• SELECT ROSES 7 fflU ™ 



Rose, Her Majesty. 



Qustave Piganeatl. Brilliant carmine lake; very large, 

 equaling Paul Neyron in size. 



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

 great substance ; very free and good. 



Her Majesty. Clear, bright satiny rose, petals most regularly 

 arranged and rich, heavy foliage; a gem. 



Jeannie Dickson. Rosy pink, edged with silvery pink; 

 very full. 



La France. Splendid satiny rose ; a constant bloomer; un- 

 doubtedly one of the best. 



Mrs. J. Sharman Crawford. Deep rosy pink, outer petals 

 shaded with pale flesh. 



rime. Gabriel Luizet. Pale pink; a delicate and beautiful 

 tint; large and full, cupped; very sweet. 



Marchioness of Downshire. Satin pink, shaded with 

 rose; large and full. 



riarchioness of Dufferin. Rosy pink, suffused with yel- 

 low at base of petals. 



Margaret Dickson. White, with pale flesh centre ; large 

 shell-like petals; good form, handsome foliage. 



Merveille de Lyon. Pure white, sometimes flushed with 

 satin rose; very Urge and full. 



Mrs. John Laing. Soft pink; exceedingly fragrant; com- 

 mences flowering early and continues late. 



riarie Bauman. Bright carmine; very large, smooth and of 

 exquisite form ; one of the best. 



Rodocanachi. A beautiful transparent rose color, shaded 

 pink; large, full and very fragrant. 



Tom Wood. Cherry-red; shell-shaped petals. 



Ulrich Brunner. Bright cerise-red, magnificent petals and 

 a fine Rose in every respect. 



Large, strong 2-year-old plants, 40 cts. each; $4.00 per doz.; 

 $30.00 per 100. Set of 25 varieties, $7 50. 



IRISH=QROWN 



ROSES. 



Some ten or twelve years ago several Philadelphia 

 amateur Rose growers imported collections of Dick- 

 son's Irish Roses, which gave such excellent results 

 that they at once gained a local reputation, which is 

 spreading each season, as we have sold them to all 

 parts of the country, and they have been so entirely 

 satisfactory that we find it necessary to increase our 

 imports every year. From our own experience, as well 

 as from the reports received from our own customers, 

 the collection of twenty-five sorts enumerated below 

 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 cli- 

 matic 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 that a wild shoot starts from the 

 base, and if it should happen, the growth and foliage 

 of the stock are so distinct that it is readily recognized 

 by the most inexperienced amateur, and is easily re- 

 moved. 

 Alfred Colomb. Bright, clear cherry-red, shaded 



with crimson ; globular, full and very sweet. 

 Baroness Rothschild. Rich satiny pink; very 



large. 

 Beauty of Waltham. Bright rosy-carmine; large 



and lull, of cupped form. 

 Captain Hayward, Bright crimson carmine, an en- 

 tirely distinct shade of color, of perfect form and 



very sweet. 

 Charles Lefebvre. Bright crimson, shading darker 



in the centre ; very double, of fine form. 

 Clio. Flesh color, shaded in the centre with rosy 



pink ; large and of fine form. 



Dufferin. Velvety crimson, shaded with ma- 



Earl of 



roon. 

 Fisher Holmes. Magnificent scarlet, shaded 



velvety maroon ; very brilliant, large and full. 

 Gloire Lyonnaise. White, tinted with yellow 



and of good shape ; entirely distinct. 



with deep 

 i large, full 



Rose, Gloi 1- " Lyonnaisk. 



