THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST WONDERFUL ROSE OF THE CENTURY, 



T has been deplored among Florists and Rose growers in years past that there was a 

 scarcity of real good, all round red Roses. Any other color in Roses there was a 

 number of choice varieties to select from; not so with red roses and the aim and 

 attention of all hybridizers of roses has been to produce the ideal Red Rose, one 

 that was a good grower, one that was hardy, one that was an ever-bloomer and 

 that combined beauty of bud and flower with sweet fragrance. I am glad to 



announce to our patrons and friends that the ADMIRAL DEWEY ROSE com- 

 bines all these good qualities and meets every requirement of a first-class Rose. 



Hybrid Tea — The Admiral Dewey Rose belongs to 

 the hybrid tea section of the Rose family. It is a 

 cross between a hybrid remontant and a tea rose, and 

 has had transmitted to it by this union, the vigorous 

 srowtli and hardy constitution of the hybrid remont- 

 ant, while it retains the free blooming qualities, the 

 refined and chaste shape, and fragrance of the Tea 

 Rose. 



Hardiness — It is the hardiest of all the hybrid teas, 

 even hardier than the old favorite La France, which 

 has stood twenty degrees below zero weather in Ohio 

 with impunity. Therefore, it can be planted out 

 safely in any latitude where any rose of any class will 

 thrive, with the assurance that it will not winter-kill. 



A Good Rose to Bloom— It is in every sense an 

 ever-blooming Rose, indeed its only fault, if fault it 

 is, lies in the fact that in its great freedom of blooming 

 it in a measure retards its growth, every branch and 

 shoot is covered with a magnificent bud or flower. It 

 blooms when only a few inches high and keeps this up 

 continuously without intermission. Visitors have 

 been startled on entering our green house where this 

 rose was planted, exclaiming 'O I how beautiful 1' 'What 

 lovely Rose is this?" "Can this be a Rose?" There 

 is no Rose I know of that is so free and persistent a 

 bloomer as the ADMIRAL DEWEY ROSE. It is 

 equally good in pots in the house during winter, or 

 planted out of doors in the garden in summer. You 

 are always assured of a perfect mass of the richest 

 red colored Roses. 



Size and Shape of Bud and Flower— The bud and 

 open flower of the ADfURAL DEWEY ROSE are 

 certainly the acme of perfection; the bud is fully 2% 

 to 3 inches in length, of lovely pointed shape, open- 

 ing into a huge, handsome flower, 5 to 6 inches in 

 diameter. There is nothing among Roses that is more 

 beautiful. It fairly entrances the beholder with its 

 exquisite beauty. 



Color, Velvet Crimson.— The Admiral Dewey 

 Rose in color is a velvety crimson of the richest 

 shade, with us it has not shown the slightest inclina- 

 tion to a purple or violet caste, but has always retain- 

 ed the same deep rich bright velvety crimson color, 

 the color that is so much admired in Roses. It is 

 very bright and at the same time very rich. No Rose 

 extant will by comparison dim its lustre. 



Fragrance, The Sweetest of all Roses.— Among 

 its other good qualities, the Admiral Dewey Rose is 

 the sweetest of all Roses, its fragrance is not only 

 lasting but deep and penetrating. Its fragrance is 

 certainly charming. 



A Happy Thought.— Our friends who have seen 

 the Rose growing compliment us on our having 

 named this wonderful Rose, ADMIRAL DEWEY, 

 they say it was a "happy thought" to name this Rose 

 in honor of our greatest Naval Hero. 



CAUTION.— f have made arrangements 

 with the Good & Reese Company to aid in the 

 dissemination of this Rose, this firm having 

 bought the entire stock of it at a fabulous 

 sum. I have none of this valuable rose to 

 offer to the trade this year, as the stock is 

 comparatively limited. You certainly want 

 the genuine Admiral Dewey Rose, then send 

 to headquarters.for it. 



PRICE.— I .make the price remarkably low for so 

 valuable a new Rose. It cost a large sum of mon- 

 ey to control the entire stock of it. And when I 

 name you the low price I do, everybody should have 

 one or more plants of it. Order a dollar's worth at 

 least, it will not dissappoint you. 



Price: — Strong Plants on their own Roots from 1% Inch Pots to Bloom Immediately 

 30 Cents Each, 2 for SO Cents; S for $1.00. Large 2 year old Plants, $1.00. Each. 



NfSTIf P*-- A " or< 5 ers wl " be filled strictly in rotation. If you cannot plant the Rose when you see this, 

 l\\J I lvCi"" sec( i yt>ir order and say when you desire the same shipped, and I will cheerfully comply 

 with your request. You will have the most beautiful Rose in the entire world and something entirely different 

 tiuiu what your fiiends or neighbors have. 



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THE WOMAN FLORIST, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 



