DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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SELECT ROSES. 
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A. G. St . Hfliarc, dwf. E. Verdier, 1878. Red, with a shade of 
crimson: a good, permanent color, medium size, full; tine, 
circular form A free-flowering, excellent, fragrant Rose, 
thoroughly distinct. Its poor growth is the only only objec¬ 
tionable trait it has. Budded plants....* 
Abbe Girardin, Bernaix. 1881. Satiny rose not promising.. . 
Abel Carriers, mod. E. Verdier, 187.*). Velvety crimson, with 
fiery center. Of better form and finish than most of the 
dark sorts. Shy in Autumn. Budded plants. 
Abel Grand, free. Damazin, 1865. Silvery-pink, sometimes 
glossy-rose; large, full, fragrant; valuable in the Autumn. 
Budded plants... 
Agrippina or Cramosi-Stiperieur, mod. From China, 1789. 
Rich velvety crimson, moderately double, fine in bud; a valu¬ 
able bedding variety. One of the best. 
Ainiee Yibert scandens, vig. Curtis, 1841. Pure white, small, 
double flowers. Identical with the old kind, of which it is a 
sport, except that it is of stronger growth. 
Alfred Oolomb, free. Lacharme, 1865. Raised from 
Jacqueminot. Brilliant carmine crimson; very large, full, 
and of fine globular form: extremely fragrant, and in every 
respect a superb sort. Green wood with occasional pale 
greenish thorns; foliage large and handsome. One of the! 
most useful of all sorts for general cultivation... 
A. K. Williams, mod. Schwartz, 1877. Magenta-red, imbri¬ 
cated form. A very beautiful sort, but of delicate habit and 
not reliable. It is difficult to work up a stock of this. 
Budded plants. 
Vnteriea, rig. (Professor C. G. Page, of Washington; sent out] 
by Ward, 1859.) Raised from Solfaterre , fertilized by 
Safrauo; creamy yellow; with a salmon tinge. 
Andre Scliwartz, Jos. Schwartz, 1882. Described as producing! 
deep crimson buds and to be valuable for forcing. It has, how¬ 
ever, proved unreliable. Small plants; 50 cents to SI each. 
Angole Jacqi tier,/res. Guillot, 1879. Pale rose, sometimes 
flesh; the base of petals tinged with coppery yellow; very 
sweet; free flowering. A lovely Tea, bearing some resem¬ 
blance both to Catherine Mermei and Rubens. Highly com¬ 
mended .I 
Anna Maria, Samuel Feast, 1843. Vig. Blush, cluster large; 
has few thorns. . 
Anne do Dicsbach, vig. Lacharme, 1858. Syn. Glory of 
France. Raised from La Heine. Carmine, a beautiful shade; 
very large. A superior garden sort; fragrant; one of the 
hardiest. Valuable for forcing. Budded and on own roots.. 
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