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Title: Sunset Seed and Plant Co. : 1896
Identifier: CAT31282484 (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Sunset Seed and Plant Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock California San Francisco Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Nursery stock; Vegetables; Grasses; Flowers; Trees; Plants, Ornamental; Fruit
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Sunset Seed and Plant 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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427-9 SANSOME ST. fg! SAN FRANCISCO â 89 Hybrid Tea Roses. Augustine Guinoiseau. White La France. A pure white La France with a faint rose tint at the base of its broad petals. The buds and flowers are quite large, very fragrant and finely formed. Beauty of Stapleford. Bright pink, shading to bright rosy-crimson; buds and flowers large, of perfect form; deliciously fragrant. Cheshunt Hybrid. Red, shaded violet; flowers large, produced in great abundance; very sweet. Distinction. Mauve, shaded reddish-amber; flowers large; very pretty and highly perfumed. Duchess of Albany, or Red La France. Resembles La France, but the color is a deeper and brighter pink. Kaiserina Augusta Victoria. Pure ivory-white; large, full and magnificent; strong and healthy grower. From 3-=inch pots. â â La France. Silvery pink; constant bloomer; very large and globular; very sweet scented. The old favorite. Madame A. Veysset. Striped La France. Resembles La France very much, but is stronger in growth and the flowers are beautifully striped and shaded with a delicate white. From 3=inch pots. Madame Caroline Testout. Brilliant satiny rose, deepening at center to clear red; flowers of excellent substance, keeping their color well; strong and healthy grower. A superb rose. *rieteor. Rich velvety crimson; buds and flowers iarge; elegantly formed; strong, vigorous and constant bloomer. Paul flarot. Satiny rose; a fine free-flowering sort. From 3 inch pots. Red La France. See Duchess of Albany. Striped La France. See Mad. A. Veysset. White La France. See Augustine Guinoiseau. White Lady. Creamy-white; large magnolia-like petals, very double, cup formed. Hybrid Perpetual Roses. *Abel Carriere. Velvety crimson, deep center; full and large; fragrant. Alfred Colomb. Carmine-crimson; large and full, globular; of exquisite fragrance. ^American Beauty. Brilliant pink shaded carmine; large and of delicious fragrance. A Queenly flower, both in size, form and color. Synonym Madame Fredinand Jamain. American Belle. Delicate soft pink; free and very fragrant. A sport from American Beauty. Anna Alexieff. Superb rosy-pink; flowers very large, double and showy; very free. *Anne de Diesbach. Brilliant pink, large; free both in flowers and growth. MADAME CAROLINE TESTOUT. *Antoine Mouton. Bright rosy-pink; very full and large. Auguste Mie. Clear and bright pink; very large, fine cup-shaped; fragrant. "Baroness Rothschild. Light rose, shaded with pink; an excellent rose. Baron de Bonstetten. Rich, deep maroon, nearly black; flowers double, large, and of velvety texture"* nicely perfumed. *Black Prince. Dark crimson, shaded black; flowers cupped, large and quite fragrant. -Captain Christy. Delicate flesh with rosy center; flowers extra large, double, full and quite fragrant; a splendid rose. Captain Christy, Climbing. A strong growing variety of the preceding; of recent introduction; a great acquisition. Charles Dickens. Rose color; vigorous and hardy; produces flowers in immense masses. ^Charles Lefebre. Bright velvety scarlet; finely shaped; petals smooth and heavy. * Dinsmore. Deep crimson, nearly scarlet; very showy, handsome, well-formed flowers. Due de Cazes. Dark velvety purple; very rich and handsome; medium size; full, compac t and fragrant. Duchess of Norfolk. Rosy red; medium size; cup shaped. Duke of Edinburgh. Vermilion; finely cup-formed; a good grower. Duke of Teck. Decided scarlet-crimson; an excellent rose. Earl Dufferin. Rich crimson shaded with maroon; flowers large and very graceful; good grower and free bloomer. -Empereur de Maroc. A rich deep maroon tinged with purple; one of the best dark roses. Empress of India. Dark brownish-crimson; decidedly double; round, large and full. Fisher Holmes. Rich crimson; flowers large and of fine form, with velvety texture. *Can also supply in "Standard" (or Tree Form).
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