NEW FLORAL GUIDE, AUTUMN, 1917 



OWN-ROOT ROSES FOR FALL PLANTING, continued 



PRICE, 50 CTS. EACH, 3 FOR $1.25, 10 FOR $4, BY EXPRESS 

 MME. CAMILLE. Immense blooms of clear, rosy flesh- 

 passing to salmon-pink. One of the best Roses for outside i 



ing in masses, as it produces its beautiful fiowers all season 

 PINK MAMAN COCHET. This superb Rose is well 



known as a queen among Roses. The fiowers are 



of enormous size, very full, and of great deptl 



and substance. Color rich coral-pink, elegantly 



shaded with rosy crimson. 

 MRS. B. R. CANT. A healthy, vigorous grower, 



throwing up strong shoots and producing 



splendid Roses the whole growing season. 



Flowers are large, perfectly double and deli- 



ciously sweet. Color bright rose-red, elegantly 



shaded. 

 WEL LESLEY. The flowers are extra large 



and full; color, bright clear rose-pink, / 



reverse of petals silver-rose. We have a 



bed of Wellesley bordered with Red 



Baby Rambler and it is bright and 



show>^ all summer. 

 WHITE MAMAN COCHET. The out- 

 side petals are tinted pink but the open 



flower is pure snow-white; large and 



fragrant, hardy and produces flowers con- 

 tinuously from June until frost. 



WM. R. SMITH. The petals are so firm they look like 

 wax, softly curled; colored cream with flesh-tint tips, 

 bufl^-yellow base and the center a heart of pink. Perfect 

 buds. This variety is splendid as a fall bloomer, when it 

 produces its most exquisite blooms. 



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^^ ^OFFERV " 5 The entire set of 20 Own-Root Roses for fall planting (omitting Los Angeles) for $7.50, by express 



Pot Roses for Indoor Winter Bloom 



AFTER WHICH THEY MAY BE PLANTED OUT IN YOUR GARDEN NEXT SPRING 



PRICE FOR ALL, 20 CTS. EACH, $2 PER DOZEN, POSTPAID 



ALEXANDER HILL GRAY. Color is deep lemon- 

 yellow, which intensifies as the blooms develop; 

 flowers large, of great substance and perfect for- 

 mation; it has a high-pointed center from which 

 the petals gracefully reflex. Gold Medal, N.R.S. 



BABY DOLL (Tip-Top). This is one of the daintiest 

 little Roses we offer. The petite buds are yellow 

 but the flowers open into a bewitching combina- 

 tion of rose-tipped petals with light yellow heart. 

 Universally admired and different from any other 

 variety. 



CLOTILDE SOUPERT. Beautiful creamy white, 

 deepening at center to a clear bright pink. A 

 deliciously fragrant Rose and one that blooms 

 beautifully indoors. 



COL. R. S. WILLIAMSON. Very large blooms; 

 satiny white with deep blush center. A handsome, 

 free-blooming Rose that responds quickly to care 

 and proper cultivation. It should be well ferti- 

 lized to get good results. 



DUCHESSE DE BRABANT. An immense bloomer 

 with beautiful, clear pink flowers delicately 

 shaded. Very satisfactory for growing indoors. 



ETOILE DE LYON (Star of Lyons). Color is clear, 

 bright, golden yellow. The flower is beautifully 

 formed, deliciously sweet, and the buds are espe- 

 cially attractive. 



LADY ROBERTS. A wonderfully free-blooming 

 Rose with most exquisite buds and deliciously 

 fragrant, fully double flowers. Color is reddish 

 apricot passing to deep coppery red with orange 

 shadings, difficult to describe. 



MME. EUGENE MARLITT. Very satisfactory for 

 growing indoors on account of its free-flowering 

 habit. Large, double 'flowers, which are rich car- 

 mine-red in color. Richly perfumed. 



MME. F. KRUGER. The deeply shaded coppery 

 yellow flowers are produced almost constantly, 

 each flower being perfect. It makes a well-formed 

 open bush and is suitable for both indoor and 

 outdoor culture. 



MARIE PAVIE. Produces an abundance of snow- 

 white flowers, faintly tinted pink in the center. 

 One of the best Roses for cemetery planting. Set 

 out in the spring. 



MRS. B. R. CANT. This Rose produces its blooms 

 almost as freely when grown indoors as when 

 grown in the garden. Flowers full and double; 

 color, bright rose-red, shaded with coral-pink. 



RED-LETTER DAY. This flower is semi-double 

 and, like all Roses of this sort, it produces many 

 more blooms than the fully double kinds; The 

 color is noteworthy, being a brilliant, glowing, 

 velvety scarlet-crimson. 



^Or FER^ 5a The set of 12 Roses, or 12 of any above for indoor winter bloom, for $2, postpaid. 



