PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. — PLANTS. 



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^ew Forcing Rose 



mrs. HoDert Garrett, 



BETTER COLOR THAN BRIDESMAID. 

 LARGER THAN LA FRANCE. 

 SWEETER THAN DEVONIENSIS. 

 FREER THAN BON SILENE 



N 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 enhanced because it is 

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

 tions 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 Mad. 

 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. 

 It is marvelously beautiful, whether considered as a single specimen or in a bunch, but to be thoroughly 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 : 



" I he exhibit of Mr. John took was a departure from the rest, as it was a vase of roses, but such roses! They towered above the carnations on strong stems clothed with 

 heavy foliage, and were as large as American Beauty, but of a beautiful, clear pink, almost light enough to be called a shell-pink. The name is M rs Robert Garrett, 

 and it will get a fort- cla* certificate, the chairman of the committee saying that it is conceded to be the fin'St Nose ever raised in this country It is a cross between Sombreuil and 

 Mad. C. Testout, and forms a valuable addition to the class of large roses which i 'epii scnieu almost entirely by American Beauty., and which will probably supplant the small 

 flowered ones, as has happened in the chrysanthemum and i< happening in Ihe carnation " 



Pricee : strong plants from %\ inch pots, ready for delivery March ist, $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100 ; $225.00 per 1000. 



