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NIPHETOs. 
TEA ROSES. GENERAL COLLECTION. 
The tea-scented ever-blooming Roses are admired for their delicious fragrance, free-blooming qualities, and the ex- 
quisite shapes and coloring of their flowers. 
the entire season. 
Bon Silene. Brilliant earmine rose; a well-known and 
favorite variety. 
Catherine Mermet. Bright flesh color, full and 
beautiful; one of the most lovely of its color. 
Countess de la Barthe, or Duchess de Brabant. 
One of the most valuable bedding varieties, of a beau- 
tiful silvery pink color; very fragrant. 
Countess Riza du Pare. A grand rose of strong, 
vigorous growth, color bright coppery rose, shaded 
. violet crimson. J 
Chas. Rovolli. Beautiful tender rose, with deeper cen- 
tre, large and double; a free and continuous bloomer. 
Devoniensis. Pale yellow, large and full. 
Etoile du Lyon. Fine striking sulphur yellow, deeper 
in the centre, beautiful, open bloom ; the most valuable 
yellow rose for summer bedding. 
Homere. Tender rose with salmon centre; a most de- 
sirable out-door sort. 
Louis Richard. Orange yellow, shaded with coppery 
red ; a fine large double flower ; quite hardy. 
Mad, Camille. 
full and double. 
Mad. Etienne. 
Mad. de Watteville. Creamy white, each petal bor- 
dered light rose like a tulip, a lovely color and shape. 
Mad. Dubrocca. A splendid rose; extra large, full 
flowers, and finely-formed buds; color clear salmon, 
delicately tinged and shaded with carmine. 
Mad. Cusin. 
color, base of petals and centre of flower almost white, 
one of the prettiest roses grown. 
Mad. Scipion Cochet. Color a soft primrose yellow, 
with rose shadings ; 
in the size and shape of its buds. 
Mad. Joseph Schwartz. 
when fully expanded to creamy white; one of the 
most valuable summer flowering varieties. 
Mad. Margottin. Dark yellow with rosy centre; an 
old and well-known favorite. 
First size, 30 cts. each; $3.00 
Secon dice swllo mac 1.50 
Fine light rose, large, globular flowers ; | 
Rosy pink, shading off to a light pink. | 
Flowers of medium size, of a rosy purple | 
deliciously fragrant, very unique | 
Isight saimon rose, changing | 
They make excellent bedders, and yield a succession of bloom through 
Mad. Welche. Light yellow with dark orange centre, 
very large, full and of fine form. 
Marie Guillot. White, slightly tinted with lemon, very 
large, finely-shaped flowers ; a valuable rose. 
Marie Van Houtte. © Creamy white, occasionally 
tipped with rose, one of the very best summer bedding 
roses. 
Meteor. A rich dark velvety crimson hybrid tea ; a free 
bloomer and vigorous grower, showing no tendency to 
mildew. It does not run single, and will be found 
valuable as a garden rose for the summer. 
M’lle C. Perreau. A most valuable summer rose of 
bright silvery rose color; vigorous and productive. : 
Niphetos. Pure white, full, fragrant, magnolia-like 
petals; a general favorite. 
Papa Gontier. Exceedingly free-flowering; one of the 
finest roses either for out-of-doors or for winter forcing. 
The blooms are large and long, and of a dark carmine 
crimson. 
| Perle des Jardins. 
and perfect form. 
Safrano. Saffron yellow, beautiful in the bud; a well- 
known favorite. 
Souvenir de Wootton. Of a. bright crimson color, 
somewhat resembling American Beauty, and as, fra- 
grant as La France. ; : 
Sunset. Of large size and perfect shape; it is of a rich 
shade of saffron and orange. 
The Bride. A lovely pure white rose of the Mermet 
| type; it is very full and double, free-flowering and 
| excellent either for forcing or for summer planting. 
| Vallee de Chamounix. White, with copper-colored 
centre; reverse of petals yellowish white. 
| Wm. Francis Bennett. An admirable forcing rose ; 
its rich, glowing crimson color and charming fra- 
grance, combined with large size and correct shape, 
have rendered it a general favorite. 
per doz. ; set of 30 var., $6.00. 
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Beautiful rich yellow, of large size 

