Excerpt from The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Vol. 24: Devoted to Horticulture, Landscape, Gardening, Rural Architecture, Rural Embellishments, Pomology, Floriculture, and All Subjects of Rural Life, Literature, Art, and Taste; January to December, 1869
Hume1.-one of the old varieties, and yet one of the best, especially on account of its blooming very late - often after the other varieties are nearly out of flower. I large, a purplish-rose color, very full, and double.
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