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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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ROSES. 



HYBRID PERPETUALS— Hardy. 



Out of the almost endless list of Hybrid Eoses in 

 cultivation we have selected from year to year those ive 

 find the best in quality, general desirability and adapt- 

 ability to our climate being taken into consideration. 



Annad: Diesbach— Clear rose, very large; a splendid 

 variety. 



Beauty of Waltham— Bright crimson. 



Black Prince— Very dark velvety crimson, almost 

 black; large and full. 



General Washington— Color, soft scarlet. 



Gen. Jacqueminot— Brilliant velvety red, vigorous 

 habit and free bloomer. 



Lady Helen Stewart— Bright crimson scarlet, large 

 and full. 



La Reine— Bright rose, fine full form. It Is well 

 named "The Queen.'' 



riarie Bauman— Rich red, changing to scarlet ma- 

 roon. A beautiful Rose. 



Magna Chartar- Bright pink, suffused with carmine, 

 very large; a grand variety. 



Madam Alfred Carriere- Pure white. 



nadam Plantier — Pure white; a very free bloomer ; 

 a general favorite. 



Madam Chas. Wood— Scarlet, shading to crimson; 

 very large and full. 



Price, each, 10 cts; per doz., $100. Large, strong 

 plants, each 40 cts.; per doz., 84.00. 



MOSS ROSES. 



This class of roses is even more hardy than the Hy- 

 brid Perpetual?, but should be treated about the same. 

 Capt. Ingram— Brilliant carmine. 

 Crested rioss— Deep pink, crested, very fine. 

 Prepetual White— The finest white. 

 Salet— Bright rose, blush edges, large and full. 

 Large, strong plants. Each 40 cts; per doz., 84 00. 



NOISETTE OR TENDER 

 CLIMBING ROSES. 



Chromatella, or Cloth of Gold- Clear, bright yellow, 

 a profuse bloomer. 



James Sprunt— Deep velvety-rose. 



La Marque— Sulphur yellow; large and full. 



riarechal Neil— Deep Golden yellow; buds of im- 

 mense size. 



Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., 81.00. 



Strong one-vear old plants, each, 25 cts.; per doz , 

 82.60. 



HAEDY KOSE GEN. JAC^jL'iiMlNOT. 



CBIUSON EAMBLEK KCSIi. 



HARDY CLIMBING ROSES. 



Baltimore Belle— Pale blush, very double; flow- 

 ers in clusters. 



Queen of the Prairies— Bright rosy red, shading 

 to soft pink; a grand variety, very free bloomer. 



Seven Sisters — Flowers in large clusters varying 

 in color from white to crimson. 



Russell's Cottage — Very double, dark velvety 

 crimson; profuse bloomer. 



Mary Washington— A free bloomer, flowers 

 medium size, pure while, very double and exceed- 

 ingly fragrant. 



Crimson Rambler— A climbing Polyantha Rose, 

 producing large trusses of bright crimson flowers. 



Yellow Rambler— A hardy climbing rose of the 

 style of Crimson Rambler, but having Double Yellow 

 Flowers, which are dellciously fragrant and produced 



in trusses. 



Price, each, 10 cts.; per doz., Jl.OO. 



Btrone two-year-old plants, 40 cts. each; per 

 doz., $1.00. 



HARDY PERSIAN YELLOW. 



This rose requires careful pruning. If pruned 

 too close, it will not bloom, as the flowers are 

 produced from the terminal shoots of the old wood. 

 It is desirable to grow more than one plant of It, so 

 that some of them may be pruned in theregular way 

 one year, and the others the next year. Flowers 

 deep golden yellow; very fragrant. 



Strong, dormant budded plants; each 50.cts. 



POLYANTHA ROSES. 



Clothilda Soupert— The flowers are borne 

 sprays, and are very double and perfect in form a; 

 capable of withstanding the most trying weather 

 our hottest summers. Color, pearl white, delicate 

 shaded towards the center of the flower with ro 

 pink. 



Georges Pernet- An excellent rose, color brig 

 rosy salmon. 



Glorie des Polyanthas— Bright rose, white ce 

 ter; full, well formed. 



Little Pet— White, small and double, fr 

 bloomer, very pretty. Each, 10 cts.; per doz., $1.C 



MEMORIAL ROSE— Rosa Wichuriana. 



A most remarkable, perfectly hardy climbing i 

 creeping Rose, which adapts itself to almost ai 

 situation, growing equally well In sun or shad 

 Admirable for covering rocky or barren slopes stoi 

 walls and trelllse.s, an excellent bower plant. Flo^ 

 ers about 2 inches in diameter, single, produced i 

 clusters; color white, with a golden yellow dls 

 Strong plants, each, 25 cts.; per doz., 82.50. 



NEW HYBRID WICHURIANA. 



In habit the same as Rosa Wichuriana; perfectl 

 hardy. The foliage is finely cut. of a leathery sul 

 stance, and dark shining green. They bloom pre 

 fusely. and the flowers are delightfully fragrant an 

 last a long time in perfection. 



Manda's Triumph— A luxuriant grower, wit' 

 fine foliage: flowers double, white, sweetscented au' 

 produced in clusters. 



Universal Favorite— Of vigorous habit; floweij 

 double, of a beautiful rose color, very fragrant. 



Pink Roamer— A strong grower, with singl 

 bright pink flowers, which shade to a silv«ry whit 

 center, wiih orange stamens, very fragrant. 



Price, each, 26 cts.; per doz., 82.50. 





