THE SIXTEEN BEST EVERBLOOMERS. 



I quote only the very best and new varieties of plants. Compare varieties and prices throughout my book and you will quickly see 



that I sell the best only, and at prices 25 to 50 per cent, below other firms. 



ONLY TEN CENTS 



SPECIAL OFFER. 



The Set of Eight Roses 

 50 Cents. 



for 



MAD. PIERRE GUILLOT -One of the most attractive and showy of 

 all the Tea Roses. Buds are very large and double and unique 

 in the brilliant combination of colors. Ground color a beautiful 

 creamy white, each petal bordered with light rose. 



PERLE DES JARDINS — The one Tea Rose which you cannot do 

 without. It has absolutely no weak point. The colords faultless 

 whether the waxy petals show the rich cream tint of cool 

 weather or take richer golden shades which a warmer sun gives 

 them. The foliage is very thick, glossy and dark. 



ETOILE DE LYON— 7— This magnificent Tea Rose is of a rich 

 golden shade, a strong, healthy and vigorous grower and an im- 

 mense bloomer. The flowers ai-e very deep, rich and full of ex- 



■ cellent substance and verj' sweet. Remarkably hardy, enduring 

 both heat and cold, frequently standing the winters here in the 

 open ground without protection. 



SOUV. DE LA MALMAISON— This grand standard variety when it 

 is used as a bedding rose in summer has no equal, as it produces 

 the most perfect flowers in the hottest weather. The color is a 

 beautiful rich creamy flesh, distinctly and elegantly tinted a 

 clear patchy red. with a rose center. Strong, vigorous grower 

 and a profuse bloomer. 



RED MALMAISON — 4 — This is a first-class rose in every respect, 

 being an exact counterpart of Malmaison except in color, which 

 is a rich velvety crimson of satiny finish. It is very bright and 

 handsome and a great summer bedder. 



WHITE LA FRANCE— 2— One of the most beautiful white roses 

 ever introduced. Superb form and as double as a rose can be. 

 vin growth, fragrance, shape of bud and flower is like LaFrance. 



BRIDESMAID — Tea — This exquisite new rose is a sport from the 

 old favorite, Cathai-ine Mermet. The Bridesmaid retains all the 

 good qualities of its parent, and is similar except as to color, 

 which is two shades darker. It is a valuable acquisition. 



THE BRIDE— Decidedly the best pure white Tea Rose. The buds 

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

 and erect on bright smooth stems. Would grace any Bride in 

 her wedding robes. Unsurpassed for purity of color. 



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 50 Cents. 



NEW STRIPED MALMAISON— This magnificent variety is a striped 

 sport from Souv. de la Malm.aison. The color is a creamy white 

 with rose center, the reverse of the petals striped with carmine 

 and light rose, making a charming combination af colors. 

 LETTY COLES— 6— Still regarded as one of the finest of its color. 

 . Soft, rosy pink, deeply flamed and shaded with intense crimson ; 

 extra large, full and globular in form ; exceedingly sweet. For 

 planting in the open ground and for pot culture this rose takes 

 front rank, being very hardy. 

 SAFRANO— 1— An old favorite still much sought for. Color a most 

 beautiful apricot yellow, shading to orange. Valued for its beau- 

 tiful buds which are highly prized for bouquet and floral work. 

 It is one of the most profuse blooming Tea Roses known, contin- 

 ually yielding a quantity of delicate beautiful buds. 

 PINK LA FRANCE— 5— The queen of all roses. This beautiful va- 

 riety stands at the head of all standard roses. It has admirers 

 by the million, and is one of the best roses known. No vai-iety 

 can surpass it in delicate coloring, silvery-red suffused with pink. 

 It has a satiny sheen over all its petals. Remarkably hardy,, 

 standing heat and cold well, especially the latter. 

 BON SILENE— 3- -Noted for the gi'eat size and beauty of its buds, 

 which are valued very highly for bouquets and decorative pur- 

 poses. Color a most beautiful deep rose, sometimes shading to a 

 bright rosy crimson, occasionally a pure light rose tint. 

 MAD. DE LA WATTEVILLE— 8— This grand rose is one of the fin- 

 est varieties ever offered. The color is remakable shade of 

 cream and yellow, richly suffused with rosy blush. The flowers 

 large, very full and highly perfumed. 

 METEOR— The best rich red rose for the garden ever introduced, 

 fast rivalling the Jacqueminot, as it produces fifty flowers to- 

 the Jacqueminot's one. Constant andi profuse bloomer and 

 very vigorous and healthy in growth. 

 NEW SUNSET— This exqiiisite orange yellow variety is one of the 

 finest Tea roses grown. The flowers are large and double. The 

 ex<iuisite shades of coloring found in this variety can onl" be 

 compared to the gorgeous < olors of a summer sunset. 



Above SIXTEEN VARIETIES, 25 CENTS EACH. 



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