SELECT ROSES- 



DREER'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 been superseded by the Hybrid-Tea class.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; $4.00 per doz. 



Harry Kirk. A 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; 

 $5. 00 per doz. 



Hugo Roller. An intensified Marie Van Houtte. The ground color 

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

 son; 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 cop- 

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

 vigorous grower and very free-flowering. £0 cts. each; $5.00 

 per doz. 



Tea Rose Lady Hillingdon 



Maman Cochet. An extra strong grower, producing its 

 large buds 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 abun- 

 dant bloomer. 40 cts. each; $4.00 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. Myles Kennedy. A delicate silvery-white, shaded 

 buff and pink 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 England. 50 cts. each; $5.00 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 Maman Cochet. Identical, except in color, 

 with Maman 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 shading?. 40 cts. each; $4.00 per doz. 



1'ea Rosb Harry Kirk 



SPECIAL OFFER. 



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

 of the above twelve Tea Roses for $4.75. 



Do not overlook the Three New Tea Roses offered on opposite pace 



