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THE DREER SPECIAL COLLECTION 



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- Introductions of Messrs. McGredy & Son, Portadown, Ireland. 



By special arrangement made wiUi the introducers these seven choice 

 novelties will be distributed exclusively by us, only in the United 

 States and Canada this season, they will not be offered in European 

 countries untU a later date. 



Irish Charm. This is a gem of exquisite form and absolutely 

 distinct from any variety yet introduced, it is of strong branching 

 habit, remarkably free flowering. The buds and flowers are 

 of medium size, the base of the petals a rich golden-apricot pass- 

 ing to a delicate blush pink as the flowers develop. A most 

 charming, delightfully sweet scented flower. 

 Irish Charity. Fair sized flowers with fine buds of a most in- 

 tense fiery scarlet with golden sheen opening to moderately 

 double blooms of an attractive and distinct rosy-scarlet. Strong 

 branching habit and very free. 

 Irish Courage. A splendid addition to the list of bicolored 

 Roses, the color being a soft shrimp-pink merging to salmon in 

 the fully expanded petals, the whole overlaying a golden orange ground, 

 this color being very pronounced at the centre of the flower. Growth and 

 fragrance moderate with attractive dark glossy green foliage. S2.50 each. 

 Irish Hope. A splendid and distinct red with well formed buds composed 

 of heavy broad petals opening to moderately fuU, very fragrant flowers. 

 The color is a rich rosy crimson with maroon shadings. It is of splendid 

 vigorous growth with good foliage and a free and continuous bloomer. In 

 our trial plots in California this looks like one of the most promising 

 varieties among the many red sorts on trial. 



Irish Morn. Magnificent long pointed buds with heavy shell-like petals, 

 color imperial pink deepening to a coral centre with golden lustre and 

 sheen. Plant of strong growth but moderate height, very free flowering 

 and sweetly scented. 



Irish Sweetness. A delightfully fragrant variety and splendid 

 addition to the none-too-long list of good red bedding Roses. 

 Color an exquisite shade of crimson-lake suffused with scarlet; 

 a vigorous free grower and very free flowering. 



HYBRm-TEA Rose, Mrs. W. E. Nickerson 



Mrs. W. E. Nickerson. An extremely vigorous growing very 

 free flowering grand new Rose of the duatone Pemetiana type. 

 The splendidly formed buds are of an entrancing new color, the 

 exterior of the petals heavily veined with rose d'or and shaded 

 orange-cadmium, the interior a deep chrome-yellow on the lower 

 half vein out and pass to a warm rich rosy-salmon. Owing to its 

 free growth and the great quantities of flowers which it produces 

 this will not only prove valuable as a garden variety but the ex- 

 quisitely colored flowers with their intense tones, will prove most 

 valuable for interior decoration, particularly so as the intensity of 

 coloring is especially effective under artificial light. $2.50 each. 



Price. Any of the above 7 varieties, except where noted, $2.00 each; 

 one each of the 7 sorts for $12.00. 



Two New French Hybrid -Tea Roses 



We are indebted to the veteran French grower, J. Pernet-Ducher, 

 for many of our finest garden Roses, among the older sorts being 

 Caroline Testout, the variety that made Portland, Oregon, famous 

 as the Rose city, later the popular Mme. Edouard Herriot, better 

 known as the Daily MaU Rose, more recently the great ['" 



yellow Rose Souvenir de Claudius Pernet which has been a ^ 

 feature at practically all recent shows as well as Souvenir de f 

 Georges Pernet, these varieties he named after his two sons i 

 who gave their lives in the World War. The two varieties ^v 

 now offered, are sure to take their place among standard high- \ 

 classed sorts and we recommend them for trial. 



Angele Pernet. Entirely distinct and novel in color, described by 

 the raiser as a vivid orange-yellow shaded fiery deep reddish-apricot, 

 but "tango color" we believe describes it better. It is a good grower 

 producing a long bud opening to a moderately full, beautiful sweet 

 scented flower that at once attracts attention. Awarded Gold Medal 

 at the Bagatelle Paris trials in 1924. $1.50 each. 

 Cuba. As a bedding Rose for brilliant mass effect we know of nothing 

 that will equal this French introduction and although the large 

 flowers are almost single, having but two rows of petals, they possess 

 a charm and brilliancy in color which is an entirely new shade in 

 Roses, a glorious bright vermilion-scarlet overlying an orange 

 ground, this color combination is so intense that in full sunlight it 

 glistens with an iridescent sparkle. A vigorous grower with dark 

 green foliage which make a splendid foil for the masses of richly 

 colored blooms which it produces from spring to late faU. Strong 

 two-year-old plants, $2.00 each. 



One each of the 2 varieties for $3.00. 



Hybrid-tea Rose, Angele Pernet 



