THE SIXTEEN BEST EVERBL00MER5. 



i quote only the very best and new varieties of plants. Compare varieties and prices throughout my hook and you will quickly see that 



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



ONLY 10 CENTS 



EACH. 



SPECIAL OFFER. 



The Set of Eight Roseso for 

 50 Cents. 



HAD. 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 color is faultless 

 whether the waxy-petals show the rich cream tine 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 gol- 

 deu shade, a strong, healthy and vigorous grower and an immense 

 bloomer. The flowers are very deep, rich, and full of excellent 

 substance and very sweet. Remarkably hardy, enduring both 

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

 ground without pi-oteetion. 



SOUV. -DE LA MALIVIAISON — This grand standard variety when 

 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 ci>eamy flesh, distinctly and elegantly tinted a 

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

 and profuse bloomer. 



RED MALMAISON — 4— This is a first class rose in every I'espect, 

 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. 

 In growth, fragrance, shape of bud and flower is like La France. 



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

 old favorite. Catherine Mermet. The bridesmaid retains all the 

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

 which is two shades dai'ker. It is a valuable acquisition. 



THE BRIDE - Decidedly the best purewhiteTeaRo.se. 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 jiurity of color. 



ONLY 10 CENTS 



EACH. 



speciaij offer. 



This Set of Bight Roses for 

 50 Cents. 



NEW STRIPED MALMAISON —This magnificent variety is a striped 

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

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

 and light rose, making a charming combination of colors. 



LETTY COLES — 6 — Still i-egarded 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 a.id 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 the roses. This beautiful 

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

 by the million, and is one of the best roses known. No variety 

 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 great size and beauty of its buds, 

 which ai-e valued very higlny for bouquets and decorative pur- 

 poses. Color a most beautiful deep I'ose, sometimes shading to a 

 bright rosy crimson, occasionally a pure light rose tint. 



MAD. DE WATTEVILLE — 8— This grand rose is one of the finest 

 varieties ever offered. The color is a remarkable shade of cream 

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

 large, very full and highly perfumed. 



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

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

 .lacqueminot's one. Constant and profuse bloomer and very vig- 

 orous and healthy in growth. 



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

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

 exquisite shades of coloi'ing found in this variety can only be 

 compared to the gorgeous colors of a summer sunset. 



LARGE TWO YEAR OLD ROSES BY EXPRESS of All the Above SIXTEEN V ARIBTIES, 25 CENTS EACH. 



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