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THE DIXGEE 'J COXARD COMPANY, WEST GROVE, PA. 



Radiance 



Rhea Reid 



The color is vivid scarlet crimson, and the flowers 

 are marvels of beauty: large, bold and of splendid 

 substance. It has a strong, disease-resisting consti- 

 tution, makes a rapid growth and throws up a 

 profusion of canes from the roots and is always 

 blooming. 



HOOSIER BEAUTY. This beautiful Rose is fra- 

 grant as Richmond: has more petals, a stiff er 

 stem, a texture like velvet. In color, glowing 

 crimson scarlet, with darker shadings. The bud 

 is of good length, keeps well in the close-cut state, 

 and opens into magnificent bloom, quite dazzling 

 in its velvety brilliance. 

 ECARLATE. One of the grandest for outdoor 

 blooming of this class. Color a solid, brilliant 

 scarlet. Profuse bloomer, strong, sturdy grower. 

 Exceptionally fine as those found in the green- 

 houses. Perfectly hardy. 

 LAURENT CARLE. A beautiful Rose, with 

 extra large, hansdomely formed, rich velvety 

 carmine buds and flowers. It is a phenomenally 

 strong and robust grower, hardy in every locality 

 and continually in bloom. Every lover of Roses 

 should have this variety. 

 OPHELIA. The color is one so difficult to describe 

 that any description can only be a partial one. and 

 gives but a faint idea of the superb beauty and 

 richness of the shades. Salmon-flesh, shaded 

 with rose. Buds of unusual attractiveness, open- 

 ing full and double. Habit exceUent. growth 

 strong, produces flowers on long stems, well up 

 above the foliage, and in great profusion all 

 summer. Grand" for forcing or outdoors. 

 VIRGINIA R. COXE orGrussan TeplitzL For 

 intense and dazzling color there is no other Rose 

 to compare with it. The flowers are large and 

 handsome, moderately double, of splencLd sub- 

 stance, and are produced in amazing profusion 

 during the whole of the growing season: in fact, 

 it is always in bloom. The color is fiery 

 crimson, shaded with a dark velvety sheen, a 

 combination found in no other Rose. 



Price. All Roses on this page, except where 

 noted, first size one-year plants, 30 cts. each: 

 4 for $1.00, postpaid; two-year-old plants, 85 

 cts. each; $8.50 per dozen of one or more 

 varieties, by express at purchaser's expense; 

 95 cts. each by Parcel Post, prepaid, with soii 

 on roots. 



HYBRID TEA ROSES— Continued 



Radiance 



A glorious new extra-hardy Hybrid Tea Rose 

 which originated a few miles from West Grove. 

 Awarded Silver Medal by the American Rose 

 Society as the best bedding x^ose at the Hartford. 

 Conn., gardens. The flowers are a beautiful blend- 

 ing of shades of carmine-rose, with opal and 

 coppery reflections. It is of splendid, sturdy growth, 

 constantly in bloom and is bound to become one 

 of the leading garden Roses. We cannot say too 

 much in its praise. 



CRIMSON QUEEN. Owing to its rich coloring 

 this is a wonderful garden or bedding Rose. 

 There is no color that produces the show that a 

 good crimson does. The color is a rich, bright, 

 velvety crimson. A strong, vigorous, upright 

 grower: flowers large and full, a great garden 

 Rose as it is always in bloom: extremely hardy 

 and produces a magnificent bush in a short time. 

 hardy everywhere. 

 MAD. ABEL CHATENAY. This splendid Rose is one 

 of the very best of its color — rosy-carmine with 

 darker shade. It does remarkably well in the 

 open ground, has wonderfully beautiful flowers, 

 which are full, deep and double. A very hardy 

 Rose. Chatenay is a strong grower and free 

 bloomer; has won friends wherever it has been 

 planted. 

 EDGAR M. BURNETT. Very large, full flowers 

 of splendid form, with large flesh-colored petals 

 tinted rose: an advance on the type of Rose of 

 which the beautiful Alice Stanley is a representa- 

 tive: one of the sweetest scented Roses in exist- 

 ence. Awarded gold medal. ^National Rose 

 Society of England. 

 ETOILE DE FRANCE. The strong, upright 

 bushes have beautiful bronze-green foliage, which 

 is not subject to insect attacks. The bushes are 

 blooming 'constantly, producing large, massive. 

 deep, full cup-formed flowers on magnificent. 

 long, stiff stems. They are of truly glorious form 

 and" delightful fragrance, while the color is exquis- 

 ite — a clear red of velvet}- crimson. 

 MRS. AARON WARD. The color ranges from 

 coppery-orange in the opening bud. changing to 

 a golden-orange, and when the flower is fully 

 open it is a lovely shade of pinkish fawn. Most 

 vigorous in growth, every shoot producing a flower 

 and clothed with dark, glossy green foliage, 

 maroon on under side. 

 MADAME SEGOND WEBER. One of the most 

 beautiful Roses of recent introduction. The long, 

 pointed buds are pink or salmon-flesh and when 

 fully expanded are im m ense in size, full and 

 double: as the flower opens it deepens until it 

 fairly glows with its warm, deep pink. Highly 

 fragrant. Very hardy and constantly in bloom. 

 METEOR. Very few dark Roses compare with 

 this in richness and depth in color, which is a 

 rich, velvety crimson, shading very dark in the 

 depths of the petals. As a garden Rose it has 

 few equals, being particularly valuable for bedding 

 on account of its sturdy growth and handsome 

 foliage. 

 SUNBURST. Buds long and pointed, borne 

 singly on long, stout stems, opening full and 

 double. A very vigorous grower, reddish bronze 

 foliage. The color is superb orange copper or 

 golden orange, with a deep orange center. This 

 Rose creates a sensation wherever grown. 

 HELENA CAMBIER. Of unusual beauty, with 

 large, double, beautifully formed flower: the 

 colors are varying, ranging from salmon-rose to 

 coppery-rose: very often a handsome saffron 

 hue. As the flowers expand the colors become 

 lighter. 

 PINK LA FRANCE. Exceedingly sweet and hand- 

 some: flowers and buds large size, color lovely 

 shade of silvery pink, tinged with crimson; 

 fragrance delicious ; flowers very dull and beautiful. 

 WHITE LA FRANCE Augustine GuinoisseauL . A 

 pure white member of the La France family, 

 having just a tinge of rose-blush tint, which grow.' 

 stronger in the depths of the petals. 



