Flowering Plants 
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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 
SEEDSMEN. NEW YORK 
ROSES. 
Hybrid Perpetual Tarietles. 
Roses of this'class produce the largest and most beautiful flowers, and 
the varieties offered below are all thoroughly hardy. Some sorts do not 
bloom until the second year, but when thoroughly established they bloom 
very freely at the usual season, June and July, and at intervals through- 
out the balance of the summer and fall. They should invariably be 
planted in the open ground, being adapted for outdoor cultivation 
rather than for house culture. They will stand a considerable amount 
of hardship and neglect but improve greatly with good cultivation and 
rich soil. The quantity and size of blooms will be greatly increased by 
severe pruning each spring. All rough and scraggly wood should be cut 
away entirely and the other shoots should be cut back enough so as to 
leave only two or three eyes to grow. 
Price of all Roses under this class: 15 cts. each, any 3 for 
40 cts.| any 12 for SI. 25, postpaid ; two-year-old plants 40 cts. 
each, S4 per doz., by express, at purchaser's expense. 
American Beauty. The largest, sweetest and best of all hardy 
Roses ; color a rich rosy crimson shaded and veined in the most charm- 
ing fashion, and in fragrance not surpassed by any Rose we know. 
Caprice. Ground color soft, satiny pink, distinctly striped and 
dashed with white and carmine ; most distinctly marked. 
Clio (new). Satin blush of the most delicate texture, while the size 
of the flower is truly striking. 
Coquette dee Blanches. Pure white ; very free blooming. 
Fisher Holmes. Dark velvety crimson ; fine form. 
Gen. Jacqueminot. The most popular of all Roses of the Hybrid 
Perpetual class ; color, rich crimson ; of fine shape and exquisite 
fragrance. 
Sunset Rose. 
Hellen Kellar (New). Of such extraordinary beauty that failure 
to please everyone seems impossible ; color, a clear bright pink ; flowers 
large and finely made ; petals shell-shaped and of great substance. 
John Hopper. Flowers are large, ver}- regular and full ; color 
brilliant rose changing to bright glowing pink, shaded with rich crimson ; 
profuse bloomer. 
Mme. Gabriel Liulzet. A beautiful elegantly formed Rose, full 
and fragrant ; color an exquisite shade of coral rose suffused with lav- 
ender and pearl. 
Mme. Plantier. The best hardy white Rose ; a profuse and con- 
tinuous bloomer ; splendid for cemeterj' use. 
Marchioness of Iiorne. A remarkably free-flowering variety of 
an exceedingly rich rosy color, slightly shaded in the center with vivid 
carmine. 
Margaret Dickson. Perfectly hardy and of magnificent form ; 
color a pure waxy white, without spot or blemish ; the best white Rose 
yet introduced. 
Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford. Deep rosy pink ; outer petals 
tinted pale flesh in quite a new and unique shade, base of petals white ; 
large and of perfect form. 
Paul Neyron. Bright shining pink, clear and beautiful ; no collec- 
tion complete without this grand rose. 
Prince Gamille de Rohan. Handsome fragrant flowers of a 
deep rich velvety crimson passing to intense maroon shaded black ; so 
dark in color is this variety that it is popularly known as the " Black 
Rose." 
£ver-blooinins: Tea Roses. 
Price of all Roses under this class: lO cts. each, any three for 
25 cts. i l2 for 90 cts., postpaid: two-year-old plants 30 cts. 
eachgSS per doz., by express, at purchaser's expense. 
Bon Silene. The most noted feature in this grand old rose is the 
immense size and beauty of its buds ; the color is deep rose, but not un- 
frequently it shades off to pale silvery rose ; grows to perfection in the 
open ground, producing crop after crop of beautiful flowers in unbroken 
continuity from early spring until late in autumn. 
Bridesmaid. Fine clear dark pink ; does well in the open ground 
and is also valuable for forcing. 
Catharine Mermet. Distinct and beautiful, valued highly for its 
elegant buds ; color clear shining pink, with delicately shaded amber 
and fawn center ; a strong, healthy grower, equally desirable both for 
open-ground planting and forcing under glass. 
Duchess of Albany. A continuous and free bloomer, remark- 
ably fragrant ; color brilliant rose pink, exquisitely shaded. 
Etoile de Lyon. A strong, healthy, vigorous grower, freely bear- 
ing flowers of a rich golden yellow ; the most beautiful Yellow Tea 
Rose yet introduced. 
La France. Flowers large and beautiful, either in the bud form or 
when expanded ; peach-blossom color, shaded pink and silvery rose. 
It is very free-blooming, every shoot forming a beautiful flower, most 
deliciously fragrant. 
Marie Guillot. The queen of white Roses; the flowers are mag- 
nificently made, extra large, full and double ; fragrance very sweet. 
Meteor. One of the brightest colored and most brilliant Roses we 
have. Color is rich, velvety crimson, exceedingly bright and striking, 
and both buds and flowers are large and elegantly formed, and borne 
on nice long stems. 
Papa Gontier. Brilliant carmine changing to pale rose ; reverse 
of petals purplish red ; popular on account of the size and beautiful 
form of its huds. 
Perle des Jardins. Rich shade of yellow ; very perfect in form; 
free grower and very profuse bloomer. 
Safrano. A fine old Rose that never fails to produce a continuous 
crop of flowers from early summer until late in fall ; color apricot-yel- 
low, sometimes tinted with rose ; very fragrant. 
Sunset. Of an exquisite rich golden amber or old gold color ele- 
gantly shaded with dark, ruddy crimson, resembling the beautiful tints 
in a summer sunset ; hence the name. 
The Four Best Rambler Roses. 
This class is so well known that it is not necessary to devote space 
to a long description of these wonderfully beautiful and useful hardy 
climbers. They are suitable for training on walls, verandas, trellises, 
arbors and pillars, and as specimen pot-plants for winter forcing. 
Flowers are well formed, and, though small, are produced in so great 
profusion as to present an immense mass of bloom. 
Price: 15 cts. each, any 3 for 40 cts., 12 for SI. 50, postpaid. 
Two-year-old plants 35 cts. each, S3 per doz., by express, at 
purchaser's expense. 
Crimson Rambler. A vigorous and rapid grower, frequently mak- 
ing shoots 10 to 15 feet in height in one season. The flowers are pro- 
duced in trusses, pyramidal in shape, fairly covering the plant with a 
mantle of vivid crimson, which remains remarkably vivid for many 
weeks. 
Pink Rambler (Euphrosyne). This Rose is as charming as any 
of its rivals, embracing all their good qualities of hardiness, vigorous 
growth, profuse blooming and delightful fragrance. 
"White Rambler (Thalia). This charming new Rose climbs 
rapidly, is entirely hardy, produces immense clusters of pure white 
flowers, perfectly double and of delightful fragrance. 
Yellow Rambler (Aglaia). The only hardy yellow climbing rose 
in cultivation, and as such, is almost indispensable. It is identical with 
Crimson Rambler, except flowers, which are deep golden yellow and 
very fragrant. 
