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* years made 
ROSES our 
leading specialty, and sell annually over 
half a million plants. We pay particular 
attention to their culture, so that our 
ROSES are famed for their thrifty con- 
dition; besides, we offer nothing but va- 
rieties of established merit and new sorts 
which have been thoroughly tested by us; 
hence we offer unequaled advantages to 
buyers of ROSES. 
NEW ROSES In the following pages 
* will be found the best 
list of Roses that are 
new which we have been enabled to offer 
for years. We aim at keeping only the 
best and selecting only the finest of the 
many sorts annually offered as ‘‘new.” 
The Rose which appears in our list must earn its 
place. 
larger and finer Roses than 
LARGE ROSES. 
any other firm in the business. 
Our smallest size is larger than the plants usually 
sent out by the mailing trade throughout the coun- 
try, and our cold system of growing Roses makes 
them infinitely better. 
THREE SIZES. sizes. This gives purchasers 
the opportunity of procuring a 
plant of large size which will make a show at once, or 
smaller plants at prices which place them within the 
reach of all. Our Roses are graded as follows: Ist 
size are usually 15 to 20 inches high and branched ; 2d 
size, 10 to 15 inches, and 3d size, 5 to 10 inches. 
where it is so stated in 
Facts to Remember about Roses. 
the description, are not 
ever-blooming. They only produce one crop of flowers, in June, with an 
occasional bloom in autumn. This applies to hardy climbing (except 
where noted in description) as well as bush Roses. 
ever-blooming, but are not entirely 
EVER-BLOOMING ROSES. 
hardy in our. Northern climate. 
The smallest size (the'third) of our Roses in the Tea or Monthly section 
should bloom the same season they are planted, but the larger plants 
flower earlier and produce more throughout the season. 
The small size (the third) of the hardy Roses, both bush and climbing, 
rarely bloom the same season they are planted. 
IMPORTANT. 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 witb 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 and 
a partial bloom afterward. 
customers than: ‘‘ When is the best time to 
PLANTING TIME. 
plant Roses ?”’ 
country renders it impossible to give any specified date in answer; mid- 
We claim that we send out 
We grow our Roses in three 
The hardy Roses, unless 
The Tea or Monthly Roses are 
The monthly or eyer-blooming sorts undoubtedly 
No question is asked more frequently by our 
spring is the best time, generally speaking, and it is better to be a little | 
early than late. Dormant Roses should be planted as soon as the frost 
leaves the ground and it is dry enough to cultivate. 
FREE INSTRUGTIONS. 
our pamphlet of instructions on ‘‘ The 
Garden Cuiture of the Rose.” This gives in a concise manner the 
principles of Rose culture in the garden. 
The broad extent of our | 
We will send. free of charge, to anyone | 
ordering Roses who applies for same, | 
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Hardy Ever-blooming Glimbing Rose, 
GLIMBING GLOTHILDE SOUPERT 
An invaluable addition to our list of hardy Roses of 
climbing habit. It has withstood a temperature of twenty 
degrees below zero. It blooms most profusely on growths 
made the previous season, producing hundreds of elusters 
of perfect flowers. The color is French white with a Cistinet 
centre of silvery rose, flowers perfectly double even in the 
hottest weather. It is the healthiest climbing Rose we 
know, has never had any disease and should succeed every- 
where. (See cut.) 
1st size, 
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75c. each, $7.50 per dozen. 
2a: U 4.00 H 
Prices: 
40c. ‘ 
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3d“ 20c. “ 
