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NEW, VELVETY CEIMSON, 

 HOSE, ETOILE 



HARDY, EVER-BLOOMING 

 DE FRANCE. 



LARGE. 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. 



THREE SIZES. 



We grow our Roses in three 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: 1st size are usually 15 to 20 inches high and bran- 

 ched; 2d size, 10 to 15 inches, and 3d size, 5 to 10 inches. 



HARDY ROSES. 



The hardy Roses, unless where it is so stated in 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 ROSES. 



The Hybrid Tea and Monthly Roses are ever-blooming, but are not entirely 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. 



PLANTING TIME. 



No question is asked more frequently by our customers than: "When is the best 

 time to plant Roses?" The broad extent of our country renders it impossible to give 

 any specified date in answer; midspring 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 INSTRUCTIONS. 



We will send, free of charge, to any one ordering Roses who applies for same, our 

 pamphlet of instructions on "The Garden Culture of the Rose." This gives in a concise 

 manner the principles of Rose culture in the garden. 



A Grand, New, — 



Velvety Crimson Rose, 



Etoile de France. ": r e ?r B r 



ooraing. 



This grand, new Rose was raised by the well-known Rose hybridist, Mons. J. Pernet-Ducher of Lyons, France, and issued in 

 1904. Exhibited at Turin, Italy, at an international exhibition in May, 1904, it was awarded a gold medal. The same month it 

 was awarded a first class certificate of merit by the National Horticultural Society of France, honors given only to varieties of pre- 

 eminent merit. We have grown it this season (1905) and can endorse the high encomiums passed on it in Europe. It is vigorous 

 in growth, foliage plentiful and of a handsome bronze-green; long stems, stiff and erect, with very few thorns. The flowers are 

 very large, petals of splendid substance, magnificent cupped form, very full and expanding freely; color, superb velvety crimson, 

 the centre of the bloom a vivid cerise. The buds are long and pointed, borne singly and erect, making it very valuable for cut 

 flowers. Taken all in all, it may be safely said that it is the best Rose of its class and color as yet offered. 

 Price, 1st size, $1.00 each; 2d size, 75c. each; 3d size, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz. 



