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Title: McGregor Brothers' wholesale price list of plants for florists for fall of 1897
Identifier: CAT31282793 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: McGregor Brothers'; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Springfield Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: Springfield, Ohio : McGregor Bros.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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McGregor Brothers' Wholesale Price List, Springfield, O. 23
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New Rose, CRIMSON RAMBLER. This superb novelty is of the Polyantha class and was originally received from Japan. The flowers are produced in great pyramidal panicles or trusses, each carrying from thirty to forty blooms, the individual flower measuring about one to one-and-a-half inches in diameter and remaining per- fect on the plant for upwards of two weeks with their fresh- ness of color unimpaired. The foliage is bright green and glossy, and contrasts finely with the bright crimson of the flowers. It is said to be exceedingly hardy, having success- fully withstood the test in exposed situations of two very severe Winters in England. We can recommend this novelty in the strongest manner as being a new Rose of great im- portance and value. Price, 50 cents per dozen; $3 per hundred; 1wo-year-old plants, $6 per hundred. New Forcing Rose, BRIDESHAID. A new Rose. A sport from that old standard, Cathei'ine Mermet. This variety retains all the good qualities of the parent, besides adding charms not possessed by the sweet Catherine. All know that Catherine Mermet takes precedence as a pink Rose. More plants of it are cultivated by the amateur and more cut blooms are sold by the flower dealer of it than any pink Rose. Why? Because the bud is of exquisite shape and contour, so solid and firm, and the stems are so solid and stiff that no other Rose will compare with it in keeping qualities after being cnt. It has, though, with all these good qualities, a serious defect; namely, "off color." This is more noticeable in dark, cloudy weather, but it is true of the Rose at all times. Now, this is why the Bridesmaid will supersede the Mermet. It is about two shades deeper in color—just enough to make it bright; and it is the same color all the time under every condition of weather and surround- ings. Price, strong two-and-a-half inch pots, 6 cents each; 50 cents per dozen; $3 per hundred. New Rose, HENRY n. STANLEY. This grand, new, ever-blooming Rose was raised from Madame Lambert and Countess Riza du Pare, and named in honor of the great African explorer, ana is recommended as a charming variety of unusual beauty and permanent value. The color is a rare shade of amber rose, delicately tinged with apricot-yellow towards the center. Reverse of petals clear buff-rose. The flowers are of pood substance, extra large, finely formed, and very full and fragrant. Price, 6 cents each; 50 cents per dozen; $4 per hundred. COP!r^J? The Beautiful flemorial Rose, ROSA WICHURIANA. This hardy and lasting Rose creeps over the ground like Ivy. The leaves are glossy, dark green and handsomely notched. The flowers, which are borne very profusely during Julv, are large, pure white, single, with yellow center, and have a strong, wild rose fragrance. It is one of the very best plants for ro -k work, embankments, slopes, cemeteries, as well as for garden cultivation. Its wonderfully free, rampant habit frequently shows growth of ten to twelve feet in a season, spreading as it goes. Price. 50 cents per dozen; $4 per hundre J. New Ever=Blooming Tea Rose, HRS. D'GRAW. Everybody wants a hardy, ever-blooming Rose, and we now offer the grandest of this class. From early Summer until frost it can be depended upon to produce flowers of large size and exquisite fragrance in lavish abundance. In color it is a rich, glossy pink. Ic is such a strong grower that it is always impregnable against attacks of insects. For garden or cemetery it has no equal. Price, 6 cents each; 50 cents per dozen; $4 per hundred. ETOILE DE LYON. This is considered one of the finest yellow bedding Roses for outside planting ; it is, morever, one of the hardiest of the Tea section. It blooms freely and every flower is a gem. It equals Marechal Niel in size, on strong bushes. A deep chrome-yellow. A remarkable Rose, deserving extensive cul- ture. Price, 50 cents per dozen; $4 per hundred. New Forcing Rose, KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA. This beautiful Rose has not only a royal name, but is a royal Rose as well. We have white Roses that have elegant buds, but when full blown are not all that is desired. Then again, we have white Roses that are elegant when full blown, but have poor buds. This Rose combines both these good qualities. It is a continuous bloomer, producing successive crops of buds, and formed with large petals of best substance; shows no center when fullv open. Color a pure snowy-white. Price, 8 cents each; 75 cents per dozen; $5 per hundred.

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