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Title: Cottage Rose Garden : 1901
Identifier: CAT31285084 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: G. Drobisch (Firm); Drobisch, G; Cottage Rose Garden; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Columbus, Ohio : G. Drobisch
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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26 CATALOGUE OF COTTAGE ROSE GARDEN, COLUMBUS, OHIO. NEWBRUANT GERANIUMS. M CE, 10c. EACH EEN FOR $1.00 E) TrTF, NEW FRENCH BRUANT type is attracting much attention, and on account of their strong, healthy constitution, large blossoms and frte-blooniing quality, bid fair to become the leading Geranium. Some of them are semi-double, others single blooming. They stand our hot sun admirably, and are excellent bedding sorts. We have taken great- pains to pick up all the newest varieties as they are introduced, and now offer in our collection some of the finest varieties in existence. We commend the varieties offered below as worthy additions.
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Type or Bruant Geranium. 1 Truss Two-Thirds N atural Size. ) Admiral Gervais—Single. Extremley free in bloom ; florets of the very largest size ; bright rosy-scarlet. Alphonso Ricard — A strong grower, dwarf and branching and producing flowers in great masses. Both floret and truss are of enormous size, single or slightly double; color a brilliant orange-red. M. Bruant recommends this in the highest terms as a bedder. Price, 15 cents. Bruant—Trusses and pips immense size; semi-double; beautiful, brilliant, vermillion. Beaute Poitevine—The flowers are produced in the greatest profusion upon large sized trusses, deep rosy-sal- mon, streaked and veined carmine, with deep magenta. Comte d'Elbee—Single. Beautifully zoned; trusses immense; tender rose passing to bright rose; very distinct. A decided novelty in this race. E. Legouve-Double. Enormous florets; silvery-sal- mon of peculiar shade, distinct from ajl others of this race. Fleur de Neige—Carries enormous trusses well above the foliage; semi-double, of the purest white. A robust but compact grower ; very free. Francois Arago—Flowers finely formed, a free bloom- er on strong footstalks. Color silvery-salmon, shaded peach. General Dodds—Very dwarf in habit, beautifully dented, trusses large; soft vermillion; of grand effect, single. Gloire de Eyonaise—An exceedingly large flower; individual blossoms will frequently measure an inch and a half across; of a scarlet carmine color. Gloire de Poitevine—Trusses of immense size; rich red shaded orange with a white eye. Plant robust and. free. A fine bedder. Heteranthe—Double General Grant. Quite similar to Bruant save that is a softer shade of color, while still very brilliant. H. Dauthenay—Trusses of immense size, composed of very large, fine round flowers, color coppery orange-red, with white eye. Single flowered. T. D. Cabos—(Single.) Soft ro^y pink, a new color in this class. Truss and flowers of largest size; a grand bed- ding pint. J. J. Harrison—Double, brilliant capucine-scarlet flor* ets of enormous size; habit all that could be desired; a fine bedder and a most effective sort. John A. Doyle—Color bright vermillion-red of most pleasing shade. The flowers are perfect in shape; trusses ex- ceptionally large and borne in immense spherical balls. Mad. du Luc—beautiful bright rose, upper petal* blotched pure white. Large trusses of fine shaped single flowers. • „ Mad. Chas. Molin—Trusses and florets enormous clear, bright salmon, white eye. Remarkable for the beauty of the trusses, and also of its lovely color. Single. M. Alfred Mame — Another fine bedding variety. Florets very large and of a very fine red color; the trusse:-* are of extraordinary size and freely produced. " ~~ Mrs. E. G. Hill—Very large trusses of the most pleas- ing shade of salmon, with white center. Mons. P. Olombl—Rich vermillion-scarlet, with or- ange shadings. An attractive variety, carrying immense spherical trusses of fiorets. Mad. Massage de Eouvrex—Flowers and Ttrusses large, soft salmon flesh color, center white. M. Eouis Pages—Semi-double; clear orange-scarlet. Plants of fine bushy nabit. Mad. Jaulin—This is an entirely distinct color in the Bruant or bedding type. Very large florets compose a truss of grand size; center of flowers very delicate pink, bordered. with white. Octeon—Verv large flowers of a light scarlet. President Victor Dubois—Immense trusses of extra large, semi-double flowers: color a bright magenta-rose. Ville de Poitiers—Double. Color rosy-scarlet, very clear and bright, very large florets and of beautiful form Verv free, producing elegant effects when massed. Wi P." Simmons—Single. Brilliant and abundant, bloomer, color extremely bright orange-scarlet; flowers well up above the foliage, and of grand size.

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