THE "DREER DOZEN 



HARDY EVERBLOOMING HYBRID-TEA ROSES 



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For many years it has been customary for us to offer under this heading only the very best and most popular, well-tried varie- 

 ties of Hybrid-Tea Roses, with the majority of whicli every lover of the Rose is familiar. 



We recommend this collection for general planting to the amateur who wishes a limited number of varieties, and who is desirous 

 of a supply of extra choice flo'wers to cut throughout the summer and fall months. Those who desire a more extensive collection 

 can select with perfect confidence any variety in our collection of Hybrid-Tea Roses offered on pages 120 to 126. There is not 

 one individual sort which we cannot endorse as possessing superior merit, all having l)een thoroughly tested. 

 Caroline TestOUt (Pemet-Ducher, 1890). One of the most popular and valu- 

 able bedding varieties, large, full, globular flowers of bright satiny rose, with 

 brighter centre; very free and fragrant. 

 Duchess of Wellington (Dickson & Sons, 1909). Intense saffron-yellow 

 stained with deep crimson, changing to a deep coppery saffron-yellow as the 

 flowers develop. The flowers aie fairly full, with large petals of great sub- 

 stance, delightfully fragrant and very free-flowering. 

 Hoosier Beauty (Domer & Sons, 1915). Beautiful, well- 

 shaped, long buds and large, full, perfect flowers of an intense, 

 rich, dazzling, crimson-scarlet and deliciously fragrant. The 

 plant is of vigorous growth, and is conceded to be one of the 

 best Roses of its color. 

 Jonkheer J. L. Mock (Leenders, 1910)- One of the best 

 bedding varieties. The flowers, which are produced with the 

 greatest freedom on long stiff stems, are of large size and of 

 perfect form, of a deep imperial pink, the outside of the petals 

 silvery-rose white. 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (Peter Lambert, 1891). 

 This splendid Rose should be in every collection. In 

 color it is a soft pearly-white, tinted with just enough 

 lemon in the centre to relieve the white, remarkably fra- 

 grant, beautifully- formed flowers on long, graceful stems; a 

 strong, free, healthy grower. 

 Killarney Queen (Budlong, 1912). A decided improvement on 

 the popular Killarney, with larger, fragrant, well-formed buds 

 and flowers, which are absolutely perfect in all stages of devel- 

 opment; they are of a sparkling cerise-pink color, shading lighter at 

 the base of the petals, a strong, vigorous grower and free bloomer. 

 Los Angeles (Howard & Smith, 1917). We first sent out "Los 

 Angeles" in the spring of 1917. Many thousands of plants 

 have since been distributed, and we know from the many com- 

 plimentary letters received that it has given more satisfaction 

 than any other Rose we ever handled, and are convinced that 

 it is now one of the most popular i)edding Roses in America. 

 Los Angeles is, by all odds, one of the finest Roses ever 

 introduced. The growth is very vigorous, and produces a 

 continuous succession of long-stemmed flowers of a luminous 

 flame-pink, toned with coral and shaded with translucent gold 

 at the base of the petals. In richness of fragrance it equals 

 in intensity the finest Marechal Neil. The buds are long and 

 pointed, and expand info a flower of mammoth proportions, 

 while the beauty of form and ever-increasing wealth of color 

 is maintained from the incipient bud until the last petal drops. 

 $1.50 each. 

 Lady Ursula (Dickson & Sons, 1908). A truly magnificent 

 Rose of vigorous, erect growth; exceedingly free blooming 

 during the entire summer and autumn. The flowers produced 

 on every shoot are very large, full and of great substance and 

 perfect form, with high centre, from which the petals grace- 

 fully reflex; in color a delightful tone of flesh-pink, distinct 



from all others; delicately tea-scented. 



Price. Any of the above, except where noted, in strong two-; ear-old plants, 

 25 or more supplied at the 100 rale. 



One each of the " Dreer Dozen," a fine collection, for $12.00 



Hybrid-Tea Rose Los Angeles 



Lady Alice Stanley (McGredy, 1909). A gem that every- 

 one admires; it is absolutely perfect in every way; form, color, 

 size, fre-dom of bloom and fragrance, are all fully developed; 

 in color it is a beautiful shade of coral-rose, the inside of the 

 petals shading to flesh-pink with deeper flushes. 



Ophelia (Wm. Paul & Son, 1913). A variety which has made 

 such a record for it-elf that qualifies it to be classed with ihe 

 very best, a Rose that is admired by every one, its fl wers 

 are held erect on long stiff stems, are of perfect form, good 

 size, and of a most pleasing delicate tint of salmon-flesh, 

 shaded with rose, very floriferous. 



Radiance (Cook, 1909). An ideal bedding Rose of American 

 origin that continues to produce its large flowers throughout 

 the most unfavorable liot summer weather when frequently 

 many other varieties fail, in color a brilliant carmine-pink, 

 with salmon-pink and yellow shadings at the base of the 

 petals; tiuly a Rose for every garden. 



Red Radiance (Gude, 1916). A counterpart of Radiance 

 except in color whicli is a clear cerise-red, a most valuable 

 addition to our list of bedding Roses. 



.00 each; $12.00 per doz. ; $90.00 per 100; 



