GENERAL CATALOGUE. 153 



ROSES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. 



ROSES MOST SUITABLE FOR FORCING. 



Those which excel for the various qualities considered are marked * 



SUMMER VARIETIES.— *Blanchefleur, Common Moss, Crested Moss, Gracilis (Moss), Mme. Hardy, Mme. Zcet- 

 man, *Mme. Plantier, *Magna Charta. 



BENGAL AND BOURBON.— Agrippina, Doug-lass, Duchess of Edinburgh, Edward Desfosses, Hermosa, Souvenir 

 de la Malmaison. 



TEA SCENTED- *Bon Silene, Bougere, *Bride, ^Catharine Mermet, Coquette de Lyon, Comtesse Riza du Pare, 

 Etoile de Lyon, Gerard Desbois, Homer, ^Isabella Sprunt, *Mme. Bravy, *Mme. Hoste, Mme. Lambard, Marie 

 Guillot, *Marie Van Houtte, *Niphetos, Odorata, *Papa Gontier, *Perle des Jardins, Rosalie, Bubens, *Safrano,. 

 *Souvenir d'un Ami, and some others. 



HYBRID NOISETTE.— Coquette des Alpes, Coquette des Blanches, Madame Noman, and others. 



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

 gottin, *Countess of Oxford, *Comtesse de Serenye, Francois Michelon, ^Hippolyte Jamain, John Hopper, La 

 Reine, Mabel Morrison, *Madame G. Luizet, *Mme. Lacharme, *Marguerite de St. Amande, Marquise de Castel- 

 lane, *Mrs. John Laing, Paul Neyron, *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 Lef ebve, *Fisher Holmes, *General Jacqueminot, 



*GJoire de Margottin, Louis Van Houtte, Marie Baumann, Pierre Notting, Marshall P. Wilder. 



CLIMBING ROSES FOR CONSERVATORY. 



NOISETTE. — Lamarque, Marechal Neil, Solfaterre, and others. 



BENGAL. — James Sprunt. 



TEA SCENTED.— All the Climbing- Varieties. 



FREE BLOOMING AUTUMNAL ROSES. 



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



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



Michelon, General Washington, Hippolyte Jamain, Horace Vernet, John Hopper, La Reine, Louis Van Houtte, 



Mabel Morrison, **Marguerite de St. Amande, Marie Baumann, **Marshall P. Wilder, Paul Neyron, *Rev. J. B. 



M. Camm, 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.— Banksia, Common Moss, Crested Moss, Gracilis (Moss), Blanchefleur, Centifolia, Madame Hardy.. 



NOISETTE.— Cloth of Gold, Marechal Niel. 



TEA. — *Bon Silene, Catharine Mermet, Comtesse Riza du Pare, ^Climbing- Devoniensis, Mme. Bravy, Mme. Welche, 

 Marie Van Houtte, Odorata, *Souvenir d'un Ami, Reine Marie Henriette. 



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



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

 Jacqueminot, Horace Vernet, Lady Helen Stewart, **Louis Van Houtte, *Mme. Victor Verdier, Marie Rady, 

 Marie Baumann, ^Marshall P. Wilder, Maurice Bernardin, Pierre Notting-, Rev. J. B. M. Camm, Xavier Olibo. 



THE MOST HARDY ROSES. 



BOURBON. — Apolline, Edward Desfosses, Hermosa, *Louise Odier. 



CLIMBING TEA.— Gloire de Dijon, Reine Marie Henriette. 



TEA. — Bougere, Gerard Desbois, Homer, Madame de Vatry, Marie Ducher, *Sombreuil. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL.— Abel Grand, Anne de Diesbach, Baron de Bonstetten, *Baronne Prevost, *Baroness 

 Rothschild, Caroline de Sansal, Charles Margottin, Comtesse de Serenye, Edward Morren, Francois Michelon, 

 General Jacqueminot, *La Reine, *Mabel Morrison, Mme. Joly, Marguerite de St. Amande, Marquise de Castel- 

 lane, Marshall P. Wilder, Maurice Bernardin. 



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



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COLOR DIVISION. 



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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 free, mod., divf. 



DEEP CRIMSON AND MAROON.— A Carriere, mod. or free. Baron de Bonstetten, vig. Earl of Dufferin, vig. 

 Jean Liabaud, free. Lady Helen Stewart, vig. Louis Van Houtte, free. Pierre Notting, free or vig. Prince 

 Camille, free. Xavier Olibo, free or mod. 



