J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, NJ.— ROSES 



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THE BEST CLIMBING ROSES 



W onderful improvement in Climbing Roses has been made in recent j-ears, and these im- 

 provements have been accomplished chiefly by American hybridizers. W e are fortunate in hav- 

 ing a good supply of these premier varieties. 



Price, strong two-year plants, 50c. each: S5.00 per dozen. 



Price, from 5-inch pots, 60c. each: $6.00 per dozen. 



Unless otherwise noted. 



ALIDA LOVETT 



inis IS an iir.pro . ement upon that great 

 climbing rose, the Dr. \\ . \ an Fleet. It is a 

 hj-brid of the Pres. Carnot and the Memorial 

 Rose, and during a painstaking test of twelve 

 years it has not developed a defect. In habit, 

 it is quite like the popular Van Fleet, but with 

 larger and more beautiful mildew-proof foliage. 



Both buds and flowers are large: are of 

 ideal form, are held on stift stems a foot and 

 a half to two feet long and the color is a 

 lively bright shell pink with shadings of rich 

 sulphur at the base of petals — a combination 

 that IS both novel and beautiful. The flower^ 

 are of remarkable substance and long lived, 

 whether cut or left to remain upon the plant, 

 and are pleasantly perfumed. It is very much 

 brighter and more cheerful in color, with larger 

 flowers than those of the justly popular Dr 

 Van Fleet Rose. 



The plant is of strong crrowth and a free 

 bloomer and of ironclad hardihood: flowering 

 for a long season. When the flowers fade, the 

 petals fall at once. 



Large two-year plants in five-inch pots oi 

 from nursery row, each, 75c.; dozen. $7.50. 



AMERICAN PILLAR 



In a class by itself and very valuable. So 

 fine in habit and foliage it is well worth grow- 

 ing as a climber for covering summer houses, 

 etc. — yet its wealth of bloom is truly wonder- 

 ful. Correctly described as "a single flower 

 ing rose with blossoms three inches across, 

 borne in immense clusters. Color, lovely apple 

 blossom pink with bright golden stamens, fol- 

 lowed in autumn with red hips." It exceeds in 

 strong growth even the Crimson Rambler and 

 Dorothy Perkins — in fact, all other varieties. 



BESS LOVETT 



The most fragrant of all climbin- roses. It 

 is of strong growth with large, glossy Silver 

 Moon-like foliage and what is remarkable in 

 a climbing rose, the flowers are exquisitely 

 fragrant — as fragrant as those of the famous 

 American Beauty or any of the choice hybrid 

 perpetual roses. There is no other climbing 

 rose we have ever seen that at all approaches, 

 much less rivals, this grand rose in perfume: 

 its fragrance being full, rich and sweet, with 

 the refreshiu'^'- piquanc}- of the Carnation. 



The roses, which are lavishly produced, are 

 of good size, double, full and cupped form: be- 

 ing similar in make-up to the Climbing Amer- 

 ican Beauty but very much brighter in color 

 and more fragrant by far. 



The color is a clear bright red; much like 

 the brilliant Clrich Brunner, but of an even 

 livelier and more dazzling 'hue. The roses, 

 which are very lasting, are also ver}- beautiful 

 in bud, and are borne on long strong stems in 

 the same way as are those of the Dr. Van 

 Fleet; hence are admirable for cutting. It has 

 a long season of blooming. 



Large plants, each, 75c. 



CLIMBING ORLEANS 



Identical in flower with the popular bab\' 

 rambler Orleans, with the same constant and 

 free blooming properties but of climbing habit: 

 and is hardy. Flowers are Geranium red with 

 white at center and are produced in large 

 heads or clusters. Especially valuable by rea- 

 son of blooming for a very long period. Large 

 tield-grown plants, each, 75c.: dozen, $7.50. 



DR. W. VAN FLEET 



The superb flowers are produced on long 

 stems and equal in size and beauty fine roses 

 grown under glass. A strong grower, with 

 abundant, beautiful foliage and is extremely 

 hardy. Flowers when open run four inches 

 and over in diameter. The center is built high, 

 petals beautifully undulated and cupped. The 

 color is a delicate pink on the surface, deep- 

 ening to rosy flesh in the center. The flowers 

 are full and double, delicately perfumed; buds 

 pointed. 



