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SELECT- ROS&S- 



DICKSON' 



s Pedigree Irish Hybrid=Tea Roses. 



We offer on this and the two following pages a selection of 

 The descriptions, with few exceptions, are those of the introducers, 



Betty (1905). 



This variety is in the same class as Killarney, the popular 

 bedding and forcing Rose. Betty, early in the season, when 

 newly planted, is a disappointment in the first flowers which it 

 opens, but after it becomes established it produces blooms of 

 marvelous beauty. The plant is a strong, vigorous grower, with 

 clean, healthy foliage, producing in great profusion its large, 

 ■deliciously scented flowers, which are of a glowing coppery-rose 

 color, suffused with a golden sheen. Strong two-year-old plants, 

 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Dorothy Page Roberts (1907). 



A lovely shade of coppery-pink, suffused with apricot-yellow, 

 more especially at the base of the petals, which are very large 

 massive and of great substance. An ideal garden Rose of 

 wonderful charm and fascination. Awarded a Gold Medal, 

 National Rose Society of England. Strong two-year-old plants, 

 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Duchess of Wellington (looo). 



Another grand Rose of the famous Killarney type, but of an 

 entirely distinct color from any Rose now in cultivation, it 

 being of an intense saffron-yellow stained with crimson in the first 

 stage, which, as the flowers develop, changes to a deep, coppery, 

 saffron-yellow. The flowers, which are fairly full, resemble 

 Killarney in shape, but the petals are larger and of greatei 

 substance. Delightfully fragrant and very free- flowering. Strong 

 two-year-old plants, $1,25 each; $12.00 per doz. 



Elizabeth Barnes (1907). 



Satiny salmon-rose, with a fawn centre suffused with yellow, 

 outside of petals deep rosy-red, shaded with copper and yellow. 

 The shades of color are most beautiful and novel. The flown ■. 

 are large, full, with pointed centre, most perfectly formed and 

 possessing a delightful fragrance. A tru'y grand and superb 

 Rose. Strong two-year-old plants, 75 cts. each; §7.">o per doz. 



Florence Edith Con U h wait c (1908). 



Deep cream, suffused with bright rose on the inside ol the 

 petals and reflected on the back, thus creating an indescribable. 

 delicate orange and peach glow, which makes it unique in color. 

 Flowers large, full, of great substance and delicately perfumed. 

 (See illustration on page 17'J. ) Strong two-year-old plants, $1 .00 

 ■each; $10. CO per doz. 



the best sorts sent out by these celebrated growers since 1905. 

 from whom our stock has been received. 



F. R. Patzer (1909). 



A distinct free- growing variety with large handsome flowers, 

 which are produced very freely on stout, stiff stems of perfect 

 form and highly tea-scented. The color is creamy-buff, the 

 back of the petals being a delicate warm pink; as the petals 

 reflex the color becomes light orange-pink, forming a most 

 charming combination. Strong two-year-old plants, §1.25 

 each; §12.00 per doz. 



Grace Molyneux (1908). 



A chaste Rose of rare beauty 7 , the habit of growth is perfection, 

 every shoot producing a bloom. A veritable pearl for garden 

 decoration. The color is a creamy apricot, flesh in the centre, 

 the outer petals when developed are a delicate creamy white 

 inside, with a faint pink sheen on the reverse. Delightfully tea- 

 scented. Strong two-year-old plants, $1.00 each; §10.00 

 per doz. 



Hon. Ina Bingham (1905). 



A semi-double variety of large size, of beautifully cupped 

 form, with enormous shell-like petals of greatest substance and 

 of the purest pink color; entirely distinct; the individual 

 flowers last in perfection a long time. Strong two-year-old 

 plants, 75 cts. each; §7.50 per doz, 



James Coey (1909). 



Color deep yellow, shaded orange when in bud, with the 

 edges of the petals white as the flower expands; the flowers ate 

 of medium size, moderately double and a most profuse and con- 

 tinuous bloomer; a splendid bedding variety. Strong two-year- 

 old plants, §1.25 each; §12.00 per doz. 



John Cuff (1908). 



A valuable acquisition of unique color. It is one of the earliest 

 to expand its very large and beautiful fragrant blooms, which are 

 of great substance and perfect symmetry. The buds are long 

 and pointed and produced in marvellous profusion, of a warm, 

 deep carmine-pink color, with a nio<t attractive and distinct deep 

 yellow zone at the base of the petals. Strong two-year-old 

 plants, §l.dO each; §10.00 per doz. 



New Hybrid-Tea Roses from various European and American Rose Specialists arc offered on pases 181 to 183. 



