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HARDY EVERBLOOniNQ 



HYBRID=TEA ROSES. 



For Garden culture the Hybrid-Tea Roses have now taken the foremost rank. They have been produced by crossing the free- 

 flowering Tea Roses with other varieties, principally of the June-flowering or Hybrid perpetual classes, thus combining not only 

 the free-flowering habit of the Tea Rose with the rich and varied colors of the other classes, but also comparative hardiness. 



The greatest efforts of the world's most noted Rose-specialists during the past quarter of a century have been devoted to this 

 class of Rose, and the results achieved have been really wonderful. Not only is every color known in Roses now represented, but 

 there are many beautiful shades and color combinations not found in the other types. 



At our Nurseries, Riverton, N. J., we have trial beds containing more than 500 varieties of Hybrid-Tea Roses alone, embracing 

 all the standard varieties, as well as the latest introductions. An inspection of these is at all times interesting, and especially so 

 during the height of the Rose season, usually from the middle of May until the beginning of July. 



We list this season nearly one hundred varieties of Hybrid-Tea Roses. These, with the exception of a very few of the latest 

 introductions, are all varieties which we have found from actual test in the trials noted above to be sorts of superior merit and espe- 

 cially adapted to our climatic conditions, each and every one a perfect gem in its particular color or form. 



For best results Hybrid-Tea Roses should be severely pruned; the stronger shoots should be cut back to from 8 to 12 inches in 

 height, while ail weak, thin wood should be removed entirely. 



NEW HYBRID-TEA ROSES 



OF 1913, 1914 and 1915 



Every season the list of new Roses offered with glowing descriptions grows greater and greater. Necessarily, many of these nov- 

 elties are either lacking in merit or do not suit our conditions, and with this in mind it has been our custom to select fronl these 

 novelties only such that we know either from actual trial or from reliable information to be distinct and of superior merit; and while 

 we occasionally miss a valuable variety by this careful selection, and in spite of it also occasionally include a sort which on better 

 acquaintance is found lacking, such instances, considering the host of novelties offered every season, are comparatively few. 



While the beginner or amateur, who only wants a limited number of varieties, will find just as great pleasure in adding to his 

 collection from the older and less expensive varieties offered on pages 172 to 177, we recommend these new sorts for trial to the 

 connoisseur who already has an extensive collection, or to those who wish to keep strictly up-to-date. 



All the Roses we offer are strong two-year-old-plants. 



BRITISH QUEEN. 



(McGredjr, 1913.) 



Mr. McGredy considers this one of his most important intro- 

 ductions, and while in our trial beds during the past two seasons 

 it was a disappointment in the flowers produced early; as the 

 summer advanced it developed some very beautiful flowers, 

 which in the bud form are slightly tinted with pink, becoming 

 pure white when fully expanded. It is of Tea Rose form and 

 refinement ; very free-flowering and deliciously scented. Awarded 

 a Gold Medal by the National Rose Society of England. 75 

 cts. each; S7.50 per doz. 



COLLEEN. 



(McGredy. 1915.1 



Brilliant rose, shaded rose-pink with deeper, 

 rose-crimson, veneering on a distinct creamy- 

 yellow ground, never fading until the petals drop. 

 It is quite full with high pointed centre, forming 

 a remarkably sweet-scented flower. Awarded 

 Gold Medal by the National Rose Society of Eng- 

 land. (See cut. ) $2.50 each. 



EDGAR M. BURNETT. 



(McGredy, 1915.) 



Very large, full flowers of splendid form with large flesh- 

 colored petals tinted rose; an advance on the type of Rose of 

 which the beautiful Lady Alice Stanley is a representative; one 

 of the sweetest scented Roses in existence, even surpassing "La 

 France" in this respect. Awarded Gold Medal, National Rose 

 Society of England. $2.50 each. 



EDITH PART. 



(McGredy, 1914.) 



A Rose with a novel and entirely distinct blend of color, which 

 is a rich red with a suffusion of deep salmon and coppery-yellow 

 with a deeper shading in the bud stage of carmine and yellow; 

 very sweetly scented. Awarded Silver Gilt Medal, National 

 Rose Society of England. $1.25 each. 



New Hybrid-Tea Rose Colleen. 



Our " Peerleu " Collection of Hybrid-Tea Roses is extra choice. See page 176. 



