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



Hi Crimson Rambler. 



Magnificent Pyramidal Clusters of Rich Crimson Roses. 

 . . . EVERY CLUSTER A PERFECT BOUQUET OF ROSES IN ITSELF. 



This grand Rose improves upon acquaintance ; the better it is known the 

 more popular it becomes. We have occasionally to modify opinions formed 

 of the value of new Roses, but the "Crimson Rambler" is one that we 

 offer to our customers after an extended trial, with greater confidence in 

 its merits. It came to this country heralded as a wonder among flowers, 

 but the most extravagant praises yet bestowed on it fall short of doing 

 it ample justice. It is adapted to the entire country, and should be in 

 every garden in America. (See cut.) 



THE PRIZES IT WON The judges at one of 

 the principal flower shows in England, when award- 

 it a Gold Medal, the highest honor they could bestow, 

 epitomized the views of all who had seen it when 

 they said that the ordinary premiums reserved for 

 new Roses of the highest grade were entirely inad- 

 equate to indicate the merits of the "Crimson Ram- 

 bler." At every exhibition throughout Great Britain 

 where it was shown it received the highest honors, 

 and this opinion was endorsed. The National Rose 

 Society of England, the National Horticultural Society 

 of France, and the International Exposition awarded 

 Gold Medals to "Crimson Rambler." 



ITS GROWTH. It is of rapid, vigorous growth, 

 plants in our ground attained a height of fifteen feet 

 the past season. The flowers are produced m trusses, 

 pyramidal in shape, good specimens measuring nine 

 inches from base to tip. and seven inches across, 

 fairly covering the plant from the ground to the top, 

 so that it is one mass of glowing crimson. The color 

 is superb, and remains strong and vivid to the end ; 

 plants in our grounds retained the bloom for two 

 months. The profusion of bloom is marvelous, over 

 three hundred blooms having been counted on one 

 shoot. 



AS AN EASTER PLANT. It is essentially a 

 garden Rose, but makes a magnificent specimen in a 

 pot or tub.. There was exhibited in Boston a plant of 

 the "Crimson Rambler," about four feet high and 

 three feet wide, bearing nearly five thousand buds and 

 flowers. Price, 2-year old plants from 6-in. pots, 

 $5.00 per doz. ; 1 year plants from 4 in. pots, $2. 50 per 

 doz., $18.00 per 100; strong plants from 3-in. pots, 

 $1.00 per doz., $8.00 per 100; plants from 2-in. 

 75c. per doz , $6.00 per too; dormant plants 

 open ground, $12.00 

 per 100. 



THE/^ 



Yellow Rambler 



(AGLAIA.) 



This promises to supply that 

 "long-felt want," a double yellow 

 hardy climbing Rose, a thing 

 which has been sought after the 

 world over. It is perfectly 

 double, very fragrant, entirely 

 hardy, having with- 

 stood, unprotected, a 

 prolonged tempera- 

 ture of from zero to 

 two degrees below. 

 It is related to the 

 Crimson Rambler, 

 and, like it, blooms in 

 large trusses, often 

 bearing from 120 to 

 150 flowers in a clus- 

 ter. The flowers last 

 3 to 4 weeks without 

 fadmg. It is a very 

 vigorous grower, mak- 

 ing shoots 8 to 10 feet 

 in one season when 

 well established, so that it posses- 

 ses all the requisites for unbounded 

 popularity. (See cut.) Price, plants 

 from 3-inch pots, $8.00 per 100 ; 2 inch, 

 $6.00 per 100; dormant plants, $15.00 

 per 100 (from open ground.) 



Tije White rambler, 



"THALIA." 



This variety, Thalia (the White 

 ' Rambltr), is a fitting companion for 



the Crimson Rambler, closely resembling it in vine and foliage as well 

 as in the gTeat clusters of pure white flowers, which are deliciously fra- 

 grant. The flowers remain on the plant a long time (from three to five 

 weeks) and keep a long time when cut. The plant is perfectly hardy, 

 equal in this respect to the Crimson Rambler, and where one is planted 

 e other should be also. By growing this in a pot and training -it to a 

 ramidal trellis, a fine plant may be had in bloom for Easter. Price, 



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ts from 3-inch pots, $8.00 per 100; 2 inch pots, $6.00 per 100. 



The PINK RAMBLER, (euphrosyne.) 



beautiful variety is fit to rank with the two above mentioned. It 



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is from 



: source as the White Rambler, fully the equal of both in hardiness, vigor, size 

 and profusion of flowers. Price, 3-in. pots, $8.00 per xoo; a inch pots, $6.00 per 100. 



