THE TWELVE BEST EVERBLOOMERS. 



If roses are designed for out-door planting, select a sheltered sunny location. If for in-door, give a sunny window, keep 

 temperature from 56* at night to 75* during the day. Roses may be grown to perfection in ordinai-y garden soil. As a 

 fertilizer nothing surpasses fine, well decomposed cow or sheep manure. Set the plants a little deeper than formerly, arrange the 

 roots in their natural positions, and cover with fine earth, pressing it firmly around them. Then water, and guard against too much 

 sun at first. Keep the soil around the plants loose and free from weeds. Pot roses thrive much better if foliage is sprayed every day. 

 This will keep your roses in a fine, healthy condition. My varieties are the very best in their respective colors up to date, and are 

 the sorts I use in large quantities for cut flower purposes. 



Culture. 



New Tea Rose, Bridesmaid — 1. — This exquisite new rose is 

 a sport from the old favorite Catherine Mermet. The Brides- 

 maid retains all the good qualities of its parent, and is very 

 similar in every respect, save color, which is about two shades 

 darker, being a bright soft pink, never atfected in color by the 

 weather. It is a valuable acquisition, greatly admired by all. 

 You shouldn't be without it. 



Countess de la Barthe — 2. — This rose is one of the most val- 

 uable of all bedding varieties. A strong grower and profuse 

 bloomer, it is always a delight. It seems to blend all the good 

 qualities in one rose ; exquisite perfume, beautiful coloi'ing and 

 a matchless profusion of flowers and growth. The color is a soft 



• silvery pink, almost indescribable. 



Meteor — 3. — The best rich red rose for the garden ever intro- 

 duced, fast rivaling the Jacqueminot, as it produces fifty flowers 

 to the Jacqueminot's one. It is a constant and profuse bloomer 

 and very vigorous and healthy in growth. In color it is a vel- 

 vety red of the deepest glowing crimson; in fact so dark and in- 

 tense that it is almost black in its shading. Flowers are of 

 medium size, very double and beautiful form. Foliage, a bright 

 deep green. Unquestionably the best dark velvety rose grown. 



Madame Caroline Testout — 4. — A magnificent rose of French 

 origin, flowers full, very large, globular form ; color clear satin 

 rose, very vivid, petals bordered with tender rose, very fragrant. 

 Vigorous grower, branches strong and straight, beautiful fol- 

 iage, large brownish green. This variety resembles Ija France, 

 but its color is more deep, vivid and brilliant, flowers less full, 

 but are of better form. It is also more vigorous and blooms 

 abundantly. 



Perle des Jardins— 5. — The one tea rose which you cannot 

 do without. It has absolutely no weak point, but is a per- 

 fect and popular rose. The color is faultless, whether the waxy 

 petals show the rich cream tint of cool weather, or lake richer 

 golden shades which a warmer sun gives them. The form of the 

 bud is I'ich. rounded and luxuriant. " It is only equalled in beauty 

 by the open rose, which is full to the center and large. It is no 

 shy, creeping plant, but is fairly riotous in growth, "sending out 

 quantities of beautiful foliage, thick, glossy and dark, every 

 branch being tipped with the dai'k reddish-maroon of the young 

 slioots and bearing its buds high above the leaves. 



Dooteur Grill — 6.— A charming new Tea. Coppery-yellow, with 

 fawny rose reflex. An entirely new color and of great brilliance. 



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The outer petals are large, round and shell-shaped and enclose a 

 mass of shorter petals, which are of a very brilliant color. A 

 grand garden rose. 



Niphetos — 7. — One of the most delicately formed and colored of 

 roses. Buds are pointed and of a snow ?i'hite color, while the 

 open rose is faintly tinged with blush, pure and shell-like in ap- 

 pearance. A beautiful variety and deliciously fragrant. A 

 vigorous grower. 



Glowing Sunset — 8. — This exquisite orange-yellow variety is 

 one of the finest Tea Roses grown. The flowers are large and 

 double. The exquisite shades of coloring found in this variety 

 can only be compared to the gorgeous colors of a summer sunset ; 

 hence the name. It is delicioiisly fragrant, a strong-growing 

 and free-flowering variety. 



Mad. Pierre Guillot — One of the most attractive and showy of 

 aU the Tea Roses of recent introduction. The buds are very 

 large, very double, and unique in the brilliant combination of 

 colors. Ground color a beautiful creamy white, each petal bor- 

 dered with bright rose, which in gas light seems to take on the 

 tinge of lemon bordered with red. A free-bloomer. 



The Bride— Decidedly the best pure white Tea Rose. The buds 

 are very large and double, and of beautiful form, carried high 

 and erect on' bright smooth stems. A fine bunch of these buds, 

 cut with long spraj's of foliage, would grace any bride in her 

 wedding robes. It is unsurpassed for purity of whiteness and 

 form and size. 



Catherine Mermet— This charming rose deserves and receives 

 recosrnition from all rose lovers and is eagerly sought after in 

 winter bv the ultra-fashionable. Color is a delicate rosy pink 

 unapproached by any other. Buds are large, long and pointed, 

 of great substance and most delicious fragrance. Buds are 

 borne on long, stiff smooth stems, making them fine for boquets 

 or corsage wear. By far one of the handsomest roses in color 

 and form now erown. 

 Kaiserin Atigusta Victoria- One of the most desii-able roses 

 of recent introduction. The flowei's, which are produced in the 

 gi-eatest profusion, are of large size of a creamy white color, 

 " " " " —'V lfirti i" " " " "" " shading deeper toward the center. It is a 

 " ri ^'*^^*^ ri\B3> »S?Mi strong vigorous grower with beautiful fol- 

 irry^BFlala3*^Mi iage. and greatly'admired by all. 

 I'll II n nTu^iWfriiii inn" . . . The entire set of 12 Grand Roses for $1. 

 Single plants will be sent for only 10 cents each. 



