H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFOKD, ILLINOIS. 



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THE HARDY MEMORIAL ROSE. 



(ROSA WICHURAIANA). 



FOR USE IN CEMETERIES 



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It is difficult to conceive anything more appropriate, beautiful and enduring for 

 covering graves and plots in cemeteries than the Hardy Memorial Rose. It 

 creeps along the ground almost as closely as an Ivy, growing 10 feet in one season, 



GRAND 



SPECIAL 



PRICE 



The Eight New and Rare 

 Varieties quot e d on 

 this page worth from 

 25 to 35 cents each. 

 Your choice for only 



10 cents each; 

 $1.00 per doz. 



large 2-year-old 

 plants, 25 cents each. 



lense mat of very dark green, lustrous foliage. The Flowers are produced in lavish profusion, in clusters, on the ends of the short sid 



branches, after the June Roses are past, from the first week in July throughout the month, 

 _ and sparingly throughout the season. They are single, pure white, with a golden y el low disc, 



5 to 6 inches in circumference, and have the strong fragrance of the Banksia Roses. The 

 contrast between the satiny white of the petals and the golden yellow disc is sharp and 

 pleasing and is one of the distinctive charms of the beautiful Hardy Memorial Rose, 

 and they fairly cover the entire plant when in bloom, a mass of great snow-tlakes with the 

 rich, dark green showing here and there. But its use is not confined to Cemeteries. 

 Planted in the Rose garden, alone or among other Roses, and trained upright to a stake, it 

 may be had from 3 to 6 feet high, as desired, and it will 6end sprays of flowers drooping 

 downward, making the prettiest sight imaginable. It is largely used throughout the famous 

 park system of Boston for covering rocky slopes, embankments and such places as it *7as 

 desired to cover quickly with verdure. It quickly adapts itself to all conditions of growth, 

 whether barren soil, rocky ledge, fertile garden, shady nook or sun-kissed slope, and no more 

 litting place can be found for it than running through the grass. 10 cents each; large 

 2-year-old plants, 25 cents each. 



Be sure and include "Pseonies" in your order. (See painting from 

 Nature on outside back cover.) Never before have you been able to buy 

 these Superb Hardy Plants at so low a price. 



CREEPS 



ON THE 

 GROUND 



Like ivy; dark green 

 leaves; numberless 

 satiny white flowers, 

 with golden yellow 

 discs; hardy as grass 

 and will grow in sun 

 or shade. 



THE FLOWERS ILLUSTRATED ARE NOT NEAR THEIR NATURAL SIZE. 



A NEW RACE OF ROSES, HYBRIDS OF ROSA WICHURAIANA. 



Double White Memorial Rose, Manila's Triumph— This is the 

 gem of this excellent collection and may well be called the Double 

 Memorial Rose, as it preserves the color of the parent, with its 

 characteristics of growth and foliage, but the ilowers are double and very 

 fragrant. They are produced in clusters of from twelve to eighteen 

 flowers on each cluster on small side shoots, literally covering the plant 

 nnd standing well above the foliage, giving a very graceful appearance. 

 This variety will be valuable for all purposes, whether for trailing on the 

 ground for cemetery use, growing on fences and gate posts, boundary walls, 

 or as specimens in pots or tubs. 



Double Pink Memorial Rose— (Universal Favorite)— A fitting 

 companion to the above, identical in growth, but with perfectly-formed 

 double flowers 1>< to 2 inches in diameter, of a soft light pink, and very 

 fragrant. 



Evergreen Gem — Flowers double, yellow, buff in bud, opening to 

 almost white, 2 to 3 inches in diameter; perfectly double, and with a deli- 

 cate Sweet Brier fragrance. 



Gardenia— Buds bright yellow, open flowers cream color, and 3 to 

 3Hj inches in diameter; delightfully fragrant. 



South Oranfre Perfection— This variety is similar to the preced- 

 ing ones in growth. It has double flowers, soft blush changing to white, 



about 1 ''j inches in diameter. The blossoms are, if anything, more freely 

 produced than on the preceding, and are more double; perfect rosettes 

 in shape. This is a very pretty variety and entirely distinct from the 

 others. 



Jersey I5eauty— Flowers single, 3 inches in diameter, pale yellow, 

 covering the plant entirely; very fragrant. 



Pink Roamer — This variety shows undoubted traces of. descent from 

 the Sweet Brier, both in the color and the shape of the blossoms and in its 

 exquisite fragrance. The growth is much stronger than the preceding. The 

 single flowers are over 2 inches in diameter, a bright rich pink, with a 

 large silvery white center and orange red stumens, producing a most 

 charming effect. This variety, from its artistic appearance, will undoubt- 

 edly be very largely planted in parks and large private grounds. The 

 fragrance is not the least charm of this beautiful Rose, and we believe that 

 eventually it will become one of the most valuable productions of recent : 

 years. 



The Double Varieties will unquestionably make grand pot plants 

 for the greenhouse or conservatory, and can also be used as climbers, and 

 we believe that the white variety will eventually take rank with the Crimson 

 Rambler and form a splendid contrast to it. 



All these Roses were certificated by the New York Florists' Club and the New York Gardeners' Society. 

 Manda's Triumph received the Silver Medal as well, and was certificated wherever shown. 



NOTICE— 2- YEAR-OLD ROSES WE SHIP BY EXPRESS AT BUYERS 1 EXPENSE. 



