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pointed, borne on stiff, erect stems; color 

 delicate, rosy flesh, shaded a trifle deeper at 

 the center. 



Sunset. One of the most fragrant and beau- 

 tiful roses in cultivation. Color rich cop- 

 pery-yellow, clouded with dark, ruddy 

 crimson. 



Ulrich Brunner. (Hybrid Perpetual.) Brilliant 

 cherry red. a sport of Paul Xeyron. Flowers 

 of fine form and substance. 



White Ma man Cochet, Identical with Maman 

 Cochet, except in color; an ideal bedding 

 variety. 



Winnie Davis (H, T.) A new rose of rare 

 merit and one of the prettiest Hybrid Teas 

 grown. A valuable garden sort, making- a 

 neat, strong and upright bush: wood and 

 foliage healthy and clean; a profuse bloom- 

 er. Bloom of good size, buds extremely 

 pretty, close and well formed; color, a 

 clean and pretty apricot pink. 



Madame Caroline Testout, except that it is 

 a more vigorous climber. Color bright clear 

 pink. 



Pink Cherokee. TVe have secured a lot of 

 fine plants of this new pink climber and 

 can offer them at a low figure. Strong- 

 plants. 50c. 



Reine Marie Henriette. A magnificent crim- 

 son climber. Flowers enormous in size, ex- 

 quisitely shaped. A strong grower, con- 

 stantly in bloom. 



Reve d'Or. A grand climber. Apricot 3-ellow. 

 a profuse bloomer. 



Tausendschoen or Thousand Beauties. A wonder. 

 White, delicately flushed pink, changing to 

 rosy carmine. It gets its name from its 

 many flowers. 



Wm. Allen Richardson. Large, full flowers 

 of coppery-yellow, tinged with carmine, has 

 a delicious fragrance and is something en- 

 tirely unusual in climbing- roses. 



Shower of Pearls Rose (Dwarf) 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 Poly- 

 anthea roses, but "Shower of Pearls" is a 

 miniature rose, with small foliage rarely grow- 

 ing- more than two feet high. It is an exquisite 

 snow-white single rose that grows in lovely 

 sprays with round wide open flowers like 

 showers of pearls, over the plant. It has a most 

 dainty delightful fragrance, reminding one of 

 early spring- flowers and is unlike any other 

 rose ever before offered. 25c. 



Climbing Roses 



Beauty of Glazenwood. Commonly called 

 "Gold of Ophir." Climbing. A combination 

 of copper, carmine and salmon yellow. 



True Friend or Climbing Cecil Brunner. A 

 most exquisite new climbing- rose, the 

 counterpart of Cecil Brunner in foliage, 

 shape and color, but a most vigorous climb- 

 er and profuse bloomer. The long-, graceful 

 branches are wreathed with the charming 

 flowers. 



Cherokee. Single. TTe 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, gossy and beauti- 

 ful. 



Climbing Kai serin, A counterpart of Kaiserin 

 except that it is a very vigorous climber. 



La marque. < 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 



ANTHERICUM, Picturatum. A rich creamy 

 white band 3-4 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 culture. 15c and 

 25c. 



ARUNDO Donax Variegata, Broad, corn-like 

 foliage, beautifully striped with creamy- 

 white and light green. It forms grand 

 plants and grows 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 Xew 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 Gracillis but 

 attain a length of 5 feet. Color of fol- 

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

 grower and stands house culture admirably. 

 For planting in vases or window boxes it 

 has few equals. 10c. 



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. 



Gracilis. Similar to the above but leaves 

 much finer cut. Dwarf grower, fine for pot 

 plants. 15c. 



Elegans, This makes a fine decorative table 



plant. Leaves broad at the end of tri- 

 angular stems in clusters of three. Thread- 

 like spikelets. very pretty. 25c. 



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 willow- 



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