'8 (MH^NRTADREER -PniLADtLPHIA PA'^ • SELECT- ROS§S • 



DREBR'S TWELVE "BEST" 



TEA ROSES. 



Tea Roses have always been admired for their delicious fragrance 

 and for their delicacy of coloring, but many of the varieties have now 

 been superseded by the Hybrid-Tea class. The dozen kinds which we 

 list below are the cream of the standard varieties, all of them sorts well 

 worthy of a place alongside of the Hybrid-Tea class. All are offered 

 in strong two-year-old plants that will give an abundance of flowers 

 this season. The Tea Roses do not require the severe pruning recom- 

 mended for the Hybrid-Teas; cut out all thin wood and cut back the 

 stronger shoots to a prominent eye. 



Duchesse de Brabant. An old favorite, probably the most deli- 

 ciously scented Rose grown; bright silvery-pink, always in bloom. 40 

 cts. each; $4.(i0 per doz. 



Harry Kirk. .\ splendid Rose, of most robust growth, with free- 

 branching habit, flowering freely and continuously; the blooms are 

 large, with large, smooth petals of great substance; the form is per- 

 fect, the buds long and elegant; color deep sulphur-yellow, passing 

 to a lighter shade at the edges of the petals. Awarded a Gold 

 Medal by the National Rose Society of England. 50 cts. each; 

 fo.OO per doz. 



Hugo Roller. Described by the introducers as follows: "A pictorial 

 flower of the most elegant combination of colors. The ground 

 color is rich lemon-yellow, the petals being edged and suffused with 

 crimson; flowers of medium size, of good shape, and very freely 

 produced throughout the season until late in autumn. Growth 

 vigorous." 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Lady Hillingdon. A recent introduction, of a beautiful 

 coppery shade of apricot-yellow, beautiful in the bud; a 

 strong, vigorous grower and very free-flowering. 50 cts. each; 

 $5.00 per doz. 



Tea Rose Lady Hillingdon. 



Maman Cochet. An extra strong grower, producing its 

 large l)uds and flowers in the greatest profusion; color deep 

 rose-pink, inner side of petals silvery-rose; very double and 

 exquisite in bud or when full-blown. 40 cts. each; $4.00 

 per doz. 



Marie Van Houtte. White, tinted with yellow, often edged 

 with rose; large, full, of fine form and an abundant bloomer. 

 40 cts. each; $-1.00 per doz. 



Mrs. Herbert Stevens. A beautiful white Rose, a flower 

 of faultless form, buds long and pointed, quite full, pure white 

 with occasionally fawn or peach colored shadings in the centre; 

 exceptionally free-flowering. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Mrs. riyles Kennedy. A delicate .silvery-white, shaded buflf 

 and |)ink in the centre, the back edges of the petals shaded a 

 deeper pink; the flowers are large, full and perfect in form. 

 Awarded Gold Medal by the National Rose Society of Eng- 

 land. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Souvenir de Catherine Guillot. Coppery-carmine, shaded 

 with yellow, an exceedingly rich-colored Rose of great 

 excellence. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Souvenir de Pierre Notting. A beautiful canary-yellow, 

 suffused with apricot in the centre; flower of good size; a 

 very pretty Rose. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



White Haman Cochet. Identical, except in color, with 

 Manian Cochet; a splendid bedder. 40 cts. each; $4.00 per 

 doz. 



William R. Smith. A cross between Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria and Maman Cochet; one of our best bedding Roses; 

 flowers large, of elegant form; creamy white with rose shad- 

 ings. 40 cts. ea;h: S4.00 per doz. 



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SPECIAL OFFER. 



We will furnish one strong two-year-old plant each 

 of the above twelve Tea Roses for $5.00. 



For Noveltiei in Tea Ro*e« see page 171. 



