6 JOHN SAUL’S 
Bennett’s New Hybrid Tea Roses. 
Price in 3 inch pots 25 cents, 5 inch pots 50 cents each. 
*Beauty of Stapleford. ‘‘ Flowers very large, petals large and beautifully arranged, well 
reflexed, of the finest possible form, color outer range of petals very pale pinkish rose, 
gradually shaded to a deep rosy centre.”’ 
*Duke of Connaught. ‘+ Foliage exceedingly handsome, flowers extra large, buds very long, 
and of very fine form, color deep velvety crimson, edged with the brightest red This 
is not unlikely to prove the finest crimson rose in any section.’’? Colored Plate 1881. 
* Duchess’ of Connaught. ‘‘ Most distinct in foliage and blooms, very finely formed, color 
delicate silvery rose, with bright salmon centre, a most charming rose, very large and 
highly seented.”’ 
*Duchess of Westminster. ‘' Flowers exceedingly large, without the least coarseness, very 
finely formed, color brightest cerise, a grand rose.’’ 
*Honorable George Bancroft. ‘‘ Flowers very large, of the form of Lord Macaulay, color 
_ bright rosy crimson, shaded purple, very beautiful and first-rate.” 
*Jean Sisley, ‘‘ Flowers very large, very full of petals, and of the finest form, never showing 
the eye, color outside petal rosy lilac, the centre bright pink, remains in perfection a long 
time.”’ 
*Michael Saunders. ‘ Flowers very large, of the finest form, very full of petals which are 
beautifully reflexed, color bronzy pink, very sweet scented, first-rate.” 
*Pearl. ‘Flesh white. This is not a large flower, but perfection in other respects.’’ Col- 
ored Plate 1881. 
*Viscountess Falmouth. ‘Flowers very large, and of exceeding fine form, very delicate 
pinkish rose; the back of the petals bright pink, this color just overlapping the front of 
the petal, giving it a most lovely appearance; highly scented.”’ 
*Nancy Lee. Color cherry crimson, large and full, a free grower and bloomer, deliciously 
sweet. An exceedingly beautiful and distinct rose. 
New Hybrid of Noisette. 
Price 30 cents each. 
*Mme. Alfred Carriere. Flowers flesh white, with salmoned yellow at the base of the petals, 
large, full and well formed, very vigorous. (Climber.) 
New Bourbons. 
*Jules Jurgensen. ‘‘ Flowers large and full, magenta centre shaded with violet.” Was 
awarded a first class certificate at the Lyons Flower Show 40 cents. 
Queen of Bedders (Noble.}) The Gardener’s Chronicle says: ‘‘ Queen of Bedders can be seen 
in unwonted beauty at this moment. A bed 25 by 50 feet, has 22,500 buds and flowers 
upon it.’’? It belongs to the Bourbon class; color a rich glowing crimson, very double, 
and blooms from early spring up to frost. 
“It is par excellence, a really bedding Rose in every sense of the word; requires no 
pegging down, supports or training of any kind, and is a continuous early and late 
bloomer.”’ 
‘©T have never seen a shoot made yet without a bud at the end of it.’’—Dombrain- 
‘‘ Queen of Bedders is truly grand.”’—R. W. R, Augusta, Ga. 3 inch pots 25 cents, 
5 inch pots 50 cents. 
Hybrid Bourbon. 
*Madame Isaac Pereire. Beautiful vivid carmine, full, of immense size, perfect imbricated 
form, blooming all the season, growth very vigorous, first class variety. 50 cents, 
Rosa Polyantha. 
*Mad’lle Anne Marie de Montravel. ‘‘ This is a seedling from Rosa Polyantha, (a Japanese 
species.) The plant, which is dwarf, (being about 1} feet high,) is vigorous; what is 
very remarkable, some of the trusses rise about 1 foot above the foliage, and consists of 
a consideral le quantity of blooms, both open and in the bud state; on one I counted 
sixty-five, a number, as far as I know, very uncommon. The flowers are pure white, 
and last very long in perfection; they measure about 13 inches in diameter, and are very 
double.’’—Jean Sisley, Lyons, France. 40 cents. 
