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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA— SELECT ROSES 



Memorial Rose 



XORO PENZAISCE'S 



HYBRID SWEET BRIERS 



For best effect should be grown as pillar Roses; furnish them 

 -with a stake or pole 5 to 6 feet high, tying the main shoots to 

 this and allowing the laterals to develop and ramble at pleasure. 

 Treated in this way and without pruning, beyond cutting out 

 dead and superfluous branches, they will produce an abundance of 

 lovely single or semi-double flowers with a beauty all thetr own. 

 Anne Ot Geirstein. Dark crimson, of graceful habit. 

 Srenda. Maiden's blush or peach, dainty in color and shade; 



the effect of the golden anthers addj a peculiar charm. 

 Meg MerrilieS. Gorgeous crimson, very free-flowering, won- 

 derfully robust habit, large foliage; one of the best. 

 Price, extra strong two-year-old plants, 60 cts. each; $6.00 

 per doz. 



AUSTRIAN BRIER ROSES 



A very hardy type, producing medium-sized flowers of the most 

 pleasing and rich shades of yellow, copper, etc. This class re- 

 quires little or no pruning, simply cut out superfluous and dead 

 wood. 



Austrian Copper. Beautiful bright reddish copper; single. 

 Harrison's Yellow. Fine double golden-yellow flowers. 

 Persian Yellow. Large, deep golden-yellow; extra fine. 



Strong two-year-old plants, 60 cts. each; $6.00 per doz.; 



$45.00 per 100. One each of the 3 sorts for $1.50. 



The Old Favorite Bourbon Rose, 

 « HERMOSA " 



This old favorite has still many friends on account of the freedotn 

 -with which its medium-sized, bright pink flowers are produced, it 

 rarely being out of bloom from early June until hard frost in the 

 late autumn. Strong two-year-old plants, 50 cts. each; $5.00 

 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 



MEMORIAI., or EVERGREEN ROSES 



The type of this group of Roses, Sosa Wichuraiana, is of Japanese origin, 

 and flowers during June and July. This, as well as the varieties that have 

 originated from it, are of a trailing habit of growth, very hardy, and are recom- 

 mended for covering graves; hence one of its names — Memorial Rose — dim: ii.g 

 over walls, arbors, stumps of trees, or for trailing over rocks or rough grounc.; 

 in fact, anywhere where a climbing or trailing Rose can be used. The foliage i ; 

 of a leathery texture, of a beautiful shining green, and not only proof agair.st 

 all insects, but is retained on the plants until late in the winter, making them 

 almost evergreen. 

 Evergreen Gem. Flowers buff, changing to creamy white, very double, 



foliage dense, of rich bronzy-green. 

 Gardenia. Buds bright yellow opening double flowers of a cream color^ 



incurving towards evening to the shape and color of a Cape Jessamine; hence 



its name. 

 South Orange Perfection. Dwarf, trailing habit, double flowers, blush 



pink at tips, changing to white. 

 Triumph. Double white flowers, produced in clusters; sweet scented. 

 Universal Favorite. Flowers very double of a pretty rose color. 

 Wichuraiana. Beautiful fragrant single pure white flowers, with yellow 



stamens, followed in fall with bright red hips or berries. 



Strong two-year-old plants, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per lOo. 

 Set of 6 sorts $2.50. 



Fine Climbing Hybrid-Tea Roses 



While not as a rule as free-flowering as the bush type of Hybrid-tea Roses, 

 these climbing forms produce a large crop of beautiful flowers in June, with 

 a liberal scattering of blooms throughout the season. In pruning this cl.iss, 

 cut out all small, thin wood and cut the strong shoots back to 

 prominent eyes. 

 Climbing Caroline Testout. A climbing form of the old 



favorite satin) pink. 

 Climbing Belle Siebrecht. Identical with its parent, a 



brilliant imperial-pink color. 

 Climbing Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. The climbing form 



of this most popular white Rose; very free. 

 Price. Strong two-year-old plants, 60 cts, each; $6.00 per doz. 

 One each of the 8 sorts, $1.50. 



Lord Penzance's Hybrid S^veet Briers 



