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H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, 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, with golden yellow discs. 



It is difficult to conceive anything more appropriate, beautiful and enduring for covering graves and plots in cemeteries than the Hardy Me- 

 morial 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 spanngly 

 throughout the season. They are single, pure white, with a golden yel- 

 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 jjleasing 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 con- 

 fined 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, mak- 

 ing 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 is desired to cover quickly with verdure. It quickly adapts itself to all conditions of growth, whether barren soil, rocky 

 ledge, fertilfc garden, shady nook or 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 dur- 

 ing the Winter months 

 if nicely mulched, well 

 covered and protected. 



Mar. 10, 'OS, McLeod. Mont. 

 I have received plants from a 

 number of firms, but none have 

 arrived in such good condition as 

 yours. I also wish to praise your 

 Seeds. I had Seeds planted two 

 weeks earlier than yours. Vours 

 are already up with their second 

 leaves while the others are just 

 appearing. I shall si>eak a good 

 word for you whenever opportun- 

 ity offers. Mrs. J. G. Thurman. 



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new Kace or KOSeS below. Postpaid. EACH. 10c. 



TTTrK"»*ir1a nf "POQ A WTPTTTTP AT A A Larger plants, by express, at buyer's expense. EACH. 30c. 



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SOUTH ORANGE PERFECTION — This variety is similar to the pre- 

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

 white, about 1 inches in diameter. The blossoms are. if anything. 



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 characteristics of growth and foliage, but the flowers are double 

 and very fragrant. They are produced in clusters of from twelve to 

 eighteen flowers in each cluster on s.nall 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 per- 

 fectly formed double flowers 1 H to 2 inches in diameter, of a soft 

 light pink, and very fragrant. 



EVERGREEN GEM — Flowers double, yellow, buff In bud, opening to 

 almost w hite, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, perfectly double, and with a 

 delicate Sweet Briar fragrance. 



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



3 'A inches in diameter: delightfully fragrant. 



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 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 blos- 

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

 than the preceding. The single flowers are over 2 inches in diameter, 

 bright rich pink, with a large silvery white center and orange red sta- 

 mens, producing a most charming effect. This variety, from its ar- 

 tistic appearance, will undoubtedly be verj' 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 %-aluable productions of recent years. 

 THE DOUBLE VARIETIES will unquestionably make grand pot plants 

 for the green house 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. 



