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ELLWAXGER d- BAHRTS 



EI'GEXIE YERDIER. (| NATURAL SIZEJ 



Special :Mekits.— Delicacy of color; fine t)uds ; veiy valualDle lor forcing. 



Fisher Holmes. (E. Verdier, 186,").) Free. Deep, glowing crimson: large, 

 moderately full, and of tine imbricated form. A superb Rose, one that may be briefly 

 described as an improved Jacquetfiinot, being of better quality and producing more 



flowers under gLiss. 



Francois Michelon. (Levet IS'l.) Free. A seedling from jC« i?^m^. Deep 

 carmine-rose, very large, full, and of tine globular form; fragrant and a free bloomer. 

 Light green wood and foliage; thorns nor numerous, wood long-jointed ; foliage slightly 

 crimpled like Z// Heine ; habit very erect. A very distinct, choice sort; excellent late 

 in June and July, when other varieties are gone, and also in the Autumn. 



