Select Hardy Roses. 



No garden is complete without Roses. Space permits me to name but a few of the choicest varieties and with 

 brief notes only. The plants offered are strong, 1rwo y^ar^ old and much too large for mailing. 



DR. W. VAN FLEET. 



This I regard as the most beautiful and valuable climbing rose as yet offered. It is a hybrid of the PRES. 

 Carnot and Wichuraiana produced by Dr. W. Van Fleet, who created Philadelphia Rambler, American Pillar, 

 Ruby Queen, New Century, Sir Thos. Lipton and so many other superb roses. The cupped blossoms are large — 

 frequently four inches in diameter when expanded — very double and of the softest, tenderest flesh pink imaginable 

 at the outer petals, shading to deeper tints at the center. It is pleasantly and daintily fragrant. The beautifully 

 formed pointed buds are borne on stiff stems a foot to a foot and a half long, rendering it par excellence for cut- 

 ting. The plant a strong grower and free and constant bloomer for a long season, with abundant large, glossy, 

 rich green leaves with metallic cast; and best of all never mildews. It may justly be included in the small class 

 of disease-proof roses. 



I have watched and greatly admired this remarkable rose since its birth, now many years, and cannot command 

 words to do it half justice. It must be grown and seen to be fully appreciated. I am sure everybody who plants \\ 

 will be delighted with it. 



The Editor of the Florists' Exchange in June, 1909, said: "I think the greatest sensation in climbing or rambler 

 roses will be Dr. Van Fleet, not yet in commerce. I have had a trial plant for five or six years, and it excels all 

 other climbing pink roses as much as Killarney excels Hermosa. It is a Wichuraiana — President Carnot cross, with 

 shell pink blooms of perfect finish, borne on long stems, the general appearance suggesting a glass-grown Tea. 

 The flowers last so well after cutting that it is likely to be very useful in the trade. Foliage is handsome, growth 

 strong, and the plant is as hardy as the hardiest. While I would not be without some of the lovely pink ramblers, 

 Dr. Van Fleet is in a class by itself among American roses, and will take the place of some of the finer European 

 climbing Teas that refuse to stand our cl'mate." 



Heavy field grown plants, each, 75c; doz., $7.50. Strong field grown plants, each, 60c; doz., $6.00. 



Large plants from 5-inch pots, each, 75c; doz., $7,50. 



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