GENERAL CATALOGUE. 137 



ROSES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. 



ROSES MOST SUITABLE FOR FORCING. 



Those which excel for the various quaUties considered are marked *. 



SUMMER VARIETIES.— Common Moss, Crested Moss, Crimson Rambler, Gracilis (Moss), Mme. 



Hardy. *Mnie. Plantier, *Magna Charta. 

 BENGAL AND BOURBON.— Hermosa, Souvenir de la Malmaison. 

 POLYANTHA.— Clothilde Soupert. 

 HYBRID TEA.— La France, Meteor. 



HYBRID NOISETTE.— Coquette des Alpes, Coquette des Blanches. 

 HYBRID PERPETUAL.— *American Beauty, *Anne de Diesbach, *Baroness Rothschild, Charles Mar- 



gottin, *Countess of Oxford, *Comtesse de Serenye, Francois Michelon, John Hopper. La Reine, 



Mabel Morrison, *Mademe G. Luizet, *Marchioness of Londonderry, ^Marguerite de St. Amande, 



*Mrs. John Laing, Paul Xeyron, *Ulrich Brunner, Victor Verdier. 

 Charles Margottin is the only crimson one named in the list, the dark varieties being much inferior to the 

 light ones for this purpose. Among the best are Alfred Colomb, Charles Lefebvre, *Fisher Holmes, *Gen- 

 eral Jacqueminot, *Gloire de Margottin, Marie Baumann, Pierre Netting, Marshall P. Wilder. 



FREE BLOOMING AUTUMNAL ROSES. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL.— Abel Grand, *Alfred Colomb, Anne de Diesbach, Baronne Prevost, 

 Baroness Rothschild, *Boieldieu, Clio, *Comtesse de Serenye, Countess of Oxford, Eugenie 

 Verdier, *Francois Michelon, General Washington, Horace Vernet, John Hopper, La Reine, Mabel 

 Morrison, Marchioness of Londonderry, Margaret Dickson, **Marguerite de St. Amande, Marie 

 Baumann, **Marshall P. Wilder, **Mrs' John Laing, Mrs. R. G. S. Crawford, Paul Xeyron, *Rev. J. 

 B. M. Camm, *Ulrich Brunner, Victor Verdier. 

 Besides these varieties of Hybrid Perpetuals, all other classes of Perpetual Roses, with the exception of 



a few sorts, produce flowers freely in the Autumn. 



HIGHLY SCENTED ROSES. 



SUMMER ROSES.— Common Moss, Crested Moss, Gracilis (Moss), Centifolia, Madame Hardy. 



HYBRID TEA.— *Duchess of Albany, *La France. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL.— *American Beauty, Alfred Colomb, Baronne Prevost, *Earl of Dufferin, 

 General Jacqueminot, Horace Vernet, Lady Helen Stewart, **Louis Van Houtte, *Mme. Victor 

 Verdier, *-^Iarie Radv. Marie Baumann, *Marshall P. Wilder, Maurice Bernardin, Pierre Xotting, 

 Rev. J. B. M. Camm. ' 



THE MOST HARDY ROSES. 



BOURBON.— Apolline, Hermosa. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL.— Anne de Diesbach, Baron de Bonstetten, *Baroness Rothschild, Caroline de 

 Sansal, Charles Margottin, Earl of Dufferin, Francois Levet, Francois Michelon, General Jacqueminot, 

 Lady Helen Stewart, *Mabel Morrison, Mme. G. Luizet, Margaret Dickson, Marguerite de St. 

 Amande, Marshall P. Wilder, Maurice Bernardin, Paul Xeyron, Ulrich Brunner. 



SUMMER ROSES. — All of these are hardy with scarce any exception. 



HYBRID RUGOSA— Mme. G. Bruant, and others. 



COLOR DIVISION. 



SELECT HYBRID REMONTANT ROSES. 



This arrangement will be an aid to those desirous of planting in masses or beds, enabling them to select, 

 at a glance, varieties for different lines of color, etc. For planting in beds of more than one variety the habit 

 of growth should be carefully noted, selecting for the center of the bed those sorts marked vig.; next in order 

 those sorts marked /r^'^, 7nod., d-warf. 



DEEP CRIMSON OR MAROON.— A. Carriere, 7?iod. or free. Baron de Bonstetten, vig. Earl of Duf- 

 ferin, t-/^^-. Eugene Furst, cvV Jean Liabaud,/rtv. Louis Van Houtte, rt't.T/'. Pierre Xotting, /;v^ 

 or vig. Prince Ca.miUe, free. 

 BRIGHT CRIMSON. — Chas. Lefebvre, free. Fisher Holmes, free. Gen. Jacqueminot, 77>. Horace 

 Vernet, mod. 



CARMINE-CRIMSON AND VERMILION.— A. Colomb, /;r^. Charles Margottin, wc'</. General 



Washington, mc7d. Gloire de Margottin, v/g. Lady Helen Stewart, vig. Mme. V. Verdier, mod. 



Marie Rsidy, free. Marie Baumann, mod. Marshall P. Wilder, vig. Maurice Bernardin, vtg^ 

 ox free. 



