NOVELTIES IN ROSES. 



XI 



New Ever= Blooming: Roses for 1895. 



ALBERTINE BOltGUKT. Large, almost full, flowers, beautifully formed. Color, yellow-mauve with canary 

 centre, sometimes shaded witli light green. A constant bloomer and very fragrant. In haliit and shape of flower it resembles 

 Isabella Sprunt, but the petals have more substance and the flowers are more double. A new and strange color in roses. Good 

 young plants, 2r> cts. each. 



COMTESSE r>USY. Moderate and branching in growth, with large, full, pure white flowers of handsome, imbricated 

 form. The beautiful buds are long and finely moulded. Good young plants, 25 cts. each. 



COKIENNE. A new English rose of great promise. It has been awarded the gold medal in 

 London and several certificates of merit. The color is a beautiful flesh, shaded with rose and sufl^used 

 with tawny copper. The flowers are of a large size, excellent shape and freely produced. Good 

 young plants, 35 cts. each. 



GKAZIELiIiA. A strong- growing variety, with very large, exceed- 

 ingly full flowers, always opening well. Color cream- white, tinted witlipink ; 

 brilliant satiny petals. This lovely sort has received several silver medals 

 in France. Good young plants, 50 cts. each. 



MADAME CAKNOT. A new French variety that will be use- 

 ful because of its beautiful, long, pointed buds, which can be cut with very 

 long stems. The flowers are white, shading to pale sulphur-yellow ; very 

 large and nearly full. Good young plants, 25 cts. each. 



MADAME EDWARD HELFENBIEN. We re- 

 gret that this lovely Rose has not a popular name, for it is one of the 

 best of the Continental varieties for 1895. It is of strong, vigorous 

 ^,,,,„„, growth, of free-flowering habit, and the flowers are so unique in 

 ,^g|M||^^ ■'Jfv^ ^^MRJ 'H™^H Y I jfl|M^B ^^^^ ^^y color that we value it as an important addition to our list of fine 

 ^^^^^ — -wjmu'S^ 't /i|. iH^^^^^^ ^"W Roses. The buds are globular, with petals of good substance ; the 



^Hg /■_ji'!!Sr^^^^^*'*'^fci^^^^^^^ ^"^^ flower is double and the color is chamois-apricot-yellow, shaded 



"^rI_AJ^j»wr ^'HlBlkv.u,. /^^Ik' -V-i^L-*-. with carmine-rose, veined in varying depth. Good young plants, 35 



cts. each. 



MADAME JOS. COMBET. A Hybrid Tea of very strong 

 growth. The flowers are produced singly on exceptionally long, thorn- 

 less stems, and are large, full, and perfectly imbricated. Beautiful cream- 

 white, tinted rose, with light-yellow centre. This lovely sort 

 received the Silver Medal in France. Good young plants, 

 50 cts. each. 



PEKLE DE FEU. A perfect little gem. 

 The flovvers are of only medium size; but the buds are per- 

 fectly formed, and the color is so intense that its name, " The 

 Fire Pearl," is a better description than any we can give. 

 French Rosanans describe it as poppy-red, shaded vermilion 

 and nankeen-yellow, with chamois tints on the reflex of petals. 

 1 odd, captivating little rose Good young plants, 35 cts. 



YVONNE GKAVIEK. Flowers of medium 



size, almost double Color a beautiful cream, shading at the 



centre to canary-yellow , reverse of petals light rose. The 



combination of colors gives a delicate freshness to the flowers that 



very attractive. Good young 

 plants, 25 cts. each. 



GERMAINE TRO- 



CHON. A new climbing 



Hybrid Tea of very 



vigoious growth. 



^^s, Thefloweisare 



N^^c>^^^^^ color, 



light sal- 

 mon, with nan- 

 keen-orange and 

 yellow centies. A val- 

 uable climbing Rose for the 

 South. Good young plants, 

 25 cts. each. 



liANIEGE. Anew 

 Bengal or Daily Rose. We 

 have only a few Roses of this 

 ■ class, and this lovely variety is 

 a welcome addition. The flowers 

 are pure white, medium in size, very double, and so freely pro- 

 duced that a bed of it will be m bloom the entire Summer. 

 The form of the full flower is quite distinct ; the centre petals are 

 formed like an Anemone, while the outer ones are reflexed. 

 Good young plants, 25 cts. each. 



HIPPOLYTE BARREAU. Distinguished 

 among the crimson roses of the year for its striking shape and 

 contour, which are as beautiful, as they are unusual. In the 

 buds, which are solid and beautifully moulded, the petals 

 close upon each other in folds of deep carmine-crimson, 

 shaded with velvety maroon ; in the open flower they are 

 regularly and elegantly reflexed almost to the centre, yet 

 with a soft, light effect that has no suggestion of heaviness. A glowing flower, so double and perfect that it challenges you to find 

 any fault with it. Good young plants, 35 cts. each. 



We will furnish the above collection of new Roses, including CRIMSON RAMBLER, described on page 110 of this 

 catalogue (which is absolutely the greatest novelty in Roses introduced for many years), 13 plants in all, for $4 00. 



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