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Our stock of Roses this season is especially 

 ^ fine, comprising the best and most reliable va- 

 lliii, '"' ...jiiftiL JaMMHIr ^ ff ^ rieties of the various classes offered: all are 



good growers, easy of culture and beautiful in 

 flower; the best selections that can be made for 

 ^ general culture. Autumn is the best season in which to plant the 

 hardy Roses. The great interest now so generally taken in the 

 culture of Roses for winter blooming has induced us to grow a 

 number of the best varieties especially for this purpose, such as are 

 here offered under the headings of Everblooming and Hybrid Teas, Polyanthas, Hybrid Perpetuals, etc. They 

 are the most popular and valuable winter bloomers and the most beautiful of Roses. 



All our Roses are upon their own roots. The illustration upon page 28 shows the style of plant from 4 in. pot, 

 strong;, and vigorous. 



Those Roses offered from 2% in. pots will be mailed postpaid at prices quoted, if preferred; all other sizes 

 are too large and heavy to be sent by mail and should go by express. 



ALICE ALDRICH 



We know of no other Rose than 

 this in which can be found united 

 the valuable merits of ironclad 

 hardiness, perpetual bloom, rich, 

 sweet perfume, with beauty of 

 form and color. We have numer- 

 ous hardy Roses possessing one or 

 more of these good qualities but 

 none that combines them all, ex- 

 cepting Alice Aldrich. It is a 

 truly distinct Rose, a hybrid be- 

 tween Rosa rugosa and that splen- 

 did old variety of the hybrid per- 

 petual or remontant class, Caro- 

 line de Sansal. In habit of growth 

 and foliage it strongly resembles 

 the rugosa species, possessing the 

 same abundant, rich, dark green, 

 clean and healthy foliage and 

 moss-rose-like buds. In like man- 

 ner it inherits the property of this 

 species of blooming with great 

 profusion in June and continuing 

 to flower throughout the summer 

 and autumn. It also possesses all 

 the ruggedness and iron-clad hard- 

 iness of its Japanese parent. On 

 the other hand, the flower in make- 

 up, finish, color and fragrance of 

 its flowers resembles to a greater 

 degree the Caroline de Sansal. 

 The roses are meiium to large in 

 size, densely double (beautiful in 

 the bud) and of pure, bright peach- 

 blow pink throughout. There is 

 no other rose we have ever grown 

 that is so rich in delicious damask 

 perfume. Unlike almost all other 

 roses its foliage is exempt from 

 mildew and the attacks of insects 

 or slugs, remaiuing healthy, clean 

 and bright, deep green until turn- 

 ed to a crimson color by frost. 



Strong plants from 5 in. pots, or 

 strong field grown plants, ea., 50c; 

 3 for $1.25; doz., $4.00. 



