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GEO. COOLING & SONS’ CATALOGUE OF ROSES. 
Stds.or 
i-Stds. 
Dwf.or! 
Bush. 
Name. 
Class. 
5 . d. 
s. d. 
• • 
1 0 
ilrene 
HT 
. . 
1 0 
6 Irene Watts 
Ch 
• • 
1 0 
fc Irish Beauty 
HT 
• • 
1 0 
b Brightness 
HT 
• • 
1 0 
b Engineer 
HT 
1 6 
b Elegance 
HT 
1 0 
b Glory 
HT 
• • 
1 0 
b Harmony 
HT 
• • 
1 0 
b Modesty 
HT 
• • 
1 0 
b Pride 
T 
1 0 
Isabella Sprunt 
T 
• • 
1 6 
♦Ivory 
T 
1 0 
Jacob’s Perle 
HT 
3 6 
JACQUES VINCENT 
HT 
2 0 
1 0 
J. B. Clark 
HT 
1 0 
c Jaune Desprez 
N 
1 0 
♦J. B. M. Camm 
HB 
2 6 
1 0 
♦Jean Ducher 
T 
•• 
1 6 
Jeanne Barioz 
HT 
0 9 
| Drivon . . 
Poly 
2 6 
MERMET 
2 0 
NOTE 
HT 
1 6 
Proutfoot 
T 
2 0 
0 9 
♦Jeannie Dickson 
HP 
Description. 
silvery white faintly touched with pink, described as a 
white Caroline Testout, resembling this variety in 
habit of growth and shape of flower, 
a very pretty China Hose, colour delicate rose, varying 
from salmon white to pale pink, 
single pure white with distinct and prominent bright 
golden anthers ; flowers very large, often measuring 
6 inches across ; very free flowering and deliciously 
fragrant. 
single, very beautiful ; colour vivid crimson shading 
pink at base of petals, bright glossy foliage ; 
quite distinct. 
single, dazzling scarlet, very brilliant and attractive ; 
the flowers are large and borne in trusses of three to 
five blooms ; a very distinct and robust variety, 
bronzy orange scarlet, shaded apricot as it expands ; 
of vigorous and erect growth ; one of the most 
beautiful of the Irish single roses, 
single ; lovely marbled silvery pink on inside of petals, 
flamed on the back of the petals with crimson, and 
prominent gold anthers. 
single ; saffron yellow in opening, crayoned or smeared 
claret, when expanding creamy white, in appear- 
ance, somewhat like Romneya Coulterii ; quite 
distinct. Awarded Gold Medal National Rose 
Society. 
delicate coral pink, suffused from base of petals, with 
ecru, delicate straw-coloured anthers which give 
the flower a charming appearance, 
single ; colour ecru suffused old rose while the zone is 
of old gold, a most charming combination of 
colour ; deliciously sweet-scented and very free 
flowering. 
deep canary-yellow, very free flowering, and excellent 
for forcing. 
clear ivory white, a sport from Golden Gate ; has been 
finely exhibited. 
yellow, shaded chamois, long bud, and of perfect form ; 
a beautiful variety. 
See Page 9. 
intense deep scarlet, heavily shaded blackish crimson, 
the petals carrying a deep rich bloom like a plum. 
fawn pink, with fawn centre, highly scented ; a superb 
wall rose. 
opaque salmon pink, very double ; blooms of first size, 
equally desirable for garden and exhibition pur- 
poses. 
yellow shaded salmon, centre sometimes peach, large 
and globular in shape. 
pale salmon, centre vivid salmon on yellow ground, 
continuous in flowering, and very sweet scented, 
distinct and good. 
white edged with rose, small, and very full ; in the form 
of a Balsamine Camelia. 
See Page 9. 
See Page 9. 
pale satiny salmon rose, tinted with flesh colour, long 
oval buds, growth vigorous and foliage good. 
rosy pink, margin of petals distinctly edged silvery 
pink, base of petals having a pale yellow zone. 
From W. MILNE, Esq., Bampstead , — “ The Roses I had from you are doing well. The Frau 
Karl Druschki are splendid.’’ 
