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POLYANTHA OR BABY ROSES 



A type of Rose which is very popular for bedding purposes. They 

 form shapely, compact bushy specimens about 18 inches high, producing 

 in great profusion from early in the season until severe frost immense 

 trusses of small flowers. 



The varieties illustrated above are: No. 1, Scarlet Leader; No. 2, 

 Marytje Cassant; No. 3, Kersbergen; No. 4, Le Marne; No. 5, Golden 

 Salmon; No. 6, Chatillon. 

 Cecile Brunner {The Fairy, or Sweetheart Rose). A variety with dainty 



double little flowers of perfect form produced in many flowered graceful 



sprays; color a soft rosy-pink on a rich creamy-white ground. 



Chatillon. Very distinct, a 

 pretty silvery crimson-rose 

 passing to a white centre, very 

 free, one of the most desirable 

 varieties. 

 Echo. Comparatively large flowers 

 of a soft pink, not unlike in color 

 to the popular climber, Tausend- 

 schoen. 



Erna Teschendorf!. Med- 

 ium sized bright red, semi- 

 double flowers on dwarf 

 plants. 

 Franz Leddy. A very pretty cochineal 



carmine flower of free habit. 

 George Elger. Buds bright yellow devel- 

 oping into dainty pale creamy yellow 

 blooms of pretty form in graceful sprays. 



Golden Salmon. A most striking recent introduction, distinct 



and novel in color, a brilliant golden-orange scarlet, always in 



bloom and greatly admired. 

 Ideal. Intense dark, rich, lustrous garnet. 

 Katherine Zeimet. Very free, full double, fragrant, white. 

 Kersbergen. The most intense and rich brilliant currant-red 



flowers of medium size in large many flowered trusses. 

 Lafayette. Very attractive large, bright crimson-scarlet^ in 



sprays of 40 or more flowers each. 

 Le Marne. A beautiful semi-double, good sized, bright salmon- 

 rose at the edges, rosy blush at the centre, one of the prettiest. 

 Locarno. Brilliant glowing Oriental or Turkish red which as 



the flowers mature passes to a pretty cochineal carmine. 

 Marytje Cassant. Dainty both in size and color, a most 



pleasing soft shade of salmon-pink. 

 Miss Edith Cavell. Brilliant scarlet-red with darker shadings, 



one of the most desirable deep colored varieties. 

 Mme. Norbert Levavasseur. Similar in color to the climbing 



Crimson Rambler. Very popular. 

 Orleans. Of good size, flowers double, brilliant geranium-red 



with white centre, very free and reliable. 

 Salmonea. Reddish salmon of a pretty shade, the best of its type. 

 Scarlet Leader. Rich reddish or French purple with scarlet 



suffusion, while under artificial light the entire flower is as bright 



as the most brilliant scarlet Geranium. 

 Susanne Miller. A brilliant shade of cerise-pink, semi-double 



flowers of medium size, borne in very full trusses. Polyantha Rose, Cecile Brunner (Sweetheart Rose) 



PRICE. Any of the above, 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 



SPECIAL OFFER. One each of the 7 varieties shown in colors for $4.25, or the full collection of 20 



varieties for $12.00. 



