ItCRIMSON RAMBLER 



Magnificent Pyramidal Clusters of Rich Crimson Roses. 

 Every Cluster a Perfect Bouquet of Roses in Itself. . . . 



This grand Rose improves upon acquaintance ; the better it is known 

 the more popular it becomes. We have occasionally to modify opinions 

 formed of the value of new Roses, but the " Crimson Rambler " is one 

 that we offer to our customers, after an extended trial, with greater 

 confidence in its merits. It came to this country heralded as a wonder 

 among flowers, but the most extravagant praises yet bestowed on it fall 

 short of doing it ample justice. It is adapted to the entire country, and 

 should be in every garden in America. (See cut.) 



THE PRIZES IT WON. The judges at one of 

 the principal flower shows in England, when award- 

 ing it a Gold Medal, the highest honor they could 

 bestow, epitomized the views of all who had seen it 

 when they said that the ordinary premiums re- 

 served for new Roses of the highest grade were 

 entirely inadequate to indicate the merits of the 

 " Crimson Rambler." At every exhibition through- 

 out Great Britain where it was shown it received 

 the highest honors, and this opinion was endorsed. 

 The National Rose Society of England, the National 

 Horticultural Society of France and the Inter- 

 national Expositiou awarded Gold Medals to 

 "Crimson Rambler." 



ITS GROWTH. It is of rapid, vigorous growth ; 

 plants in our grounds attained a height of fifteen 

 feet the past season. The flowers are produced in 

 trusses, pyramidal in shape, good specimens meas- 

 uring nine inches from base to tip, and seven 

 inches across, fairly covering the plant from the 

 ground to the top, so that it is one mass of 

 glowing crimson. The color is superb, and 

 remains strong and vivid to the end ; plants in our 

 grounds retained the bloom for two months. The 

 profusion of bloom is marvelous, over three hun- 

 dred blooms having been counted on one shoot. 



AS A POT PLANT. It is essentially a garden 

 Rose, but makes a magnificent specimen in a pot 

 or tub. There was exhibited in Boston a plant of 

 the " Crimson Rambler" growing in a twelve-inch 

 pot, the plant being about four feet high and three 

 feet wide, bearing nearly five thousand buds and 

 flowers; it was grown by Mr. Jackson Dawson 

 from a plant furnished by us. 



Price, 1st size plants, 50c. each, $1.50 per doz. ; 2d 

 size, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. ; 3d size, strong plants 

 from 3-in. pots, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. ; small 

 plants in 2-inch pots, 

 10c. each, 

 per doz. 



Yellow Rambler 



(AGLAIA). 



■ This promises to supply that 

 " long-felt want," a double yel- 

 low hardy climbing Rose, a 

 thing which has been sought 

 after the world over. It is 

 perfectly double, very fragrant, 

 entirely hardy, having 

 withstood, unprotect- 

 ed, a prolonged tem- 

 perature of from zero 

 to two degrees below. 

 It is related to the 

 Crimson Rambler.and, 

 like it, blooms in large 

 trusses, often bearing 

 from 120 to 150 

 flowers in a cluster. 

 The flowers last three 

 to four weeks without 

 fading. It is a very 

 vigorous grower.mak- 

 ing shoots 8 to 10 feet 

 in one season when 





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well established, so that it possess- 

 es all the requisites for unbounded 

 popularity. (See cut.) 



The White Rambler, 



"THALIA." 



This variety, Thalia (the White 

 Rambler), is a fitting companion for 

 the Crimson Rambler, closely re- 

 sembling it in vine and foliage as 

 well as in the great clusters of pure 

 white flowers, which are deliciously 

 fragrant. The flowers remain on the plant along time — from three 

 to five weeks — and keep a longtime when cut. The plant is perfectly 

 hardy, equal in this respect to the Crimson Rambler, and where one is 

 planted the other should be also. By growing this in a pot and training 

 it to a pyramidal trellis, a fine plant may be had in bloom for Easter. 



The Pink Rambler (euphrosyne. 



This beautiful variety is fit to rank with the two above mentioned. It is 

 from the same source as the White Rambler, fully the equal of both in 

 hardiness, vigor, size and profusion of flowers and blooming qualities. 

 Price, for the three Ramblers above, 1st size, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz. ; 2d 

 size, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. ; 3d size, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz. 



Special. The four "Ramblers," $1.75, $1.00, 35c, ; 1st, 2d, 3d sizes. 



