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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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superb variety, none have shown them-selves to be entitled to that distinction. It is byall odds the best Passifiora in cultivation. Wereit unworthy of our recommendation we would castit aside. If you want one of the best of all hardyclimbers, take our advice, plant Passifiora America.America will prove a revelation to all who plantit. Alongside of the ordinary varieties, it is headand shoulders above them. The flowers are of ex-traordinary size, 4 inches across, and in color arered, white and blue—a gorgeous blending of colors.It does what no other Passion Flower will do—blooms the first year, producing its lovely flowersthroughout the entire growing season. Remark-ably free flowering and a strong, rapid climber ofmost attractive foliage. It is perfectly hardy, and,once planted, it grows more beautiful year afteryear. It is a grand novelty, and without it youwill miss a genuine bargain. We offer strong plants, 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts.;7 for $1; 12 for $1.50, postpaid by Mail.
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New Passion Vine, America, from a Photograph. (5) EnchantressCollection. FIVE of the Best, Rarestand Most Beautiful Free-Blooming Hardy Roses for 50 Cts. ALWAYS If you woul(^ have five ofiR; the very choicest Roses in BLOOM. cultivation, varieties that are hardy and free bloom-ing—worth five times their number incheap unknown varieties with little or nomerit—we would strongly urge you toplant the Enchantress Collection. Who would be without beautiful Roseswhen they can be had so cheaply ? Weprefer the five varieties in this collectionto twenty common varieties, because theyare sure to grow and bloom and will givean abundance of exquisite flowers thatacknowledge no superiors in this class.Nearly every one knows of the beauty ofMeteor, crimson; Marie Guillot, white,and Bridesmaid, pink, but Enchantressand Viscountess Folkstone deserve spe-cial mention. THERE ARE NO BETTERROSES IN CULTIVATION than these two rare sorts. We considerthem without a peer. If you have hadwhat is known as p

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