Dreer's autumn bulb catalogue Dreer's autumn bulb catalogue : 1891 dreersautumnbulb1891henr Year: 1891 NlPHETOS. American Beauty. An excellent rose for forcing or open air. The flowers are very double, of a deep crimson color, and very fragrant. Bon Silene. Brilliant carmine rose; a well- known and favorite variety. Catherine Mermet. Bright flesh color, full and beautiful; one of the most lovely of its color. Duchess of Albany. Resembles La France in general appearance, but is larger in size, deeper in color, and of more expanded form. La France. Splendid satin rose, the sweetest of all ros
Dreer's autumn bulb catalogue Dreer's autumn bulb catalogue : 1891 dreersautumnbulb1891henr Year: 1891 NlPHETOS. American Beauty. An excellent rose for forcing or open air. The flowers are very double, of a deep crimson color, and very fragrant. Bon Silene. Brilliant carmine rose; a well- known and favorite variety. Catherine Mermet. Bright flesh color, full and beautiful; one of the most lovely of its color. Duchess of Albany. Resembles La France in general appearance, but is larger in size, deeper in color, and of more expanded form. La France. Splendid satin rose, the sweetest of all roses. Madame de Watteville. Creamy white, each petal bordered light rose like a tulip, a lovely color and shape. Madame Ousin. Flowers of medium size, of a rosy purple color, base of petals and centre of flower almost white, one of the prettiest roses grown. Madame Hoste. Another grand Tea rose, and a variety that will certaiuly become one of the stand- ard sorts for forcing ; in color it is of a whitish yel- low, with deep buff yellow centre, large and full; petals are stout, of good substance. ISTiphetos. Pure white, full, fragrant, magnolia- like petals ; a general favorite. Meteor. A rick, dark velvety-crimson Hybrid Tea ; a free bloomer and vigorous grower, showing no tendency to mildew. Does not run single during sum- mer, and as a garden rose it will prove invaluable. Papa Gontier. Exceedingly free flowering ; one of the finest roses either for out-of-doors or for win- ter forcing. The blooms are large and long, and of a dark carmine crimson. Perle des Jardins. Beautiful rich yellow, of large size and perfect form. Safrano. Saffron yellow, beautiful in the bud ; a well-known favorite. Sunset. Of large size and perfect shape ; it is of a rich shade of saffron and orange. The Bride. A lovely pure white rose of the Mer- met type ; it is very full and double, free-flower- Papa Gontier. ing and excellent either for forcing or for summer planting. Wm. Francis Bennett. An admirab
Size: 1266px × 1580px
Photo credit: © Bookworm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: archive, book, drawing, historical, history, illustration, image, page, picture, print, reference, vintage
