'Hugonis' from The Conard & Jones Co. Roses Catalogue 1923: "HUGONIS" From China. Hugonis is the harbinger of roses as it is the first to bloom in early spring. This Rose is a spectacular show in itself. Every branch of the previous year's growth becomes lined on both sides, to the very tip, with closely set, wide open, single flowers like dainty yellow hollyhocks and the branches bend over with the weight of bloom. (See in colour on front cover.) The long arching sprays make rare and exquisite indoor decorations in early spring when other flowers are scarce. On a dining table they are charming, the delicate yellow crepe-like blooms, harmonising softly with the snowy linen and silver, making one think of a scene in fairyland. This unique species is fine for shrub planting and makes a symmetrical bush about 6 feet in height and the same in diameter when fully matured. An added and unusual attraction is the beautiful, reddish-maroon new growths springing from the roots to provide more canes for the next season's bloom. Picture this exquisite bush on your lawn, or at the corners of your house, in early spring. Think of the pleasure of looking forward daily from about the last week in April, when the buds begin to form, til the plant is a mass of fairy-like bloom the first week in May. When through blooming you will still have a most beautiful bush, for the acacia-like foliage on arching branches makes a most decorative shrub which, as far as we are aware, is never touched by disease of any kind but is clean and healthy always. The radiant beauty of Hugonis in the early spring sunshine is a bracing tonic for mind and soul. Try it!" see refs for full entry and testimonials.
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'Hugonis' from The Conard & Jones Co. Roses Catalogue 1923:
"HUGONIS" From China.
Hugonis is the harbinger of roses as it is the first to bloom in early spring.
This Rose is a spectacular show in itself. Every branch of the previous year's growth becomes lined on both sides, to the very tip, with closely set, wide open, single flowers like dainty yellow hollyhocks and the branches bend over with the weight of bloom. (See in colour on front cover.)
The long arching sprays make rare and exquisite indoor decorations in early spring when other flowers are scarce. On a dining table they are charming, the delicate yellow crepe-like blooms, harmonising softly with the snowy linen and silver, making one think of a scene in fairyland.
This unique species is fine for shrub planting and makes a symmetrical bush about 6 feet in height and the same in diameter when fully matured. An added and unusual attraction is the beautiful, reddish-maroon new growths springing from the roots to provide more canes for the next season's bloom. Picture this exquisite bush on your lawn, or at the corners of your house, in early spring. Think of the pleasure of looking forward daily from about the last week in April, when the buds begin to form, til the plant is a mass of fairy-like bloom the first week in May.
When through blooming you will still have a most beautiful bush, for the acacia-like foliage on arching branches makes a most decorative shrub which, as far as we are aware, is never touched by disease of any kind but is clean and healthy always.
The radiant beauty of Hugonis in the early spring sunshine is a bracing tonic for mind and soul. Try it!"
see refs for full entry and testimonials.