38 J. T. LOVETT, INC., LITTLE SILVER, N. J.— ROSES 



ALIDA LOVETT— THE PREMIUM ROSE 



Given Away to Patrons of the Monmouth Nursery 



The Alida Lovett in Bud 



This new climbing rose may be described in brief by saying it is an improved Dr. Van Fleet; and I 

 believe it to be the finest and most valuable climbing rose as yet upon the earth. It is a hybrid of Pres. 

 Carnot and the Memorial Rose produced by the great hybridizer. Dr. Van Fleet, some ten years ago and 

 has ever since its origin been under careful painstaking test. It has not developed a defect. In habit it is 

 quite like the popular Van Fleet but with larger and more beautiful mildew-proof glossy foliage. 



Both buds and flowers are large, of ideal form (see illustration of buds and flowers above) are held on 

 strong stiff stems a foot and a half to two feet long and in color are a lively bright shell pink with shadings 

 of rich sulphur at base of petals — a combination that is as beautiful as it is novel. The flowers are of re- 



