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Title: Floral catalogue : illustrated
Identifier: CAT31283861 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Nanz & Neuner; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Louisville, Ky. : Nanz and Neuner
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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LOUISVILLE, KY. 13 Popular Rose Collection. A Choice List of 16 Ever-Blooming Roses for Pot Culture and Winter Blooming. The 16 sent by mail, postpaid, for $1.00; large plants, by ex- press, $3.00. BRIDESMAID. (Pink Tea Rose.) Here we have a new rose, a sport from the old standby, Catherine Mermet. This new variety retains all the good qualities of the parent, besides adding charms not possessed by the sweet Cather- ine. All know that Catherine Mermet takes precedence as a pink rose. More plants of it are cultivated by the ama- teur, and more cut bloom is sold by the flower dealers of iit than any pink rose. Why? Because the bud is of ex- quisite shape and contour, so solid and firm, and the stems are so long and stiff that no other rose will compare with it in keeping qualities after being cut. Bridesmaid is about two shades deeper in color—just enough to make it bright; and it is the same color all the time, under every condition of weather and surroundings. CLOTHILDE SOUPERT. One of the most prolific bloom- ers in our entire list and admirably adapted to pot cul- ture; beginning to flower when not over four inches high, and continues without intermission the entire season if kept in healthy growing condition. The flowers are borne in sprays, very double and handsomely formed; the outer petals are pearly white, shading to a center of rosy pink, but vary sometimes on the same plant from pure white to deep silvery rose. A grand bedding variety. CATHERINE MERMET. One of the finest roses grown The buds are very large and globular, the petals being recurved and showing to advantage the lovely bright pink of the center, shading into light creamy pink re- minding one of La France in its silvery shading A strong grower and fine bloomer.
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Perie des Jardins. jsr.desmaia PINK LA FRANCE. (Hybrid Tea Rose.) We have always given this the first place, the queen of all the roses. Ac- counts come to us from all quarters, every year, describ- ing the great profusion of its bloom from June to frost, and extolling its fragrance and immense size; it is of superb form, and double as a rose can be. No variety can surpass it in delicate coloring, silvery rose shades, with pink. It has a satin sheen over its petals. It is univers- ally regarded as the most useful of roses, for it is hardy, beyond question. It blooms continuously. The flqwer is large, finely built, endures for a great length of time, is exquisitely colored, and fragrant in the high- est degree. A rose of which no one can have too many. Price, 10 cents. PERLE DES JARDINS. Unquestionably the finest yellow rose for either winter or summer flowering. The flow- ers are very large and double, of perfect form. Color, a rich shade of yellow; a healthy, free grower, with beau- tiful foliage and unequaled in profusion of bloom. No collection of roses is complete without Perle. vlADAM C. TESTOUT. A really grand rose of the La France type, but larger and of better color. It is clear pink—there is nothing in the rose line that can approach it in color—and the flower is as large as Baroness Roths- child, and as free as La France. Very fragrant; a mag- nificent forcing variety. THE BRIDE. Who does not know the beautiful Cath. Mer- met? and this is a pure white one, without doubt the finest of all white roses for all purposes. CORNELIA COOK. Color, a beautiful creamy, white, buds of immense size and very double; a magnificent flower when full grown, and a very free bloomer; flowers very sweet and fragrant. METEOR. A rich, dark, velvety crimson, everblooming rose, as fine in color as the best of the Hybrid Perpetu- als; the flowers are of good size, very double and per- fect in shape, either as buds or when fully opened; the plant is vigorous and remarkably free flowering. A splendid sort for pot culture, and the best of all the Hybrid Teas as a bedding variety for summer cut flow- ers, as it retains its color well, even in the hottest weather. MAMAN COCHET. (New Tea Rose.) Probably the finest new rose of the season. The growth is vigorous, with rich, healthy foliage, and extra large flowers, which are borne on long, stout stems, very double and simply ex- quisite when in bud or half bloom. The color is a deep rose pink, the inner side of petals silvery rose. This variety was illustrated and described in the Journal des Roses four years ago, and one thousand dollars was re- fused for the stock by the originator, Mons. Cochet. It sviU undoubtedly become very popular. ALL ROSES GfiOWN ON THEIR OWN ROOTS.

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