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Identifier: rosesroseculture00jenk (find matches)
Title: Roses and rose culture ..
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: (Jenkins, Thomas B.) (from old catalog)
Subjects: Rose culture
Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., Stecher lithographic co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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CLOTHILDE SOUPERT. (POLYANTHA ROSE.)This belongs to a comparatively new group, from Japan,which now contains many very valuable varieties. They areeverblooming, of rather slender growth and dwarf habit,producing an abundance of small beautiful flowers in clusters.As an edging for a bed of roses they produce a very markedeffect. Clothilde Soupert has very double beautifully imbri-cated flowers, like an astor, produced in clusters, and alwaysin bloom. Either buds or fully expanded flowers are always tobe had.
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POLYANTHA ROSE -^Clotilde Soupert A new class of Roses of dwarf habit, with small, very double, beautifully formed flowerexcellent for out door planting and pot culture. QUEEN OF PRAIRIES. (Climbing Rose.) This, with several other varieties, is indigenous to thiscountry, being found in many of the Western States. It is atrue climber and may be used to cover any unsightly object aswell as walls, trellises, buildings, etc. This grows very rapidlymaking long vigorous shoots and flowers rather late in theseason, and lasts for a long time. The flowers are produced inlarge clusters and make a very handsome appearance. To ourmind there is nothing superior to the Prairie roses for porchor veranda decorations.

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