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(Flowers \% natural size.) 
SOLEIL D'OR, OR GOLDEN SUN. 
NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE, LADY BATTERSEA. 
A seedling variety of great distinctness of character. The growth 
is vigorous, the shoots long, with fine green leaves, each shoot 
bearing a flower thrown well above the foliage, and produced 
singly so as to require little or no disbudding. The buds are 
long, oval and pointed, and of a beautiful cherry-crimson, perme- 
ated with an orange shade. The flowers are of moderate size and 
almost full, with the petals so well together as to retain their form 
for a long time. When first open the blooms are light rosy-crim- 
son, still keeping the orange tinge of the bud, brilliant in the 
extreme, passing to pure soft rose, the color clear and attractive. 
Price, 1st size, 75c. each, $7.50 per doz.; 2d size, 50c. each, $4.50 
per doz.; 3d size, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. 
NEW HARDY CLIMBING ROSE, DOROTHY PERKINS. 
A new Rose of American origin which has been highly praised 
by all who have tried it. The color is a beautiful, clear shell- 
pink, and it blooms in clusters. We append the opinion of Mr. 
W. C. Egan, a well-known rosarian: 
“When a novelty proves exceptionally good J feel like calling the attention of my 
friends toit. Ihave grown about all the so-called Ramblers, but none among them 
can compare with the new climbing Rose, Dorothy Perkins. It flowers in clusters of 
from ten to thirty, each Hower considerably over an inch in diameter, the stem to 
the cluster being quite long, thus making them available for cutting and interior 
decoration. The buds are of good length and rival those of that charming fairy 
Rose, Mme. Cecil Brunner, resembling bisque work in their daintiness. The flowers 
are fragrant and last a long time in good condition. It is said to have withstood 
a winter temperature of 20° below zero uninjured.”’ 
Price, 1st size, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz.; 2d size, 30c. each, $3.00 
per doz.; 3d size, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 
A GRAND NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE, PRINCE OF BULGARIE, 
A very vigorous grower, with large, bright green foliage, beau- 
tiful in form of bud; flower very large and full; the outer petals 
are extremely large, of superb rosy-flesh color; very fine and 
very free. First prize at Paris Exposition. Very much like a 
superb Carnot in form. (See cut.) 
Price, 1st size, 75c. each, $7.50 per doz.; 2d size, 50c. each, $4.50 
per doz.; 3d size, 30c. each, $3.00: per doz. 
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= LARGE, DOUBLE YELLOW ROSE 
SOLEIL D’OR, or GOLDEN SUN. 
The forerunner of a new race of Roses, the above variety isin 
aclass by itself, and, in honor of the raiser, the new species has 
been named ‘‘ Rosa Pernetiana.”’ ‘Soleil ad’ Or”? (or ‘‘Golden Sun’’) 
is the result of a cross between ‘‘ Persian Yellow’’ and ‘‘ Antoine 
Ducher.’’ It retains a good deal of the character of the former 
in the wood and bark, but the foliage is vastly improved, being 
very plentiful, large, and a beautiful clear green, closely resem- 
bling that of the ‘‘C7imson Rambler’’ at itsbest. The habit of the 
plantisrobust, producing vigorous shootsin abundance, branches 
straight and of good size; the bark is reddish-brown, making a 
charming contrast for the vivid green foliage. The coloring of 
the flowers is very rich, the buds are conical, a marvelously 
rich shade of chrome-yellow with a glint of coppery-rose in the 
centre. The expanded flower is full, large and globular, the 
centre petals being well incurved, forming a perfectly double 
bloom. The coloring in the fully expanded flower is gloriously 
superb, Turneresque in its blending of reddish-gold, orange- 
yellow, nasturtium-red and opaline-pink. Words are inade- 
quate to fittingly describe the almost riotous luxury of rich, warm 
color contained in each bud and open flower. Pages could be 
filled without doing justice to this peerless variety. A Hardy 
Yellow Rose, one that is really hardy in the North in this 
country, has been the goal for which the world’s best hybrid- 
izers have been striving for years. Thousands of seedlings have 
been obtained in which the blood of the ‘‘ Persian Yellow’ was 
present, but none was of sutficient merit to offer, when at a 
bound this perfect variety appears upon the stage amid the en- 
thusiastic applause of all who have seen it. Already six first- 
class prizes have been awarded to it. This Rose is not grown 
on its own roots; all are budded on briar stock. (See cut.) 
Price, 1st size, large two-year-old plants, established in pots, 
75c. each, $7.50 per doz.; 2d size, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz. Dor- 
mant plants up to April 15th, 35c. each, $3.50 per doz. 
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(Flowers 42 natural size.) 
