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Title: Our new guide to rose culture : 1898
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Dingee & Conard Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Catalogs Roses Catalogs Nurseries (Horticulture) Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: West Grove, Pa. : The Dingee & Conard 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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each. SOUV. DUN AMIE.* A Famous Rose. Extra-large globular flowers, like Queen,except in color; very full and deliciouslyrweet; color deep rosy flesh, beautifullysnaded with rich carmine; edges and re-verse of petals silver rose; vigorous growerand profuse bloomer; superb in openground. 15 cts. each; two-year-old plants,30 cts. each. SOUV. DE VICTOR HUGO * Blooms Constantly. Very fine; blooms freely and constantly; dtron red with amber and fawn shading; large tulip-shaped flowers; very handsome. 15 c. each ; two-year-old plants, 30c. each. flowers are exceedingly fragrant, large, full and very double,possessing a depth that makes their color all the more strik-ing ; quite hardy. We recommend this as one of the reallyfine Roses. 15 cts. each; two-year-old plants, 30 cts. each. SUZANNA BLANCHET.* One of the Best Roses. There are hundreds of Roses not as good as this rarletjr,and there are few indeed as valuable. Outdoors it. growssplendidly and blooms with such freedom as to make it one
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Souvenir de Francois Gaulain.* A Magnificent Sort. This is an ideal Rose having merit of a high order. Inour open-ground trials the past year it bloomed from thetime it was planted until severe frosts ; its earliness and con-stancy stamp it as a Rose of great value to the amateur orhome grower. In growth it is strong and healthy, with largehandsome foliage that remains on the plant until the firstfrost comes^ The color is unusually bright and, indeed, isquite remarkable for a Tea Rose—rich velvety crimson; the Varieties marked with an asterisk (*) can be furnished in two-size, cannot be sent by Mail, and will be of the most satisfactory Roses for generalcultivation. Color beautiful pale flesh, pass-ing to silvery white, shaded with fine rosyamber; large finely pointed buds; handsome.15 cts. each ; two-year-old plants, 30c. each. THE BRIDE.*A Sweet Rose. A superb pure white Tea Rose, one of the best of its color;the buds and flowers are unusually large, finely formed, verydouble and

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