E. W. TOWNSEND, Strawberry Specialist 



ROSES. 



unsurpassed in 

 color. 



its clear, rich crimson, scarlet 



Frau Karl Druschki. 



Two years old, 40c each. 



American Beauty. Color rich, rose crimson, 

 shaded and veined in the most charming man- 

 ner. Hardy, free bloomer and very desirable. 



Anne de Diesbach. Brilliant crimson, some- 

 times shaded with maroon; long- pointed buds 

 and large, finely formed flowers. Extra fine. 



General Jacqueminot. Brilliant crimson; very 

 large, globular and excellent; a free bloomer; 



Paul Neyron. Flowers of immense size, often 

 five inches in diameter. Color deep clear rose, 

 very fresh and pretty. The plant is a strong, 

 healthy grower, with glossy foliage and is one 

 of the most prolific bloomers in the Hybrid 

 class; young plants in the nursery rows bloom- 

 ing almost without intermission from June to 

 late October. 



Prince Camille de Rohan. Very dark. This 

 rose is of a rich, velvety crimson, passing to 

 an intense maroon shaded black, large, full 

 flowers. One of the darkest roses and very 

 handsome. 



Ulrich Brunner. Extra large, bold flowers, 

 full and globular. Color rich, glowing crimson, 

 elegantly flamed with scarlet. 



Helen Gould (Hybrid Tea). Free growing 

 and vigorous for its color, it is remarkably 

 constant in blooming, every new shoot produc- 

 ing a flower. The blooms are bright rosy car- 

 mine red, the buds are well formed, the frag- 

 rance is delightful, and taken altogether it is 

 a variety that should be generally planted. 



Etoile de Lyon. This magnificent Tea Rose 

 is rich, golden-yellow; strong, healthy and vig- 

 orous grower. Immense bloomer, bearing flow- 

 ers and buds early and late. Remarkably hardy 

 with us. 



Madame Caroline Testout (Hybrid Tea, Forc- 

 ing). A wonderful rose. The petals are large, 

 and of elegant La France form; exquisitely 

 edged and bordered with clear silver rose. 

 Flowers and buds are extra large, color bril- 

 liant, satiny rose. 



Maman Cochet (Tea). This is our favorite 

 rose. It is of the largest size, the flower is 

 built up or rounded and very double, the color 

 is a deep, rosy pink, the inner side of the petals 

 being a silvery rose, shaded and touched with 

 golden yellow. Very vigorous, deliciously frag- 

 rant. 



RAMBLERS. 



Dorothy Perkins (shell pink not classed as a rambler) but equal to them in habit of growth. 

 Crimson Rambler. 



Yellow Rambler. "White Rambler. Baby Rambler, 



The above Ramblers arc all vigorous growers, often making 12 to 18 feet in a single season. 

 Price 40 cents each. 



HYBRID TEAS. 



La France (silver rose), changing to pink. Perle Von Godesburg (yellow). 



Frau Karl Druschki (pure white). Glorie De Dijon (amber carmine and cream). 



Reine Marie Henriette (climbing), (cherry red). 



No finer collection of roses were ever offered and they are now to a large majority of rose 

 growers. Price 50 cents each. 



For five cents extra all rose bushes will be sent by parcel post prepaid. 



Strawberries As a Side Issue 



Strawberries and poultry usually go well together. Many of my lady customers make big 

 money with chickens and strawberries. I have one particular lady customer in the North Caro- 

 lina hills that has supported her family in growing strawberries and raising chickens for years, 

 her husband being an invalid. She sends me her orders for plants every year and writes that 

 she does not find it so hard after all to keep both ends together. 



I have hundreds of lady customers in all parts of the country — some in Canada, Cuba and the 

 Hawaiian Islands — and from their letters they find the growing of berries very profitable. As a 

 usual thing the ladies are struck on the ever-bearing berries. One letter from a lady a few days 

 ago stated that she had sold over $10.00 worth of berries from the 150 plants purchased last 

 April, and still had plenty of berries. She wants 500 plants this spring. A small patch of ber- 

 ries in the garden is not only profitable but is lots of pleasure both in the growing and in the 

 eating. 



Fresh strawberries from the vines six months in the year. WHAT'S BETTER? Most every- 

 body can afford them. A 10-20 ft. square will grow all your family can use. These small lots 

 can go by parcel post and go very cheap now. 



Always have the strawberry beds as close to the house as possible so they will not be 

 neglected and can be tended to at little odd chances. It is nice for the whole family to go in 

 the patch late in the evening and hoe and rake over the ground, cleaning the rows out, making 

 them fairly shine, and where the beds are worked up late in the evening once or twice a week 

 the moisture will rise in the night and every morning be at the top of the ground, and where 

 the ever-bearing kinds are grown it is more fun, for you are eating all the time you are at 

 work. This little exercise is far better than a doctor and not half so costly. 



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