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Title: Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits
Identifier: CAT31283838 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Thomas Meehan and Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs
Publisher: Germantown, Pa. : Thomas Meehan & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Prairie Queen, a strong and rapid growing rose. Large, compact and globular flowers in clusters. Color, bright rosy red. 2 to 3 ft. Trans $ 35 each $2 00 per 10 $12 00 per 100 LORD PENZANCE'S HYBRID SWEET BRIERS. These lovely hybrids, apart from their extreme beauty, are most interesting, being crosses between the common Sweet Brier and various other Roses, such as Austrian Brier, varieties of Gallica, etc. It is certain they are a great acquisition. Like their parent, the common Sweet Brier, the foliage is deliciously scented. The flowers are of the most beautiful tints and produced in great profusion. Not the least of their recommendations is the fact that they are per- fectly hardy even in the coldest situations, and possess a robust vigor which is quite astoni.shing, bushes four or five years old throwing up shoots of ten, twelve, and even fifteen feet high ; these when covered with flowers of the most delicate shades, have a most gorgeous effect. PRICES: Strong field grown plants, $ 50 each $3 50 per 10 Vrom 214 inch pots 35 " 2 00 " 10 Amy Robsart. Lovely deep rose, the buds before opening are most graceful, of true Sweet Brier type. Anne of CeierStein. Dark crimson, followed by an abund- ance of pretty clustered bunches of hips, branching habit. Brenda. Maiden's blush or peach, dainty in color and shade, the contrast and eS"ect of the bright golden anthers add peculiar charm to this variety. Flora M'lVOr. Pure white blushed rose, perfect for cutting, large flowers, graceful in growth and habit; a gem. Lucy Ashton. Pretty white blooms with pink edges, not so large as some others, wonderfully free flowering ; free grower with rather erect shoots, foliage as sweet as the old Sweet Brier. Lady Penzance. Beautiful soft tint of copper with a peculiar metallic lustre, the base of each petal is a bright yellow, very free flowering, with a delicious perfume from foliage and flower, a wonderful grower, shoots pendulous. Lord Penzance, soft shade of fawn or ecrue passing to a lovely emerald yellow in the centre, sometimes toned with a most delicate pink, a good grower and abundant bloomer. Meg Merrilees. Gorgeous crimsou, very free flowering. Rose Bradwardine. Beautiful clear rose, perfect in shape: very profuse, strong, robust habit. 3«

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