. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. Pyramidal little plants, only 15 to 18 crinkled and fringed like crumpled and inches high- producing largesemi-double slashed satin; the colors are crimson, flowers, from base to Hummit. These white, pink, pink-shaded with deep Pjnk very unlcnie and beautiful hollyhocks, toward renter ot flower,and pink witli a from the Flowery Kingdom, aregi-eat wliiteedgo. We expected to offer ^^tlieseacquisitions. Theplants grow in iiyi-am idal form to a height of only 15 to Isinches, and a
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. Pyramidal little plants, only 15 to 18 crinkled and fringed like crumpled and inches high- producing largesemi-double slashed satin; the colors are crimson, flowers, from base to Hummit. These white, pink, pink-shaded with deep Pjnk very unlcnie and beautiful hollyhocks, toward renter ot flower,and pink witli a from the Flowery Kingdom, aregi-eat wliiteedgo. We expected to offer ^^tlieseacquisitions. Theplants grow in iiyi-am idal form to a height of only 15 to Isinches, and are covered from bottom totop with semi-double flowers about :!inches across, the petals of which are colois this season, but suppliers niitify us of tlie smallyield of seed, so we will combine all intoone mixture to give us seed enimgh tooffer to our customers this year. From Catalogue ( <f Peter Henderson & Co., New York. Feb 12, 189S. THE FLORISTS EXCHANGE NOVELTY SUPPLEMENT. NOVELTIES IN Mrs» Robert Garrett^ bettor Co/or t/ian ^rtr^^or tAan jCa France. ^roer fAan ^ort Si/onc. Tliie grand new rose is of American origin, raised under tlieclimatic conditions in wliicli it must have its being: thereforeitis certain that it will prove to be adapted to our climate, notlike many of the much lauded imported novelties, which toooften fail to reach tlie glowing descriptions of the foreigngrower. The Mrs. Robert (iarrett was raised by Mr. JohnCook, the veteran raiser of fine roses, including Souvenir deWootton and several others, and is a cross between .Sombreuiland Mme. Caroline Testout. With two such parents this fineresult might be anticipated. The following deBcrii)tion waswritten by our artist, after stuilylug it for a colored plate: Itis a difficult matter to describe the coloring of a rose: much ofthe coloring is due to its form and its semi-transparency, andis generated as it were in the rose itself. A shallow rose cannothave
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