H. W. BUCKBEE, EOCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 



THE 

 HARDY 



MEMORIAL ROSE 



(ROSA WICHURAIANA.) 



FOR USE IN CEMETERIES 



Creeps on the ground like Ivy. Hardy as grass and will grow in sun 

 or shade. Bears great quantities of satin-like white flowers, wich 

 golden yellow discs. 



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, and forming a dense mat* of very dark 



green, lustrous foliage. The Flowers are produced in lavish profusion, 

 in clusters on the ends of the short side branches after 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 

 yellow 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 

 distinct charms of _ the beautiful Hardy Memorial Rose, and they 

 fairly cover the entire plant when in bloom, a mass of great snow-flakes 

 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 from 3 to 6 feet 

 high, as desired, and it will send 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, embank- 

 ments and such places as it is desired to cover quickly with verdure. It quickly adapts itself to all conditions of growth, whether barren soil, 

 rocky ledge, fertile garden, shady nook\>r sun-kissed slope, and no more fitting place can be found for it than running through the grass. 



Fine Plants, postpaid, 15c each. By Express at buyer's expense: Large Plants, 30c each; Extra Large Plants, 35c each. 



ATTENTION, PLEASE 



All of the Roses offered 

 on this page are Hardy and 

 will live outside during the 

 Winter months if nicely 

 mulched, well covered and 

 protected. 



/ received this letter 

 from Addie E. Strin 

 ger, Eadsville, Ky.: 

 "Th : Xew Radish is 

 the finest I ever saw 

 surely d Diamond 

 Beauty. I raised 

 them as large as my 



arm. Several friends 



have said (key wanted me to get them 

 a packet of tlial fine radish riext year. 

 There are no garden seeds- like H. 

 W. Buckbee's. I praise ihem to all." 



A New Race of Roses 

 HYBRIDS of ROSA WICHURAIANA 



Double White Memorial Rose, Manda'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 char- 

 acteristics of growth and foliage, but the flowers are double and very 

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

 ers in each cluster on small side shoots, literally covering the plant and 

 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 or 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 1J 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 

 delicate Sweet Briar fragrance. 



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

 Si inches in diameter; delightfully fragrant. 



SPECIAL PRICE: The seven new and rare Hybrid 



varieties listed below, postpaid, EACH, 10c. 

 Larger plants, by express, at buyer's expense, EACH 30c. 

 Extra large plant! , by express, at buyer's expense, EACH 35c. 

 South Orange Perfection — This variety is similar to the pre- 

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

 white, about li inches in diameter. The blossoms are, if anything, 

 more freely produced than on the preceding, and are more double; per- 

 fect rosettes in shape. This is a very pretty variety and entirely distinct 

 from the others. 



Jersey Beauty — 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 Briar, both in the color and the shape of the blossoms 

 and in its exquisite fragrance. The growth is much stronger thanthe 

 preceding. The single flowers are over 2 inches in diameter, a bright 

 rich pink, with a large silvery white center and orange red stamens, pro- 

 ducing a most charming effect. This variety, from its artistic nppear- 

 ance, will undoubtedly 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 valu- 

 able productions of recent years. < 



The Double Varieties will unquestionably make grand pot plants 

 for the greenhouse or conservatory, and can 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. 



NOTICE;— THE LARGER ROSES WILL BE SHIPPED BY EXPRESS AT BUYER'S EXPENSE. 



