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Shower of Pearls Rose Ornamental Grasses, etc, 



This rose belongs to a distinct class of 

 tiny roses, called Polyanthea hybrida plena. 

 The Cecil Bruner and others of its class are 

 Polyanthea roses, but 'Shower of Pearls" is 

 a miniature rose, with small foliage rarely 

 growing more than two feet high. It is an 

 exquisite snow white single rose that grows 

 in lovely sprays, with round wide open flow- 

 ers like showers of pearls, over the plant. It 

 has a most dainty delightful fragrance, re- 

 minding one of early spring flowers and is 

 Unlike any other rose ever before offered. 



These miniature roses can be grown from 

 seed and come in shades of pink and white, 

 semi-double and single bringing many vari- 

 eties; the flowers sometimes being only iy 2 

 inches across, all charming. '"Shower of 

 Pearls" takes the lead. 25c. 



Climbing Roses 



Beauty of Glazenwood, Commonly call- 

 ed "Gold of Ophir." Climbing. A combination 

 of copper, carmine and salmon yellow. 



True Friend of Climbing Cecil Brunner. 



A most exquisite new climbing rose, the 

 counterpart of Cecil Brunner in foliage, 

 shape and color, but a most vigorous 

 climber and profuse bloomer. The long, 

 graceful branches are wreathed with the 

 charming flowers. 



Cherokee. Single, We have a fine stock 

 of the true variety of this most esthetic 

 and beautiful rose. The flowers are five 

 or more inches across, pure white and 

 single. It is invaluable for hedges, for 

 covering unsightly places, for trellises or 

 arbors. It has immense branches, resembling 

 the trunks of small trees. The old plants 

 bloom some all the year, but for three 

 months in the spring, it is a sheet of white 

 bloom. The foliage is always clean, glossy 

 and beautiful. 25c and 50c each. 



Climbing Kaiserin, A counterpart of 

 Kaiserin except that it is a very vigorous 

 climber. 



Lamarque. (Noisette). Pure white, with 

 shaded sulphur-yellow center, a magnificent 

 climber and a most popular rose. 



Climbing Madame Caroline Testout. This 

 most wonderful rose is identical with that 

 most beautiful and very free flowering rose 

 Madarne Caroline Testout, except that is it 

 a most vigorous climber. Color bright clear 

 pink. 



Reine Marie Henriette. A magnificent 

 crimson climber. Flowers enormous in size, 

 exquisitely shaped. A strong grower, con- 

 stantly in bloom. 



Wm. Allen Richardson. Large, full flow- 

 ers of coppery yellow, tinged with car- 

 mine, has a delicious fragrance and is 

 something entirely unusual in climbing 

 roses. 



ANTHER1CUM. Picturatum. A rich creamy 

 white band % of an inch wide, runs 

 through the center of each leaf, margined 

 each side with deep green. Very showy 

 and useful for house plants; of easy cul- 

 ture. 15c and 25c. 



ARUNDO Donax Variegata. Broad, corn- 

 like foliage, beautifully striped with 

 creamy-white and light green. It forms 

 grand plants and grows 8 to 10 feet high, 

 25c and 50c. 



CAREX Japonica Variegata. A handsome 

 sedge with white striped leaves, suited 

 for pots or border. Useful for house or 

 other decorations, lasting well. Hardy 

 out of doors in Central New York, where it 

 holds its foliage all winter. 15c. 



Vilmorini. The new decorative grass. One 

 of the most beautiful of all decorative 

 grasses. Exceedingly long slender leaves, 

 drooping gracefully like Isolepis Gracilis, but 

 attain the length of five feet. Color of the fol- 

 iage is glossy, gray-green. It is an easy grow- 

 er and stands house culture admirably. For 

 planting in vases or window boxes it has 

 few equals. 10c and 25c. 



CYPERUS Alternifolius or Umbrella Grass. 

 Slender grass, surmounted by alternate 

 leaves, so arranged as to resemble the 

 frame of an open umbrella; beautiful and 

 ornamental for house decoration. 15c. 



PANICUM Variegatum. Beautiful grass of 

 a trailing or creeping nature, valuable for 

 hanging baskets or pot culture in either 

 green house or window. Its slender, wiry 

 stems grow 2 or 3 feet or more long, and 

 are clothed their entire length with wil- 

 low-shaped leaves which are distinctly 

 and beautifully variegated with pure 

 white, bright rose, and green. It likes a 

 warm place, will grow in shade, forming 

 dense drooping mass of loveliest coloring 

 imaginable. 10c. 



Panicum Plicatum. Rapid growing grass 

 ornamental, decorative and cheap, will take 

 the place of a palm; fine for pot or vases. 

 It has long, arching, broad leaves, regularly 

 ridged and is very artistic and beautiful. It 

 makes a splendid large clump in a few 

 months. 15c, 25c and 50c. 

 PAPYRUS Antiquorum. or Egyptian Paper 

 Plant. Elegant, graceful and stately: 

 sends up reed-like stems, which on old 

 plants rise from 8 to 10 feet high, crowned 

 with a tuft of long wiry grass that falls 

 gracefully above and around the stem. 25c. 

 PHORMIUM Tenax or Variegated New Zea- 

 land Flax. Grand decorative plant of most 

 stately habit. The leaves are 2 to 4 inches 

 broad, with dark red edges, beautifully 

 striped yellow and bluish green. They 

 are showy pot plants, rivaling palms and 

 dracaenas. Fine for lawns. 50c, 75c and 

 $1.25 each. 



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