Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 164 IfflRTADRHR -PHILADELPHIA 4>A SELECT- ROSES TU m* V _^ J ^B r .^ ^ Hybrid Tea Rose, Bessie Brown. Hybrid Tea Rose, La Tosca. 12 Select Hardy Everblooming Hybrid Tea Roses. In addition to the collections of Hardy, Everblooming Hybrid Tea Roses offered on the preceding pages, we take pleasure in recommending the twelve sorts listed below, all of them being fine varieties, which should be included in every first-class collection, and each a gem in its particular color. Bessie Brown. A strong,
Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 164 IfflRTADRHR -PHILADELPHIA 4>A SELECT- ROSES TU m* V _^ J ^B r .^ ^ Hybrid Tea Rose, Bessie Brown. Hybrid Tea Rose, La Tosca. 12 Select Hardy Everblooming Hybrid Tea Roses. In addition to the collections of Hardy, Everblooming Hybrid Tea Roses offered on the preceding pages, we take pleasure in recommending the twelve sorts listed below, all of them being fine varieties, which should be included in every first-class collection, and each a gem in its particular color. Bessie Brown. A strong, vigorous grower, of erect, branch- ing habit, flowering in great profusion from June until frost; flowers of perfect form, large size, of good substance and highly fragrant; color creamy-white. Franz Deegen. Rich yellow, shading to orange in the centre of the flower, which is of medium size; very sweet-scented and effective. Gladys Markness. Deep salmon-pink; reflex of petals silvery; a grand flower, of large size, and very sweet- scented. Grace Darling. A handsome Rose; in color peach tinted creamy-white; large, full and free. One of the best. Gustav Grunerwald. A splendid Rose, of a bright carmine-pink with yellow centre; buds long; flowers cup-shaped, with full high centre. Honorable Edith Gifford. When first opening a beautiful soft flesh, with salmon-rose centre, changing to white; a fine, large, full flower. Lady Battersea. A beautiful cherry-crimson, permeated with an orange shade, changing to rose as the flower matures; very free. La Tosca. Beautiful silvery-pink, with deeper centre; a very vigorous grower, with large, double flowers, and very free-flowering. Liberty. Very free-flowering, bright crimson-scarlet, of an even shade throughout, very floriferous. Mme. Abel Chatenay. A very distinct and attractive variety, with large flowers of carmine-rose, shaded with salmon. Mme. Ravary. Buds golden-yellow; open flowers nankeen-yellow; a distinct and valuable garden variet
Size: 1322px × 1512px
Photo credit: © Bookworm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: archive, book, drawing, historical, history, illustration, image, page, picture, print, reference, vintage
