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The Twelve “Best” 
Hardy Garden 
ROSES: 
The twelve varieties listed below have been offered under this heading 
with a view of supplying the amateur, who is not familiar with the various 
varieties, and to whom a selection from the long list of Hybrid Perpetuals 
must necessarily prove confusing, as a collection which combines as varied a 
range of color as can be brought together in such a number of plants, with 
freedom of flowering, perfect form, fragrance, hardiness and 
general excellence, 
The plants offered are exceptionally heavy two- 
year-old stock, which will under ordinary conditions 
give a full crop of flowers this season; and while their 
main crop is produced in June, they frequently produce fine 
flowers throughout the summer and autumn. The cultural hints 
given on page 141 should assist the amateur in getting out the lar- 
gest measure of success from these plants. 
Anna de Diesbach. Clear, bright carmine-pink, very large, 
full and finely shaped; fragrant and a free bloomer. 
Baron de Bonstetten. Velvety blackish crimson ; very large, 
double, fragrant flowers; a strong grower. 
Baroness Rothschild. A superb Rose, of pale, satiny-rose; 
very large. 
Frau Karl Druschki. This is the ideal hardy white Rose, pure 
in color, perfect in form; strong grower and remarkably free- 
flowering; superb in every way. 
General Jacqueminot. Brilliant scarlet-crimson; an old 
favorite and one of the best known Roses in cultivation; does 
well everywhere. 
Gloire Lyonnaise. White, tinted with yellow; large, full 
and of good shape; very distinct and pleasing. 
Magna Charta. Bright pink, suffused with carmine; a beau- 
tiful Rose; strong, vigorous grower. 
Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford. Deep rosy-pink, outer 
petals shaded with pale flesh, A beautiful Rose in every 
respect. 
Mrs. John Laing. Soft pink, of beautiful form; exceedingly 
fragrant and remarkably free-flowering. Always does well and ~ 
stands very close to the top among fine Roses, 
Paul Neyron. Dark rose, of enormous size; perhaps the 
largest of all. 
Prince Camille de Rohan. Deep velvety crimson-maroon, 
shaded scarlet; a magnificant dark Rose. 
Uirich Brunner. Bright cherry-red; flowers large and full; 
a good strong grower and always does well. 
* fs 4 || Extra strong two-year-old plants, 40 cts. each; $4.00 
» | | q per doz.; $30.00 per 100. 
ee Set of 12 ‘* Best’’ Varieties for $4.00. 
Rose, Mrs. JOHN LAING. 
Do not overlook our offer of Everblooming Hybrid Tea Roses on page 144. 
