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Rose Gloire Lyonaisse. 



Alfred Colomb. A splendid Rose; globular, full and very 

 sweet ; bright clear cherry-red shaded with crimson. 



Baroness Rothschild. Rich satiny pink, very large and 

 double ; one of the best. 



Beauty of Waltham. Bright rosy-carmine ; large and full, 

 of cupped form. 



Boule de NeJge. Pure white, petals of great substance, 

 medium size, tine form, good habit and very free. 



Captain Christy. A lovely Rose, blooming almost the entire 

 season; very large double buds of a deep flesh color; strong 

 grower and grand foliage. 



Captain Hayward. Bright crimson carmine, an entirely dis- 

 tinct shade of color, of perfect form and very sweet. 



Clio. Flesh color, shaded in the centre with rosy pink; large 

 and of fine form ; very free-flowering. 



Earl of Dufferin. Velvety crimson, shaded with maroon; 

 large, full, finely formed. 



Fisher Holmes. Magnificent scarlet, shaded with deep 

 velvety maroon; very brilliant, large and full. 



Qloire Lyonaisse. WHiite, tinted with yellow ; large, full 

 and of good shape ; entirely distinct. 



Magna Charta. Bright pink, suffused with carmine ; a beau- 

 tiful Rose ; strong, vigorous grower. 



Mrs. John Laing. Soft pink, finely shaped and exceedingly 



fragrant; it commences flowering early, is remarkably free 



and continues late in autumn. 

 riarie Bauman. Bright carmiivs; very large, smooth and of 



exquisite form ; one of the best. 

 Paul Neyron. Dark rose ; of fine form and habit ; the largest 



of all. 



Rodocanachi. A beautiful transparent rose color, shaded 

 pink; large, full and very fragrant. 



Souvenir de la Malmaison. An old favorite; clear flesh, 

 edges blush ; large and full; one of the best of its type. 



Tom Wood. Cherry-red ; large shell-shaped petals of great 

 substance. 



Ulrich Brunner. Bright cerise-red, magnificent petals and a 

 fine Rose in every respect. 



IRISH=QROWN ROSES. 



Dickson's Irish Roses have a world-wide reputation for vigor- 

 ous, free and healthy growth and fine flowers, and in the neigh- 

 borhood of Philadelphia are well known and have been popular 

 for a decade. We have ofteredthis stock in our general catalogue 

 for the past two seasons, and they have given such grand results 

 to our customers throughout the country that we have made 

 arrangements to handle them mure extensively. From our own 

 experience, as well as from the reports received from our cus- 

 tomers, the collection of twenty-five sorts enumerated below are 

 the varieties best suited to our climate, and have been received 

 direct from the growers in the northern part of the Emerald Isle, 

 where the soil and climatic conditions favor the perfect develop- 

 ment and the thoiough ripening of the wood. These plants are 

 not grown on their own roots, but are laidded or grafted, and 

 they should on this account be planted sufficiently deep, so that 

 the point at which they are grafted is at lea?t two inches below 

 the surface. When this is done it is rare that a wild shoot starts 

 from the base, and if it should happen, the growth and foliage 

 of the stock are so distinct that it is readily recognized by the 

 most inexperienced amateur, and is easily removed. These bud- 

 ded Roses must not be confounded with tlie dormant stock 

 usually sold by department stores in spring, which invariably 

 comes from Holland, where it is grown on low, wet land by un- 

 skilled peasant labor, and which are, as a rule, worthless in our 

 climate. 

 Gustave Piganeau. Brilliant carmine lake ; veiy large 



equaling Paul Neyron in size, but of better shape; full and 



cupped; handsome buds. 

 Helen Keller. Bright rosy cerise ; petals shell-shaped, of 



great substance ; very free and good. 

 La France. Splendid satiny rose ; very large, full, fine form, 



a constant bloomer; undoubtedly one of the best. 

 rirs. J. Sharman Crawford. Deep rosy pink, outer petals 



shaded with pale flesh ; distinct and fine. 

 rime. Gabriel Luizet. Pale pink ; a delicate and beautiful 



tint ; large and full, cupped ; very sweet. 

 riargaret Dicicson. WTiite, with pale flesh centre; large 



shell-like petals ; good form, handsome foliage ; the finest 



white hybrid yet introduced. 

 Merveille de Lyon. Pure white, sometimes flushed vfith 



satin rose ; very large, full and cupped in the way of Baroness 



Rothschild. 



Price: Strong two-year-old budded plants, 40 cts. 

 4. GO per doz. Set of 25 varieties for $7.50. 



each; 



Ross SoirvEKiR DE LA Malmaisow. 



ROSE CULTURE. 



By Effwanger. A book written in America and giving full instructions for cultivation in this 

 climate. Price, $1.25, postpaid. 



