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Restoring American Gardens
(2004)  Page(s) 282.  
 
'General Washington' Hybrid Perpetual. Introduction: Granger, 1861. Earliest American citation: Truett, Tennessee, 1868. Description: "Brilliant red" (Atlanta Nurseries, Georgia, 1870). Remarks: "It is a good grower, very full bloomer, and ageneral favorite" (Parsons 1869). "The flowers are often malformed, greatly lessening its value" (Ellwanger 1910). Historic commercial sources: 24.
(2004)  Page(s) 290.  
 
'Papa Gontier' Tea. Introduction: Nabonnand, 1883.
Earliest American citation: Thompson, Kentucky, 1888
Description: "One of the most fashionable roses, similar to old Bon Silene in its delightful fragrance, but larger, more double and far richer in color" (Jackson, Georgia, 1904).
"Rose, shaded yellow, reverse of petals crimson; large, semi-double, fragrant" (Ellwanger 1910).
Remarks: Papa Gontier rose sold for ten cents each in the 1889 Good & Reese catalog of Springfield, Ohio.
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