PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE.-RLANTS. 



Mew Forcing Rose 



lifts. Robert Garrett. 



BETTER COLOR THAN BRIDESMAID 

 LARGER THAN LA FRANCE. 

 SWEETER THAN DEVONIENSIS. 

 FREER THAN BON SILENE. 



IN introducing this grand new Rose, we wish to say that it 

 affords us pleasure to be among the first to offer such a 

 really fine variety. The pleasure is enchanced because it is 

 a variety of American origin, raised under the climatic con- 

 ditions in which it must have its being; therefore it is certain 

 that it will prove to be adapted to our climate, not like many 

 of the much lauded imported novelties, which too often fail to 

 reach the glowing descriptions of the foreign grower. The 

 Mrs. Robert Garrett was raised by Mr. John Cook, the veteran 

 raiser of fine Roses, including Souvenir de Wootton and 

 several others, and is a cross between Sombreuil and Mine. 

 Caroline Testout. With two such parents this fine result 

 might be anticipated. 



The following description was written by our artist, after 

 studying it for a Colored Plate: 



"It is a difficult matter to describe the coloring of a Rose ; 

 much of the coloring is due to its form and its semi-transparency, 

 and is generated as it were in the Rose itself. A shallow Rose cannot have the beautiful color effects seen in a rose like Mrs. Robert 

 Garrett, which is of remarkable depth, even in the fully open flower. Its petals are of great substance, containing more than the ordinary 

 amount of coloring matter. Speaking broadly, the general color effect of this Rose may be described as being a glowing shell-like pink. 

 l u 1S ™ arvelo ? s 'y beautiful, whether considered as a single specimen or in a bunch, but to be thorougblv appreciated should be seen in 

 the diffused light of outdoors, with all its manifold charms accentuated and reinforced by its own background of living green." 



Here is what a correspondent said of it in the A merican Florist : 



"The exhibit of Mr John Cook was a departure from the rest, a= it was a vase of roses, but such roses ! They towered above the carnations on strong stems clothed with 

 heavy to .age, and were as .arge as American Beauty, but of a beautiful, clear pink, almost light enough to be called a shell-pink. The name is Mrs. Robert Garrett, 

 and it will get a first-class certificate, the chairman of the committee saying that it is conceded to be the finest Rose ever raised in this country. It is a cross between Sombreuil and 

 Mine. U lestout, and forms a valuable addition to the class of large roses which is represented almost entirely by American Beautv, and whicu will probably supplant the 

 small flowered ones, as has happened in the chrysanthemum and is happening in the carnation." 



Prices: plants from 2jinch pots, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000; from 3 inch pots $8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1000; 2 year plants, $20.00 per 100. 



