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Title: Lovett's special catalogue of roses geraniums cannas palms carnations, chrysanthemums gladiolus, lilies, hardy herbaceous plants, and other summer flowering plants and bulbs
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: J.T. Lovett Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Roses Seeds Catalogs Horticulture Seeds Catalogs Commercial catalogs New Jersey Little Silver
Publisher: Little Silver, N.J. : J.T. Lovett
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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ed.By planting a few plants of it any one can have thevery finest roses for cutting and for use in vases,upon the dining table, parlor, etc.. all summer andautumn. From 2i.< in. pots, ea., 15c; doz., 81.35.From 4 in. pots. ea.. 2.5c; 3 for 60c; doz.. S2.00. WHITE BOUGERE (Tea). A grand Rose and one of the hardiest of its class;strong grower, constant and free. Flower largeand full with thick, shell-shaped petals, pure whit^,very beautiful both in bud and open flower. Agood bedder and fine also for pots. Ea., 15c; doz.61.25. MLLE. BERTHA CLAVEL Bourb.) Very pretty and unique. A striped sport fromSouv/de la Slalmaison. Creamy white with pinkcentre, back of petals striped violet and pale pink.Ea.. 15c; doz., 81.25. AUGUSTE COMTE (Tea). Large and finely formed flower, lasting in budforma long time; outer petals rosy-carmine withborder of much darker shade, flesh pink, centreshading to deep yellow. A beautiful Rose, fr^4 in. pots., ea., 25c. / T, lovett, little silver and red bank, N J,
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TklmfT., A Double, Bright Pink, Sweet-scented form of Rosa Wichuriana. There is nothing in the way of Roses which has ap-peared within the last fifty > ears at least, that has prov-ed such an innovation or proved so valuable as the Jap-anese trailing Rose, Wichuriana; or what is now wide-ly known as -The Memoral Rose. Its trailing habit,the beauty of its massive, bright, glossy foliage, vigor-ous growth, great hardiness and the wonderful freedomwith which its sweet-scented blossoms are produced,unite in rendering it of value difficult to over-estimate.In very truth, its many merits leave little to be desiredin a trailing rose, beyond the fact that the roses them-selves, borne by it, although produced in such multi-tudes as to littrally envelop the plant, are small in sizeand white in color, resembling to a degree the blossomof the Blackberry. Hybridizers set about at once,upon the appearance of this remarkable Rose, to obtainimproved varieties—those with larger and better fiow-er

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