* J B Clark (Illustrated below.) Tremendously vigorous in growth, 



«J '. ! throwing up stout, thorny canes, 6, 10, and possibly 



12 feet high. When properly trained it makes a magnificent bush, and, if 

 desired, it can be successfully used as a pillar Rose or bent in at the top and 

 tied together in a balloon form. A httle care is necessary to keep it within the 

 bounds of an ordinary bed. The flowers are of immense size and depth of 

 petal, of impressive substance and unimpeachable form; dark scarlet-crimson 

 with deep veins and mysterious shadows. It usually blooms in clusters of 

 three or more, but the individual flowers will be stifl finer if only one in each 

 cluster is permitted to develop. As is the case with almost all red Roses, some 

 shade is beneficial, and helps to retard the almost inevitable fading of the 

 color. The flower is quite fragrant, with long stems, making it fine for cutting. 

 The quantity of June bloom is remarkable. The young foliage is bronzy 

 green, healthier than most Hybrid Perpetuals. While this variety has no 

 natural inclination to bloom again during the summer, it may be induced to 

 do so by pruning back to three or four eyes from the main stem, imme- 

 diately after the June blooms have faded. By repeating the operation the 



bush may bloom again in the fall. $1 each; $9 



for 10; $80 per 100. 



