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Introductions of i8gi. 209 



Rose, Triomphe de Pernet Pere. Various dealers. 



(Gen. Jacqueminot and Desir.) Of strong constitution and fine 

 habit ; flower large, double and of heavy texture ; bud long and 

 nicely pointed ; free in bloom. Hybrid tea. See Annals for 1890, 50. 



— T. W. Girdlestone. Various dealers. 



Flower of enormous size, very double, and of fine form ; color, 

 bright vermilion with shadings of lake. Strong grower, free and 

 fragrant. Hybrid perpetual. (Dickson.) 



— Waban. E. M. Wood 6- Co. 



See pages 74, 76 ; also Annals for 1890, 43. 



— White La France. 



See Augustine Guinoisseau. 

 [Roses, 102 varieties.] 



Rubus hispidus. Gillett 6° Horsford. 



Eastern states. 

 Rudbeckia fulgida. H. P. Kehey. 



Eastern states. 

 Salvia carduacea and S. Columbarise. Orcutt. 



California thistle-sage s or chias. The latter is used by the Indians 

 for making a beverage or as medicine. 

 Sambucus glauca. Orcutt. 



California elder. Berries edible. 

 Saxifraga cucanthemifolia. H. P. Kelsey, JV. C. 



A native saxifrage with white flowers spotted with yellow and 

 with bright pink protruding stamens. 

 Scabiosa, Beaten Gold (Aurantiaca). Henderson. 



Flowers very large, golden yellow. 



— Royal Purple. Henderson. 



Flowers very large, purplish claret, velvety. 

 Scirpus atrovirens. Gillett 6° Horsford. 



Eastern states. 

 Shepherdia Canadensis. Gillett 6° Horsford. 



Northern states. 

 Simmondsia Californica. Orcutt. 



An evergreen shrub, 5 to 15 feet high, producing edible fruit. 

 Solidago caesia. Gillett 6° Horsford. 



Eastern states. 



— puberula. Gillett &* Horsford. 



Eastern states. 



Spiraea (Astilbe) compacta multiflora. Gardiner. 



Imported from Europe. 

 Squash, Island Prize. Johnson & Stokes. 



An oblong squash, creamy yellow, with a thick sweet flesh. Said 

 to have come from the Pacific Islands. 



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