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Vol. VI. 



$2.00 a Year. 

 24 Numbers. 



CHICAGO. AUGUST 15, 1898. 



single Copy 

 10 Cents. 



No. 143. 



SPRAY OF NEW ROSE GARDENIA 



Trees and Shrubs. 



NEW EVERGREEN HYBRID WIGflURfllflNfl 

 ROSE. 



The growth of these plants is remarka- 

 ble for its freedom, a single specimen four 

 years old covering a space of 240 square 

 feet, with shoots twelve to twenty-five 

 feet in length, completely covering the 

 ground, with its bright glossy foliage 

 and showv, fragrant flowers. The same 

 plant is making thirty-eight new growths 

 of great strength. The foliage of all is 

 leathery in texture, glossy and not only 

 proof against insects, but evergreen. The 

 large, fragrant flowers are produced very 

 freely, and they are extremely useful for 

 cutting purposes, especially when in bud. 

 For trailing or covering ground where 

 nothing else will grow, to cover roots, 

 stumps and stems of trees, walls and trel- 

 lises, and for forcing as pot plants during 



spring, especially for Easter, the follow- 

 ing varieties will be found valuable: 



EVERGREEN GEM— WICHURAIANA X MME. 

 HOSTE. 



Not onh- evergreen, but growing during 

 mild weather in winter. Stems long 

 branching, rich bronze color, covering the 

 ground closely Foliage fine rich bronze 

 color, closely matted. Flowers produced 

 singly on stems, yellow, buff in bud, open- 

 ing to almost white, two or three inches 

 in diameter, perfectly double with delight- 

 ful sweet briar fragrance. This will be 

 found most valuable for landscape work 

 as well as for cutting. 



JERSEY BEAUTY — WICHURAIANA X PERLE 

 DES JARDINS. 



Extremely vigorous grower, foliage 

 glossy and of thick leathery substance. 

 Flowers large, single, three inches in 

 diameter, opening pale yellow, with clus- 

 ter of bright yellow stamens, very fra- 

 grant, and produced in greatest profu- 

 sion, covering the plant entirely, and 

 having the appearance of a yellow Cher- 



okee rose. Great acquisition and the 

 most striking variety of the set. 



GARDENIA— WICHURAIANA X PERi.ES DES 

 JARDINS. 



Strong grower with large green foliage, 

 flowers produced singly on stems six 

 inches to one foot long. When in bud 

 hardly distinguishable from Perle, bright 

 yellow, and when open, cream color, and 

 three to three and a half inches in diame- 

 ter, incurving toward evening to perfect 

 imitation of a gardenia as to shape and 

 color, hence its name. Flowers are 

 delightfully fragrant and produced freely. 

 A grand rose for any purpose. 



John X. May. 



THE GR1MSON RAMBLER ROSE. 

 The rose Crimson Rambler, as seen here 

 in the nursery of Messrs. Ellwanger & 

 Barry, is a magnificent sight just now. 

 For several weeks it has been in full 

 bloom, and in spite of hot and extremely 

 dry weather is still in first-class condi- 

 tion. The plants were put out a few feet 



