Flowering Plants 



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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



SEEDSMEN. NEW YORK 



ROSES. 

 Hybrid Perpetual Varieties. 



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. The\' 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, $4 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, distinctl}' 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 des Blanches. Pure white ; ver}^ 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, very regular and full ; color 

 ■Drilliant rose changing to bright glowing pink, shaded with rich crimson ; 

 profuse bloomer. 



Mme. Gabriel Liuizet. 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 cemetery use. 



Marchioness of Liorne. A remarkably free-flowering variety of 

 an exceedingly rich rosy color, slightly shade'd 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. it. 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. 



ir*aul Neyron. Bright shining pink, clear and beautiful ; no collec- 

 tion complete without this grand rose. 



Vriiicc Camille de Kuhaii. 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." 



Ever-bloomirig Tea Roses. 



Price of ail Roses under this class: 10 cts. each, any three for 

 25 cts. j 02 for 90 cts., postpaid: two-year-old plants 30 cts. 

 each, $3 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 oft' 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 Merniet. 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. 



l)uch< ss of Albany. A continuous and free bloomer, remark- 

 ably fragrant ; color brilliant rose pink, exquisitely shaded. 



ICtoile de Lyon. A strong, healthy, vigorous grower, freely bear- 

 ing flowers of a rich golden yellow ; the most beautiful Yellow Tea 

 Rose yet introduced. 



Lia Prance. 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 Gniliot. 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. 



I'apa Gonlier. Brilliant carmine changing to pale rose; reverse 

 of petals purplish red ; popular on account of the size and beautiful 

 form of its huds. 



I'erle 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. 



Tlie 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, $3 per doz., by express, at 

 purchaser's expense. 



Crimson Rambler. A vigorous and rapid grower, frequently mak- 

 ing shoots lo 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. 



I'iiik Rambler (Euphrosyne), This Rose is as charming as any 

 of its rivals, embracing all their gocd qualities of hardiness, vigorous 

 growth, profuse blooming and delightful fragrance. 



A\ liiie Raujhler (Thalia). This charming new Rose climbs 

 rapidly, is entirely hardy, produces nnmense clusters of pure white 

 flowers, perfectly double and of delightful fragrance. 



"yolliivv 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. 



