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_ CHESTNUT HITT, PHITAD’A, PA. 
PINK AND ROSE. 
Auguste Mie. Clear, bright pink ; very large and finely cupped ; fragrant and good ; a 
free bloomer and very hardy. 
Bessie Johnson. Light blush ; very large, double, and sweet; of excellent habit. 
Cannes la Coquette. Salmon with a shade of red. 
Fanny Petzold. Bright, clear pink, shaded and edged with violet purple; large, very 
full, and handsome. 
Gloire d’Olivet. Delicate flesh-lilac ; large, full, and globular, of beautiful shape. 
Queen of Queens. Pink with blush edges ; large and full, of perfect form, and a true 
perpetual flowering Bose, every shoot being crowned with a flower bud ; distinct, and 
equally good as a garden or exhibition rose. Decidedly the finest rose of its color. 
Magna Charta Rose. Bright pink suffused with carmine ; very large, full, and of good 
form ; habit erect, magnificent foliage ; flowers abundantly. 
Madame Gabriel Luizet. Pink. Very fine, satin rose ; large petals ; flowers large, 
full, and of very fine form. 
Souvenir de Madame Robert. Bright violet; flowers large, full, and well formed. 
Anna de Diesbach. Fresh rose, with bright carmine flowers ; very large, but not very 
double. 
Belle de Normandy. Splendid, large, full flowers ; clear rose shaded and clouded with 
rosy carmine and lilac ; very sweet. 
Commandant Fournier. Delicate rose ; sometimes flesh color ; flowers large, full, and 
well formed. 
Gabriel Toumier. Bosy-red ; large, globular flowers, particularly free in autumn. 
Hippolyte Jamin. Fine, bright rose ; flowers very large, full, and well formed ; a fine 
variety. 
John Hopper. Fine, bright rose ; flowers very large, cupped, full, and well formed ; a 
superb rose ; a first-class variety. 
Madame Julius Grevy. A very fine salmon rose color; flowers of medium size, not 
very double, but fine as a bud. 
M’lle Eugenie Verdier. Bright satin rose color; clear and beautiful; flowers large, full, 
and of fine form. 
Paul Neyron. Dark rose ; very large ; fine form and habit ; the largest rose. 
PURPLE AND MAROON. 
Abel Carriere. Bich, velvety maroon shaded with violet; large, full, and finely shaped. 
Achille Gonod. Brilliant purple carmine ; large, full, and sweet; a free bloomer. 
Charles Darwini. Black, velvety purple ; flowers large, full, and well formed. 
Deuil du Col. Denfert. Black, velvety purple ; large and double. 
Dr. Hogg. Deep violet-crimson, richly shaded with purple ; medium-sized flowers, shell¬ 
shaped petals, full, compact form. 
Empereur du Maroc. Bright red, shaded with black and purple ; flowers small, full, 
and of very fine form. 
La Rosier©. Amaranth red ; reverse of the outside petals bluish black ; flowers large, 
full, and well formed. 
Louis Van Houtte. Brilliant carmine ; flowers large, full, and of a fine form as a bud. 
Prince Camille de Rohan. Crimson-maroon, very rich and velvet; large and full; 
one of the best. 
Souvenir de Alphonse Lavallee. Flowers very large and full; colors, rose with 
violet. 
