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



A NEW RACE OF.... 



Hardy 

 Running 



Roses 



Hybrids of Rosa Wichuraiana. 



(The Memorial Rose.) 



AMONG the many new forms of 

 Roses introduced of late, and 

 the present decade has been 

 most prolific in new classes, we 

 believe that none will outrival ^ 

 these in general usefulness. We ( 

 had the pleasure of first call- 

 ing wide public attention 

 to the merit of one of the 

 parents of these Roses. / e., 

 the ''Memorial Rose" (Rosa 

 Wichuraiana), and so it is 

 with added pleasure that we 

 announce the advent of these 

 new Roses. They retain the 

 prostrate habit of the Wichu- 

 raiana, with its distinctive 

 charm of foliage and its 

 vigor of growth ; in fact, 

 they are, if anything, 

 stronger than the parent. 

 We saw them growing on a 

 gravelly terrace where it 

 would seem no Rose would 

 find sufficient sustenance to 

 grow, and yet they made 

 from 15 to 18 feet of growth 

 in one season. We predict 

 unbounded popularity for 

 these, whether for use in 

 the private garden, in the 

 cemetery, or in large public 

 parks, for covering rocky 

 slopes, embankments, etc. 

 The double varieties will 

 unquestionably make grand 

 pot plants for the green- 

 house or conservatory, and 

 can also be used as climbers, 

 and we believe that the 

 white variety will eventually 

 take rank with the Crimson 

 Rambler and form a splen- 

 did contrast to it. 



THE DOUBLE 

 WHITE "MEMORIAL 

 ROSE." (No. 3 in cut.) 



(Manda's Triumph ) 



This is the gem of the collection, 

 and may well be called the Double 

 " Memorial Rose" as it preserves 

 the color of the parent, with its 

 characteristics of growth and foli 

 age, but the flowers are double and very 

 fragrant. They are produced in clusters 

 of from twelve to eighteen flowers on 

 each cluster on small side shoots, liter- 

 ally covering the plant and standing well 

 above the foliage, giving a very graceful 

 appearance. This variety will be valua- 

 ble for all purposes, whether for trailing on the ground 

 for cemetery use, growing on fences and gate posts, 

 boundary walls, or as specimens in pots or tubs. 



For prices see end of list — next column. 



SOUTH ORANGE 

 PERFECTION. (No. 4 in cut.) 



This variety is similar to the preced- 

 ing in growth. It has double flowers, 

 soft blush changing to white, about 

 one and one-half inches in diameter. 

 The blossoms are, if anything, more 

 freely produced than on the preced- 

 ing, and are more double, perfect 

 rosettes in shape. This is a very 

 pretty variety and entirely distinct 

 from the others. 



This variety shows undoubted 

 traces of descent from the Sweet 

 Brier, both in the color and the shape 

 of the blossom and in its exquisite 

 fragrance. The single flowers are 

 over two inches in diameter, a bright 

 rich pink, with a large, silvery-white 

 centre and orange red stamens, pro- 

 ducing a most charming effect. 



Price for any of the new Roses 

 on this page, 2 year old plants 

 from 5 and 6 Inch pots, 40c. each , 

 $4.00 per doz. Plants from 3 inch 

 pots, $1.50 doz., $10.00 per 100. 



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