SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1891. 
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IPOMGEA "?ANDURATA. 
tjhte; rua.Kra'ir. tuberous - hooted xxeooxsti'-x-O'wte:!*. 
«<i>m^fu.?oThr«o, undUmuamdS oPla.'w white Vi.T' £5^'^ » mai*TO.*SlK 
will at < onco°take tho pla^o^uH lurBo'grotv'inS'vi'nesI)? tlio'lmi 1 tna;n 0 ^ mS ' 8| ^erc U is S ncrSnub *hut tha?lt 
Mary 
WasI^ii)gtoi) 
Rose. 
X t is an historic fact that a 
hundred years ago George 
Washington raised in his 
garden at Mount Vernon, 
a seedling Rose, which 
proved to be a hardy i>er- 
petual blooming climber, 
producing large, double 
snow white blossoms in 
groat profusion,from.Tuno 
until frost. In tiiis lovely 
Rose our first President 
took special delight, and 
named it alter his mother, 
Mary Washington. Ail this 
is told usby tlieMouut Ver¬ 
non (Washington's old 
home) guide - book. The 
original bush can yet bo 
seen growing on the 
K ounds where its world- 
med master planted it, 
and is to-day protected and 
cared for by an incorpo¬ 
rated association. It is r. 
strange thing that this 
most valuable of all roses 
has stood a hundred years 
without eveu being propa¬ 
gated or finding its way to 
he public. Yet it is a fact 
that wo are the first to offer 
as new, the oldest Amer- 
can Rose, the first and 
finest of itsclass, and raised 
nd named by him who was 
rirstin peace, firstin war, 
ud first in the hearts or 
his countrymen.” Wo have 
rrown to bo tho greatest 
lation on earth, and wo 
nay well plant und cherish 
ho Rose which our great 
Yashington loft us, as tho 
ruest und best emblem of 
lur remembrance and aii- 
reciatlon of his greatness. 
Vo hope in time to see it 
railing over tho door or 
atoway of every home in 
he land, and it should 
iloom wherever a rovolu- 
lonarv horo reposes. Aside 
rom the fact that this Rose 
as raised and named by 
eorge Washington, it is 
he most valuable sort that 
as been introduced for 
rnny years. A hardy, per¬ 
sonal blooming climber 
as long been needed. Its 
Mt« r perfecu ai So" l }" re 
nd miS uto/cc b''c()mo'( t he i SJ!xst e val^Tablo l Ii l osp > fo?n?i r ! endless nurobereaU summer. It is a vigorous and rapid grower, 
irno on long stems and usually in largoclustors w .pT;L t » c ‘ bjids are as beautiful as the finest Tcii Hoses, 
ea Hoses. Its fragrance is tinged with tho ol<?fn^l>7o.Ti,i^ f i th o Mnry Washington will produce more llowers than a dozen 
oomtng immediately after planting so , m , uch admired in olden times. It will commenoe 
pur stock IS genuine, tho original cuttimra evcn thousands of flowers the flritt summer, 
lants, for blooming this summer, 30c. rach; 4 for^foo 110 fr ° m the bushat Mt. Vernon. Beware of spurious stock. Fine- 
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