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DREER -PHIlADELPhlAfA- 



SELECT- ROSK 



DREER'S TWELVE "BEST" TEA ROSES. 



Tea Roses have always been admired for their delicious fragrance and for their deli- 

 cacy of coloring, but many of the varieties have now been superseded by the Hybrid- 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 old sorts, together 

 with the choicest recent introductions, all of them sorts well worthy 

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

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

 flowers this season. The Tea Roses do not require the severe 

 pruning recommended 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 



deliciously scented Rose grown; bright silvery-pink, always 



in bloom. 40 els. each; $4.00 per doz. 

 Harry Kirk. A splendid new Rose, of most robust 



growth, with free-branching habit, floweriug freely and 



continuously; the blooms are large, with large, smooth 



petals of great substance, the form is perfect, 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. A new variety, described by the intro- 

 ducers as follows: "A pictorial flower of the most ele- 

 gant combination of colors. The ground color is rich lemon-yel- 

 low, 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 Hiliingdon. Another new sort, 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. 

 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. 



Tea Rose, Harry Kikk. 



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

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

 40 cts. each; $4.00 per doz. 

 Miss Alice de Rothschild. Of recent introduction. In color 

 a rich, deep citron-yellow, which intensifies as the bloom ex- 

 pands. The flowers are very large, full and of perfect form, 

 with high pointed centre; the petals charmingly reflex. The 

 growth is vigorous, erect and free, continuous in blooming, 

 deliciously fragrant; a superb Rose in every respect. 75 cts. 

 each; ^7.50 per doz. 



Mrs. Hubert Taylor. One of the hardiest of the Tea Roses 

 remarkably strong-growing and free-flowering, of a shell-pink 

 color suffused and edged with ivory-white, quite distinct and 

 very desirable. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Souvenir de Catherine Quillot. Coppery-carmine, shaded 

 with yellow, an exceedingly rich-colored Rose of great excel- 

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



Souvenir de Pierre Notting. A beautiful canary-yellow, 

 sufl'useii with apricot in the centre; flowers of good size; a very 

 [iretty Rose. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



White Maman Cochet. Identical, except in color, with Ma- 

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



William R. Smith. A cross between Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 

 toria and Maman Cochet; one of our best bedding Roses; flow- 

 ers large, of elegant form; creamy-white with rose shadings. 

 40 cts. each; $4.00 per doz. 



Tea Rose, William R. Smith 



SPECIAL OFFER 



We will furnish one strong two-year-old jilant eacli of the 

 above twelve Tea Roses for $5.00. 



The " Daily Mail " Rose is the grandest new Rose of recent years. See page 162. 



