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



Pe ter Henderson - Co. 



THE HARDY, 



HlEITlORIflL ROSE 



New White Hardy Ever= Blooming Rose, 



WHITE MAM AN COCHET. 



WHAT has been so long desired, viz : a pure white, hardy, ever blooming Rose, 

 has been at length obtained in" this grand variety. It has all the requisites of 

 a perfect garden Rose — substance, size, fragrance, hardiness vigor and pro- 

 fusion of bloom — rivaling the best of the monthly ever blooming Roses in the latter all- 

 important quality. It is a "sport" from . the well-known and much valued Rose, 

 " Maman Cochet," inheriting all its fine qualities, full and firm buds, long and pointed, 

 the ideal shape of a Rose, and keeping a long time when cut. We cannot speak too 

 highly of it. and the fact that we include it in our *• Select Quartet " is sufficient to in- 

 dicate our high opinion of it. Wherever fine Roses are grown or a hardy white ever- 

 blooming Rose is wanted the White Maman Cochet should be planted. Price, Plants 

 from 3 inch pots, $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



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New Hybrid Tea Ever=Blooming Rose, 



SOUVENIR DU PRESIDENT CARNOT. 



A Hybrid Tea Rose of the greatest promise. It is unquestionably the finest Rose of 

 its color introduced in a decade. Whether considered from the standpoint of the com- 

 mercial cut-flower grower or from its fitness for garden work, this Rose is without a 

 superior, and it is doubtful if it has an equal. The growth is vigorous, the foliage dark 

 green and very handsome, but the glory of the variety is in in its flower. It is very 

 large, both in the bud and the expanded flower, double to the centre, and opens beauti- 

 fully. The coloring is nearer like Devoniensis than any Rose on the market at the 

 present time, but it is lighter and approaches nearer to a white. 

 Technically described, it could be called a rosy flesh, very soft in 

 the centre, and shaded with a lighter flesh at the end of the 

 petals. The bud is as long as Niphetos, but not quite so pointed, 

 and is very much fuller at the base It has taken front rank 

 already in the metropolis. Price, strong plants from 3 inch pots, 

 $1.25 per dozen ; $10.00 per 100. 



(ROSA WICHURAIANA) 



Creeps on the ground like 

 Ivy ; dark green leaves. 



Numberless 

 flowers, with 

 discs. 



satiny white 

 golden yellow 



Hardy as grass and 

 grow in shade or sun. 



will 



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FOE Use in Cemeteries. — It 

 is difficult to conceive any- 

 thing more appropriate, 

 beautiful and enduring for cov- 

 ering graves and plots in ceme- 

 teries than the Hardy Memorial 

 Rose. It creeps along the 

 ground almost as closely as an 

 Ivy, growing ten feet in one 

 season and forming a dense 

 mat of very dark green, lust- 

 rous foliage. 



THE FLOWERS are produced in lavish profusion, in clusters, 

 on the ends of the short side branches, after the June Roses are 

 past, from the first week in July, throughout the month, and 

 sparingly for the rest of the season. They are single, pure white, 

 with a golden yellow disc, five to six inches in circumference, and 

 have the strong fragrance of the Banksia Roses. The contrast 

 between the satiny white of the petals and the golden yellow disc 

 is sharp and pleasing, and is one of the distinctive charms of the 

 beautiful Hardy Memorial Rose, and they fairly cover the entire 

 plant when in bloom, a mass of great snowflakes with the rich, 

 dark green showing here and there. 



But its Use is not Confined to Cemeteries. — Planted in the 

 Rose garden, alone or among other Roses, and trained upright to 

 a stake, it may be had from three to six feet high, as desired, and 

 it will send sprays of flowers drooping downward, making the 

 prettiest sight imaginable. It has largely used throughout the 

 famous park system of Boston for covering rocky slopes, embank- 

 ments and such places as it was desirable to cover quickly with 

 verdure. It quickly adapts itself to all conditions of growth, 

 whether barren soil, rocky ledge, fertile garden, shady nook or 

 sun-kissed slope, and no more fitting place can be found for it 

 than running through the grass. 



NOTE THE REDUCED PRICES THIS SEASON. 



Extra large plants, from open ground, $2.00 per doz ; plants 

 from 2 inch pots, $4.00 per 100 ; 3 inch pots, $6.00 per 100 ; plants 

 from 5 inch pots, $3.00 per doz. 



THE YELLOW CLOTHILDE SOUPERT, 



"MOSELLA." 



A new Rose of exceptional merit, a fitting companion to that 

 fine bedding variety Clothilde Soupert. Mosella is a beautiful 

 light yellow, shading to a light buff in the centre and creamy 

 white towards the ends of the petals. Like the " Soupert," it is 

 dwarf and bushy in habit, but is even more graceful. It blooms 

 in clusters, full, double flowers of large size, and flowers most 

 abundantlv. With these valuable traits it cannot fail to become 

 very popular. (See cut). Price, 3 inch pots, $3. 00 per 100; 2 inch 

 pots, $6.00 per 100. 



