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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL QUIDE. 



ROSES. 



HYBRID PERPETUALS-Hardy. 



Out of the almost endless list of Hybrid Roses in 

 cultivation we have selected from year to year those we 

 find the best quality, general desirability and adapt- 

 ability to our climate being taken into consideration. 



Anna de Diesbach— Clear rose, very large: a splendid 

 Rose. 



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." 



Marie Bauman— Rich red, changing to scarlet ma- 

 roon. A beautiful Rose. 



Hagna Charta— Bright pink, suffused with carmine, 

 very large ; a grand variety. 



Madam Alfred Carriere — Pure white. 



Madam Plantier— Pure white; a very free bloomer- 

 a general favorite. 



Madam Chas. Wood— Scarlet, shading to crimson; 

 very large and full. 



Price, each. 10 ets.; per doz., 81.00. Large strong 

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



MOSS ROSES. 



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

 brid Perpetuals, but should be treated about the same. 

 Capt. Ingram— Brilliant carmine. 

 Crested floss— Deep pink, crested, very fine. 

 Perpetual 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 riarque— Sulphur yellow; large and full. 



flarechal Neil— Deep Golden yellow; buds of immense 

 size. 



Price, each, 10 cts. ; per doz., 31.00. 

 <to . stron & one-year old plants, each 25 cts., per doz., 



HARDY ROSE GEN. JACQUEMINOT, 



CRIMSON RAMBLER R09B. 



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. 



Seven Sisters — Flowers in large clusters, varying 

 in color from white to crimson. 



Russell's Cottage— Very double, dark velvety 

 crimson; profuse bloomer. 



nary Washington — A free bloomer, flowers 

 medium size, pure white, very double and exceedingly 

 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 deliclously fragrant and produced 

 in trusses. 



Price, each, 10 cts. ; per doz., $1.00. 



Strong two-year-old plants, 40 cts, each; per 

 do?,., 84.00. 



HARDY PERSIAN YELLOW. 



This rose requires careful pruning. If pruned 

 too close, they 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 the regular way 

 one year, and the others the next year. Flowers 

 deep golden yellow ; very fragrant. 



Strong dormant budded plants ; each 80 cts. 



POLYANTHA ROSES. 



Clothilde Soupert — The flowers are borne in 

 sprays, and are very double and perfect in form and 

 capable of withstanding the most trying weather of 

 our hottest summers. Color, pearl white, delicately 

 shaded towards the center of the flower with rosy 

 pink. 



Georges Pernet— An excellent rose, color bright 

 rosy salmon. 



Glorie des Polyanthas— Bright rose, white cen- 

 ter; full, well formed. 



Little Pet — White, small and double, free bloomer; 

 very pretty. Each, 10 cts.; per doz., 81.00. 



MEMORIAL ROSE— Rosa Wichuriana. 



A most remarkable, perfectly hardy climbing or 

 creeping Rose, which adapts itself to almost any 

 situation, growing equally well in sun or shade. 

 Admirable for covering rocky or barren slopes, stone 

 walls and trellises, an excellent bower plant. Flow- 

 ers about 2 inches in diameter, single, produced in 

 clusters; color white, with a golden yellow disc. 

 Strong plants, each, 25 cts., per doz., $2.50. 



NEW HYBRID WICHURIANA. 



In habit the same as Rosa Wichuriana; perfectly 

 hardy. The foliage is finely cut, of a leathery sub- 

 stance, and dark shining green. They bloom pro- 

 fusely, and the flowers are delightfully fragrant and 

 last a long time in perfection. 



flanda's Triumph — A luxuriant grower, with 

 fine foliage; flowers double, white, sweet scented and 

 produced in clusters. 



Universal Favorite — Of vigorous habit; flowers 

 double, of a beautiful rose color, very fragrant. 



Pink Roamer— A strong grower, with single 

 bright pink flowers, which shade to a silvery white 

 center, with orange stamens ; very fragrant. 



Price, each, 25 cts. ; per doz., $2.50. 



