HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— SELECT ROSES 



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New Hybrid-Tea Roses of 1913 and 1914 — Continued 



Mme. Edouard Herriot [The Daily Mail 

 Jiose). Winner of the Gold Cup, which 

 ■was offered by the London Daily Mail, 

 for the BEST NEW EOSE, exhibited at the 

 International Horticultural Exhibition, 

 held in London, England, May, 1912, and 

 to be known as the Daily Mail Rose. 



The plant is a strong, vigorous grower, 

 ■of spreading, branching habit, with 

 numerous long thorns and bronzy-green 

 foliage. M. Pernet-Ducher describes its 

 color as : ''Buds coral-red, shaded with 

 yellow at the base, the open flowers of 

 medium size, semi-double, are of a superb 

 «oral-red, shaded with yellow and bright 

 rosy -scarlet passing to shrimp-red. ' ' One 

 of our American Correspondents, a friend 

 of the introducer, who had the pleasure 

 of testing it in this country, says: "A 

 wonderful Rose. The bud is long, slender 

 and pointed, the color is like sunshine on 

 a copper-red metal.'' Strong plants that 

 will flower this season, $3.00 each, or two 

 plants for $5.00. 



Mrs. Charles Hunter A strong, vigor- 

 ous grower with rosy-crimson flowers, 

 changing to a pleasing rose as they fully 

 expand. $1.25 each. 



Mrs. Herbert Hawksworth. A glorious 

 Rose of generous size and almost globular 

 form. The color is deeply zoned ecru on 

 milk-white, which as the blooms expand 

 become silky-creamy-white. $1.25 each. 



NEW HYBEID-TEA ROSE, MRS. CHARLES HUNTER 



r MME. EDOUARD HERRIOT OR THE DAILY MAIL EOSE 



Mrs. Muir Mackean. A faultless Rose in every 

 respect; a bright carmine-crimson without any 

 shading ; a grand, bold, well built flower. 

 $1.25 each. 

 Mrs. Sam Ross Very large, full flowers of 

 refined form, of a novel and uncommon color 

 diflicult to describe, shading from a pale straw 

 color to a light chamois-yellow, with a distinct 

 flush of bufion the reverse of the petals and very 

 sweetly scented. $1.25 each. 

 Mrs. Wallace H. Rowe. A superb flower of 

 a shade of color hitherto not seen in any Rose 

 — a bright Sweet Pea mauve — a wonderful 

 flower in every way ; of superb form and finish. 

 $1.25 each. 

 Nerissa. An enormously large, full flower, of 

 fine shape, of a creamy-yellow color, the centre 

 being tinted with peach. $1.25 each. 

 Old Gold. In bud form this Rose appeals to 

 everyone on account of its wonderful color, a 

 vivid orange-red, with coppery-red and apricot 

 shadings, and which is further Set off by the 

 healthy, glossy, bronze-green foliage. 

 $2.50 each. 

 Verna Mackay. This is a beautiful, delicate 

 ivory-sulphur-bnff, changing to bright lemon 

 as the flower expands. $1.25 each. 

 WJIIowmere. This splendid introduction is 

 of a coral-red color, suSused with carmine 

 in the bud state, and opens to a large, full, 

 handsome flower of a rich shrimp-pink, 

 shaded yellow in the centre and flushed 

 carmine-pink towards the edges of the petals. 

 $2.50 each. 



All Roses supplied in strong two-year old pot-grown plants 



