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SELECT TEA=SCENTED ROSES. 



Tea Roses have always beea admired, particularly for their delicious fragrance and for their extreme delicacy of coloring. Tht 

 varieties oflfered are the most suited to our climate. Many will be recognized as old favorites, which are welcome in every garden; 

 with few exceptions, if protected as recommended on page 174, will be found hardy in this latitude; in fact, all of the sorts offered 

 have, with very little protection, withstood the past three winters without any loss in our trial grounds. 



rime, de Watteville. Entirely distinct; colot 



salmon-white, bordered and edged with bright rose; 



on account of its peculiar coloring also known as 



the Tulip Rose. 

 Mme. Welche. Soft peachy-yellow, delicately 



suffused with soft rose; very desirable. 

 Mrs. B. R. Cant. One of the best bedding Roses; 



a strong, vigorous grower and very free- flowering; 



large, full flowers, of rich, glowing carmine. 

 Papa Gontier. Dark crimson-red, makes a splendid 



long bud, elegant for cutting. 

 Perle des Jardins. Beautiful rich yellow, of largt 



size and fine form; the finest of its color. 

 Safrano. An old favorite; beautitul saffron-yellow; 



the best of its color. 

 Souvenir de Catherine Quillot. Coppery-car 



mine, shaded with yellow; an exceedingly rich 



colored Rose of great excellence. 

 Souvenir de Pierre Netting. A beautiful can- 

 ary-yellow, suflTused with apricot in the centre; 



flowers of good size; a very pretty Rose. 

 Slinset. A sport from Perle des Jardins, bearing 



flowers of similar form and substance, but of t. 



deep rich apricot-yellow. 

 The Bride. A pure white sport from Catherine 



Mermet equal in quality to that superb variety. 

 White riaman Cochet. Identical, except in color, 



with Maman Cochet; a splendid bedder. 

 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 shaiiinys. 

 Strong two-year-old plants, in 5 and 6-inch pots, 40 



cts. each; $4.00 per doz. ; $30.00 per 100. Set 



of 25 sorts for $7.50. 

 Good two-year-old plants, in 4-inch pots, 25 cts. 



each; $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. Set of 25 



sorts, $5.00. 

 Tea Rose, William R. Smith. 



Bon Silene. A very old favorite; one of the sweetest, with 



beautifully formed buds of bright carmine-rose. 

 Catherine Mermet. Very large, long buds of exquisite form, 



of a beautiful soft rose-color. 

 Comtesse Riza du Pare. Salmon-rose tinted with copper; 



very large, full and globular flowers; distinct and free. 

 Coraliina. Deep rosy-crimson shaded with coral-red, especially 



beautiful in the bud state; one of the very best for massing, the 



flowers being produced in glorious profusion throughout the 



season. 



Duchesse de Brabant. Probably the most deliciously scented 



Rose grown; bright silvery-pink, always in bloom. 

 Etoile de Lyon. A splendid rich saffron-yellow, brightening 



towards the centre; very large, of superb form, beautiful both 



in bud and flower. 

 Francisca Kruger. Coppery-yellow, shaded with peach; 



large and full; a fine bedding Rose. 

 Q. Nabonnand. Delicate flesh, suffused with yellow; its color 



is particularly handsome in the autumn; a fine bedder. 

 riaman 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. 

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



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

 Mme. Hoste. Very large light yellow, perfect both in bud and 



open flower; a spendid Rose. 

 Mme. Joseph Schwartz. Light-salmon rose, changing to 



creamy-white when fully expanded; very free-flowering. 

 Mme. MargOttin. Dark lemon-yellow, with saffron -colored 



centre, large and of globular form; blooms freely. 



Maman Cochht. 



Do not overlook the New Tea Roses offered on preceding page. 



