NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE. 



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IS famous old Rose was newly introduced to the public 

 last year. The introducer gives the following interest- 

 ing account of its origin and history : He says : " It is 

 a historic fact that one hundred years ago, George 

 Washington, the greatest and most honored American 

 that ever lived, raised in his garden at Mt. Vernon, a Seedling 

 Rose, which proved to be a hardy perpetual blooming climber, 

 producing large double snow-white blossoms in great profusion 

 from June until frost. In this lovely Rose our first President 

 took special delight, and named it after his mother, Mary 

 Washington. The original bush can yet be seen growing 

 in the grounds where its world-famed master planted it 

 in his garden at Mt. Vernon. It is a strange thing that 

 this most valuable of all Roses has stood a hundred years 

 without ever being propagated or finding its way to the 

 public, yet it is a fact that we are the first to offer as New, 

 the Oldest American Rose, the first and finest of its 

 class, and raised and named by him 'who was first in peace, 

 first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.' We 

 may well plant and cherish the Rose which our great Washing- 

 ton left us, as the truest and best emblem of our remembrance 

 and appreciation of his greatness. We hope in time to see it 

 trailing over the door or gateway of every home in the land, 

 and aside from the fact that this Rose was raised and named 

 by George Washington, it is one of the most valuable sorts 

 that has been introduced for many years. A hardy perpetual 

 blooming climber has long been needed. Its flowers are 

 medium size, pure white, perfectly double to the centre, sweet 

 and borne in endless numbers all Summer. It is a vigorous 

 and rapid grower, and must at once become a general favorite. 

 It makes a great profusion of fine buds, which are borne on 

 long stems and usually in large clusters. One plant of Mary Washington will produce more flowers and 

 buds than a dozen ordinary Roses." Its fragrance is tinged with old-fashioned musky flavor so much ad- 

 mired in olden times. Our stock is propagated from cuttings which came from the original bush at Mt. 

 Vernon on the Potomac. Our offer here of fine strong plants will therefore be appreciated by thousands 

 in all parts of the country who would like some reminder or souvenir of that historic spot. 



Price, 35 cts. each ; 3 for $1 ; $3.50 per doz. A club of 25 for $6 ; a club of 50 for $11. 

 Larger plants from 4 and 5 inch pots, by Express, 50 cts. each ; $5 per doz. 



