glossy, which con- trasts finely with the bright crimsom of the flowers. The New Hardy Ever Blooming Rose WOOTTON, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. (For description, see opposite page.) branches —indeed it is not neceemry that they should ever be pruned more than this, as they will increase in size each year without it, but their beautv is greatly enhanced by always keeping the bushes trimmed into good shape. Pruning should be done in the early Spring, before the plants com- mence to grow, aud the desired shape of the plants should be kept constantly in mind while they are being pruned. PROTECTION.—The tender orrbloomivg class may be protected during the Winter in the following manner: First, cut out all the soft or unripened wood, and remove most of the leaves: then take a little of the soil from one side of the bush to allow it to bend over easily. Bend it over to the ground and cover the whole plant with two tofour inches of dirt. Over this place four to six inches of leaves, and keep in place with boards or boughs. Defer covering for Winter until cold weather sets in. as moderate freezing will not in- jure them. In places where Winters are not very severe, many of the varieties of everblooming Poses are nearly This splendid new variety is a sport from that famous Rose. Souv. de Wootton, and is identical with it except that it is a strong, rampant climber, growing in one season to a height of 10 to 15 feel, and produc- ing in wonderful profusion its superbly-formed flow- ers, which are bright magenta red, passing to violet crimson, richly shaded. The flowers are large, full and regular, with thick leathery petals, and delic- iously tea scented ; makes beautiful buds; as an out- door climbing Rose it will take frout rank, because of its strong growth and freedom of bloom. A well developed bush covered with finely made flowers, is beautiful. Truly thi6 is a magnificent and valuable new Rose. Has proven hardy in the Northern States. 15 cents; two-year-old plants, 40c each. The Grand !\ew Ever Blooming Rose Climbing ♦ Meteor. In this superb new Rose we have an acquisition of rare value. It has been called the " Perpetual Blooming Jacque- minot" because of its freedom of bloom and its splendidly formed flowers, which resemble that splendid variety. Climb- ing Meteor is a sport from Meteor, a fragrant, free-blooming Hybrid Tea Rose, one of the highly prized and vahied varie- ties. Climbing Meteor is of strong, vigorous habit of growth, producing in great profusion throughout the season magnifi- cently formed buds and flowers, which are in color a dark velvety crimson, the equal of any Rose in cultivation, and, if anything, more glowing than" its illustrious parent. 15 cents; two-year-old plants, 40 cents each. American Beauty. May be described as an ever- blooming Hybrid Perpetual. Every characteristic would place it among the H. P.'s except its succession of bloom and the freedom with which it can be forced in the Winter. Its color is a deep glowing rose, sometimes darker, but always a

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