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IRISH=QROWN 



ROSES. 



Dickson's Irish Roses have a 

 world-wide reputation for vigorous, 

 free and healthy growth and fine 

 (lowers, and in the neighborhood of 

 Philadelphia they are well known 

 and have been popular for the past 

 ten years. It was only last season 

 that we offered this stock in our 

 general catalogue, and they have 

 given such grand results to our 

 customers throughout the country 

 that we have made arrangements to 

 handle them more extensively iMs 

 season. From our own experience, 

 as well as from the reports received 

 from our customers, the collection 

 of twenty-five sorts enumerated be- 

 low are the varieties best suited to 

 our climate, and have been received 

 direct from the growers in the north- 

 ern part of the Emerald Isle, where 

 the soil and climatic conditions 

 favor the perfect development and 

 the thorough ripening of the wood. 

 These plants are not grown on their 

 own roots, but are budded or grafted, 

 and they should on this account be 

 planted sufficiently deep, so that 

 the point at which they are grafted 

 is at least two inches below the 

 surface. When this is done it is rare 

 tliat a wild shoot starts from the base, and if it should happen, the growth and foliage 

 ot the stock ate so distmct that it is readily recognized by the most inexperienced 

 amateur, and is easily removed. 



These budded Roses must not he confounded with the dormant stock usually sold by department stores in spring, which 

 invariably comes from Holland, where it is grown on low, wet land by unskilled peasant labor, and which are, as a rule, 

 "worthless in our climate. 



Alfred Colonib. A splendid Rose; globular, full and 

 very sweet ; bright clear cherry-red shaded with crimson. 



Souvenir dh 



Malmaison. 



Baroness KotllSChild. Rich satiny pink, very large and 



double ; one of the best. 

 Boule de Xeig^e. Pure white, petals of great substance, 



medium size, fine 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 grovver and grand foliage. 

 Captain Hay ward. Bright crimson carmine, an entirely 



distinct 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. 

 Gloire Lyouaisse. White, tinted with yellow ; large, 



full and of good shape; entirely distinct. 

 <jrUStave Pig'aiieau. Brilliant carmine lake; very large, 



equalling Paul Neyron in size, but of belter shape ; full and 



cupped : handsome buds. 

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



great substance ; very free and good. 

 Xady Helen Stewart, Bright crimson-scarlet; petals 



smooth, of. great substance ; highly perfumed. 

 la France. Splendid satiny rose; very large, full, fine 



form, a constant bloomer; undoubtedly one of the best. 



Price : Strong 2-yeai-old budded plants 40 cts. 



Mrs. J. Sliarnian Crawford, Deep rosy pink, outer 



petals shaded with pale flesh ; distinct and fine. 



Mine. Gabriel Lnizet. Pale pink; a delicate and beau- 

 tiful tint; large and full, cupped; very svieet. 



Margaret Dickson. White, with pale flesh centre; large 

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

 white hybrid yet introduced. 



Merveille de L<yon. Pure white, sometimes flushed with 

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

 Rothschild. 



Mag'na Charta. Bright pink, suffused with carmine ; a 

 beautiful rose; strong, vigorous grower. 



Mrs. John Laing'. Soft pink, finely shaped and exceed- 

 ingly fragrant; it commences flowering early, is remarkably 

 free and continues late in autumn. 



Marie Baiinian, Bright carmine; very large, smooth 

 and of exqiusite form ; one of the best. 



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

 largest of all. 



Kodocanachi. A beautiful transparent rose color, shaded 

 pink; large, full and veiy fragrant. 



Souvenir de 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, 

 ach ; $4.00 per doz. Set of 25 varieties for §7.50. 



DAMAvSK ROSES. 



These four old Roses should be in every garden. Though they bloom but once a year, their fragrance, beauty, perfect hardi- 

 ness and the abundance of flowers they produce make them indispensable. 



Cabbage, or Provence. Rosy-pink flowers. I Madame Plantier. Pure white, and a free bloomer; un- 



rivaled for hedges or cemetery use. 

 Madame Hardy. Beautiful, large, double-white flowers. | White Provence. Pure white, delightfully fragrant, 



30 cts. each; the set of 4 for $1.00. 



