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ROSES cae SPECIALTY. 
E have for years made ROSES our leading specialty, and 
sell annually over half a million plants. We pay partic- 
ular attention to their culture, so that our ROSES are 
famed for their thrifty condition; besides, we offer nothing but 
varieties of established merit and new sorts which have been 
thoroughly tested by us; hence we offer unequaled advantages 
to buyers of ROSES. 
QUR CLAIM: THE SIZE OF OUR ROSES... 
We claim that we send out larger and 
finer Roses than any other firm in the business. Our smallest | 
size is larger than the plants usually sent out by the mailing | 
trade throughout the country, and our cold system of growing 
Roses makes them infinitely better. 
We grow our Roses in different sizes. This gives purchasers 
the opportunity of procuring a plant of large size which will 
make ashow at once, or smaller plants at prices which place 
them within the reach of all. Our Roses are graded as follows: 
First size are usually 15 to 20inches high, and branched; second 
size, 10 to 15 inches; and third size, 5 to 10 inches. 
We will send, free of charge, to any one ordering Roses, our pamphlet 
of instructions on ‘‘ THE GARDEN CULTURE OF THE ROSE.’’ This 
FACTS TO REMEMBER ABOUT ROSES: The hardy Roses, 
unless where itis so 
stated in the description, are not ever-blooming. They only 
produce one crop of flowers, in June, with an occasional bloom 
inautumn. This applies to climbing as well as bush Roses. 
The Tea or Monthly Roses are ever-blooming, but are not 
gv =a =>Yy - hardy in our Northern climate. 
os a=” = FG ; = nn The smallest size (the third) of our Roses, in the Tea or 
valuabie for antes blooming we give aa himeteation siitasit aroun is one trauy Monthly section, will produce flowers the same season they are 
SIAC a 240 a = ; planted, but the larger plants will flower more and earlier. 
greenhouses. 
epee : The small size (the third) of the hardy Roses, both bush and 
For full description and prices of MRS. ROBERT GARRETT Rose see page 140. climbing, rarely bloom the same season they are planted. 
See Colored Plate, page 141. 
IMPORTANT, The monthly or ever-blooming sorts undoubtedly give better satisfaction than the Hybrid Perpetuals—flowering 
—______ continually—but, not being hardy north of Maryland, require protection (which is best done by covering the roots in 
December with leaves or coarse litter, to about six inches in depth). The Hybrid Perpetuals are perfectly hardy, but do not bloom 
perpetually, as the name would indicate, giving only one profuse bloom in June anda partial bloom afterward. 
22 Attention is called to our Premium Offers of Books, Seeds or Plants, as set forth on page 6.2272 
gives in a concise manner the principles of Rose culture in the Garden. |} 
