STAR GUIDE TO GOOD ROSES 



Oak- Hardy Hybrid Rugosa Roses 



FOR HEDGES TO ENCLOSE ROSE-GARDENS, ETC. 



Rugosa Roses in their original form are the only absolutely hardy "everblooming" Roses. They 

 are very spiny, growing vigorously from 4 to 10 feet high. The foliage is curiously wrinkled, or rugose — 

 hence the name. Being thoroughly hardy, they will grow almost anywhere — even on barren, wind- 

 swept slopes and in seashore sand. They make beautiful specimens when planted alone or among 

 shrubs, and the large red seed-hips, or "apples," which follow the flowers are very ornamental. 



* AGNES. Yellow. A worthy yellow Rugosa with crinkled foliage. / - 

 Its buttercup-yellow buds open to full, large blooms of fawn color 

 and fruity fragrance. Makes large bushes or may be trained as 

 pillars. $1 each. 



•AMELIE GRAVEREAUX. Crimson. Immense bouquets 



of large, full blooms, brilliant scarlet-crimson in 



color and of true old-rose perfume. It may be 



trained as a climber, pillar, or shrub Rose. 



The foliage is more refined than the type, 



and it amply clothes the plant. $1.25 each. 



•BLANC DOUBLE DE COUBERT. 

 White. A magnificent, double, pure white, 

 and very fragrant Hybrid Rugosa which 

 blooms throughout summer and fall. As 

 it grows to about 4 feet, it easily makes a 

 low and very lovely white-flowering hedge 

 of real distinction. When thoroughly 

 established it sends up many strong canes 

 at some distance from the plant, which if 

 removed and headed back can be devel- 

 oped into really successful everblooming 

 perfectly hardy tree Roses. $1 each. 



•CONRAD F. MEYER. Silvery pink. 

 One of the finest of the Hybrid Rugosas, 

 producing very fragrant, silvery pink flow- 

 ers of large size, equal to Hybrid Per- 

 petuals in form. It blooms heavily in June 

 and occasionally thereafter. The bush is 

 extremely vigorous — give it plenty of 

 room, at least 3 feet on every side. Its 6- 

 to 10-foot canes may easily be trained 

 against a building, over an archway, or 

 spread, fan-like, on a trellis as we have it 

 in our Rose-garden. Does not bloom until 

 the second year after planting. The foliage differs 

 from the type in being less corrugated and tinted 

 with bronze. The best-known and most freely 

 planted of the large, double-flowered Rugosa 

 Hybrids, for the blooms are extra fine. See illustra- 

 tion. $1 each. 



*DR. ECKENER. New. Spinel pink. We ob- 

 served this Rose most particularly in our trial- 

 grounds and fields last season because it is said to 

 bloom yellow in its native Germany, but here the 

 color is pink with a golden yellow base. The sweetly 

 perfumed blooms open in a wide cup, almost 4 inches 

 across, and the spinel pink color is enchanting. The 

 plant grows 4 feet high and the foliage is large, 

 leathery, and noticeably healthy. A truly fine ac- 

 quisition that may bloom yellow in some localities 

 or when the plant becomes acclimated. $2 each. 



•MAX GRAF. Pink. A trailing Rugosa for em- 

 bankments. See description on page 42. 



•ROSE A PARFUM DE L'HAY. Bears quantities 

 of very large, globular, double flowers colored dark 

 crimson and shaded with carmine. As the name 

 suggests, the blossoms are very fragrant. $1 each. 



Conrad F. Meyer. Grows 10 feet. Blooms profusely 



•F. J. GROOTENDORST. Crimson. A remark- 

 able combination of the Baby Rambler or Polyantha 

 class with the rugosa. Small, bright crimson flowers, 

 fringed and double, are produced freely and con- 

 tinuously in large bunches through spring, summer, 

 and fall — it is continually in bloom. An ideal hedge 

 plant which can be kept at any height under 5 feet. 

 Does its best when severely pruned each year, leav- 

 ing only the wood formed the previous season. 

 $1 each. 



•RUSKIN. New. Deep crimson. Buds like those 

 of a Hybrid Perpetual, developing into large, double, 

 deep crimson flowers of about 50 petals, with 

 Rugosa-Iike fragrance and excellent lasting quality. 

 It blooms abundantly in June, and moderately 

 thereafter. It makes a tall pillar and is entirely 

 hardy. $1.50 each. 



•TURKES RUGOSA. Silvery pink. The bud is 

 strongly marked with Indian yellow at the base, and 

 the open bloom is identical with Conrad F. Meyer, 

 but possibly more fragrant; plant and foliage also the 

 same. It blooms intermittently throughout the season, 

 with a renewed energy in the fall. $1 each. 



DDIfpC (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED), *2-YEAR, FIELD-GROWN, STAR SIZE ROSES, $1 EACH; 90c. each 

 * **Iv^LjkJ when any 12 or more are ordered; 80c. each for 25 or more $1 kinds. See order sheet for low delivery cost 



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