IRONCLAD RUG03A ROSES 



Rugosa Roses in their original form are the only absolutely hardy "cver- 

 blooming" Roses. They spread freely from the roots. The hybrids, for the 

 most part, are equally hardy, retain the recurrent blooming habit, but are less 

 liable to spread. They are very spiny, growing vigorously from 4 to 10 feet 

 high. The foliage is bright green, rough, and curiously wrinkled. They 

 require little attention beyond thinning out the dead wood and keeping them 

 in bounds. They are too rank to plant among Hybrid Tea Roses, but they 

 make fme hedges and enclosures for the Rose-garden, or backgrounds in 

 shrubbery, or as single specimens. They are indestructibly hardy and will 

 grow almost anywhere — even on barren wind-swept slopes and seashore 

 sand. Rugosa Roses laugh at insects and diseases, which bother them very 

 little. In short, they ask for the least of care. 



•CONRAD F. MEYER. (Illustrated on opposite page.) The finest of the 

 Hybrid Rugosas, producing very fragrant, silvery pink flowers of large size, equal 

 to Hybrid Teas 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; or against a building or over an archway, its 6, 8, or 10 feet of growth may 

 easily be trained. The foliage differs from the type in being less corrugated. The 

 plant, while not so hardy, is sufficiently rugged for almost all situations. $1 each. 



*F. J. GROOTENDORST. A new combination of the baby ramblers with 

 the Rugosa. Bright red flowers of small size, fringed and double, produced freely 

 and continuously in large bunches, through spring, sunmier, and fall. It will, if 

 allowed, in three years, reach a height of 5 feet or more, with foliage almost equal 

 to the original Rugosa. Though it can easily be kept lower, it makes a splendid 

 shrub or specimen bush, or the finest type of everblooming hedge. $1 each. 



*MAX GRAF. A new trailing Rugosa, with clusters of large and lovelv 

 bright rosy pink single flowers, borne freely in June, seldom blooming afterward. 

 Extremely hardy, grows vigorously, and is highly desirable for planting on em- 

 bankments or trailing over rocks, mixing splendidly with the W ichuraianas. 

 The foliage is unique, fairly disease-proof, and very beautiful. SI each. 



*NOVA ZEMBLA. An almost white sport from Conrad F. Meyer, which it 

 resembles. It is not quite so vigorous, but it blooms more freely late in the season, 

 and if anything, more hardy. Looks well planted with its parent. SI each. 



*NEW CENTURY. Flowers large, pale pink, with deeper shaded center; very 

 double and fragrant. Blooms intermittently all summer; gro\N-th vigorous and 

 hardy. Declared in Europe the "finest Hybrid Rugosa." SI each. 



*SIR THOMAS LIPTON. Double white flowers of large size, borne freely 

 all sunmier and fall on a sturdy, ironclad bush of great size, which has the desirable 

 foliage of the original Rugosa. Very hardy. SI each. 



*ROSA RUGOSA ALBA. (Illustrated on opposite page.) A white-flowered 

 form of the orio;inal species. Bud is delicately tinted with pmk, but opens into a 

 large, five-petaled flower of great beauty. Very desirable. SI each. 



*ROSA RUGOSA RUBRA. The original "species" wild Rose from Japan 

 and Kamchatka. Fine for massing or hedges; absolutely hardy. Vicorous, very 

 spiny, with rough, wrinkled foliage. Flowers are large, five-petalea, and very 

 fragrant, varying from bright pink to deep carmine, with big golden centers. 

 It blooms very early, and continues all summer, leaving behind a wealth of enor- 

 mous seed-hips like little apples. SI each. 



The Conard-Tyle Q. 



ROBT. PYLE. Pres. 



^'^OSES, $1 each: lo for $g.oo: $8o.oo per loo 

 25 or more at 100 rate. For delivery cost, see page 98 



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