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Pamphlet advertising America and Cinderella for sale in 1859
CINDERELLA, OR THE FAIRY CLIMBER.
A large, perfectly full, exceedingly fragrant Noisette rose, of salmon-pink color, deepening towards the centre of the rose, blooming freely throughout the rose season. Its fragrance is similar, and fully equal, to that of the justly celebrated rose Devoniensis. The flower is distinct, and the habit of growth remarkably so. The foliage is very small, and the shoots are peculiarly slender, and having a rapid climbing growth, they may be trained with ease in any desired shape, either in pots or the open ground. It is perfectly hardy here, having withstood, without the least injury, the rigorous winters of 1855-6 and 1856-7. As the flower buds are about to expand, they present a curious disproportion to the slender foot-stalks and branches, and their warm tints and delicious odor, together with the fairy-like growth, combine to render it a most fascinating acquisition to the rose garden. It commends itself especially to propagators, as not one in a hundred cuttings will ever fail to strike and grow, and its foliage and branches offer so little obstruction to light and air that it is peculiarly well adapted to cultivation under glass. The average number of its petals, large and small, is one hundred and fifty.
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Mr. Ward has been employed by me as a gardener for several years, and now has charge of my garden, greenhouse, and collection of plants. He is a skilful propagator of the rose, and I commend him to the patronage and confidence of the public. His descriptions and certificates of the new seedlings, America and Cinderella, are faithful and correct.
Chas. G. Page, Washington, D. C.
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