. Ellwanger & Barry : Mount Hope nurseries. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 131 seedling excels that famou« variety in vigor, hardiness, and freedom of bloom. It continues to bloom pro- fusely long after the other remontants are out of flower. In brief, it may be described as an improved Alfred Colomb, and as good a rose as has been raised by any- one. It is undoubtedly the finest of its color. MAURICE BERNARDIN, vig. or free. [Granger., 1861.) S}-n. Ferdinand de Lesseps, Exposition de Brie. A seed- ling from Gcfi. Jacqiie?ninot. Bright crimson ; large, mod- erately full; a good free blooming sort, gen


. Ellwanger & Barry : Mount Hope nurseries. GENERAL CATALOGUE. 131 seedling excels that famou« variety in vigor, hardiness, and freedom of bloom. It continues to bloom pro- fusely long after the other remontants are out of flower. In brief, it may be described as an improved Alfred Colomb, and as good a rose as has been raised by any- one. It is undoubtedly the finest of its color. MAURICE BERNARDIN, vig. or free. [Granger., 1861.) S}-n. Ferdinand de Lesseps, Exposition de Brie. A seed- ling from Gcfi. Jacqiie?ninot. Bright crimson ; large, mod- erately full; a good free blooming sort, generally com- ing in clusters. Perhaps the most prolific of all crimson roses in the spring. Mavoumeen, free. {A. Dickson cr-' Sons, 1895.) Flowers large, full, and perfectly formed : color delicate silver}' flesh- white, shaded rose at base of petals. In every respect a lovely rose. 75c. Merveille de Lyon, 7nod. {Fernet, 18S2.) Pure white, shaded and marked \sith satmy-rose ; flowers verj- large, double, and of a beautiful cup MARGARET DiCKSON. larger. A superb variety. Budded planis. A seedling from Baroness Rothschild with tne same habit, but 75c. Mrs. Mrs. Frank Cant, vig. {F. Caiit, 1897.) Flowers large, very full, perfectly formed, and produced abun- dantly. Color beautiful clear pink, the edge and back of petals silvery white, while the base of the petals is fully two shades deeper in color. Growth erect and vigorous. 75c. F. W. Sandford,/r^if. {Curtis &'Sa}idford, 1897.) A sy>oxX. horn. Mrs. fohn Laing, which it resem- bles in all but color—this is beautiful blush shading to white. 75c. MRS. JOHN LAING, ^7^. [Bettnett, 1887.) A seedling from Francois Michelon ; soft pink; large and of fine form, produced on strong stems ; exceedingly fragrant; one of the most valuable varieties for forcing, and flowers continuously in the open ground. The most beautiful rose of recent introduc- tion. MRS. R. G. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, vig. {A. Dickson ^ Sons, 1894.) Color deep


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