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POLYANTHA OR BABY ROSES 
A type of Roses which is very popular for bedding purposes. They form 
shapely, compact bushy specimens about 18 inches high, producing in great pro- 
fusion from early in the season until severe frost immense trusses of small flowers. 
Cecile Brunner (The Fairy, or Sweetheart Rose). A Polyantha variety with 
dainty double little flowers of perfect form produced in many flowered graceful 
sprays; color a soft rosy-pink on a rich creamy-white ground. 
Chatillon. Very distinct, a pretty silvery crimson-rose passing to a white 
centre, very free, one of the most desirable varieties. 
Echo. Comparatively large flowers of a soft pink, not unlike in color 
to the popular climber, Tausendschoen. 
Erna Teschendorf!. Medium sized bright red, semi-double flowers 
on dwarf plants, 10 to IS inches high, very free. 
George Elger. Buds bright yellow developing into dainty pale creamy 
yellow blooms of pretty form in graceful sprays. 
Greta Kluis. Very free, medium sized, globular flowers of a deep 
carmine-rose. 
Ideal . Intense dark, rich, lustrous garnet, the flowers are not large but are pro- 
duced in large effective trusses. 
Katherine Zeimet. Very free, full double, fragrant, pure white. 
Lafayette. Very attractive large, bright crimson-scarlet, in sprays of 40 or 
more flowers each, that can be depended upon for a continuous display through- 
out the season. 
Le Marne. A beautiful semi-double with very pretty, good sized flowers, bright 
salmon-rose at the edges, rosy blush at the centre, exceptionally free and 
continuous flowering; one of the prettiest. 
Miss Edith Cavell. Brilliant scarlet-red with darker shadings, one of the 
most desirable deep colored varieties. 
Mme, Norbert Levavasseur (Crimson Baby Rambler). Simi- 
lar in color to the climbing Crimson Rambler. Very popular. 
Mrs. Cutbush. Almost identical in color with the Dorothy 
Perkins Rambler and always in bloom. 
Orleans. Of good size, flowers double, brilliant geranium-red 
with white centre, very free and reliable. 
Superba. Brilliant, rich, deep carmine, medium sized, perfectly 
formed, imbricated flowers carried in large branching trusses; 
very free. 
Price. Strong two-year-old plants, 75 cts. each; 
$7.50 per doz. ; $60.00 per 100. One each of the 15 
varieties for $9.00. 
HYBRID -PERPETUAL ROSES 
The varieties listed below are unquestionably the best that can be selected 
in the Hybrid-Perpetual class which, before the development of the Hybrid 
Teas, was the most popular type for garden planting, and even 
now they dare not be overlooked, but should be used extensively 
in conjunction with the other sorts, and especially so in localities 
where the hardiness of the Hybrid-Tea varieties has not been 
established. 
American Beauty. Rich dark carmine. 
Anna de Diesbach. Bright carmine-rose of large size. 
Baroness Rothschild. Pale satiny-rose, very large. 
Captain Christy. Delicate flesh-pink. 
Captain Hayward. Large crimson of splendid form, fragrant. 
Clio. Delightful satiny-flesh with deep centre; the flowers are 
large, globular and borne on long stems. 
Frau Karl Druschki. This is the ideal hardy white rose. 
General Jacqueminot. Brilliant scarlet crimson. 
George Arends . A beautiful pink variety. 
Gloire de Chedane Guinoisseau. Large globular vermilion 
red. 
Mrs. John Laing. Soft pink of splendid form, exceedingly 
fragrant and very free flowering. 
Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford. Deep rosy pink, outer 
petals shaded with flesh, one of the freest bloomers and a splen- 
did rose in every respect. 
Magna Charta. Bright pink, suffused with carmine. 
Paul Neyron. Deep rose, of immense size. 
Prince Camille de Rohan. Deep velvety crimson-maroon. 
TJlrich Brunner. A bright cherry red. 
Price. Any of the above, in strong two-year-old 
plants, $1.00 each; $11.00 per doz.; $90.00 per 100. 
SPECIAL OFFER. One each of the above 16 varie- 
ties, a splendid collection of these absolutely hardy 
Roses for $12.00. 
Polyantha Rose Cecile Brunner (Sweetheart Rose) 
PERPETUAL FLOWERING 
BEDDING ROSES 
Gruss an Aachen. A very distinct type of Polyantha Rose 
with exceptionally large flowers for this type, always a mass of 
bloom throughout the season, color flesh pink with salmon and 
yellow shadings, very effective as a bedder. 
Gruss an Teplitz. This is a Rose for everybody, succeeding 
under the most ordinary conditions. In color it is of the richest 
scarlet, shading to a velvety crimson; very fragrant, a free, 
strong grower and in bloom all the time. 
Hermosa, Less than twenty years ago this was perhaps the 
most popular bedding Rose and it still has many friends on ac- 
count of the freedom with which its medium sized, perfect 
shaped double, bright pink flowers are produced, it rarely being 
■out of bloom. 
Price. Any of the above strong two-year-old plants, 
75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. One 
each of the 3 sorts, for $2.00. 
TWO NEW SINGLE 
HYBRID-POL YANTHA ROSES 
Unlike all other single Roses, these new hybrids are of very 
vigorous habit, growing from 2 to 3 feet high and are a mass of 
attractive flowers throughout the season. The blooms are two 
inches or more across, very substantial, not only holding their bril- 
liant colors without fading but last for ten days or more. We strong- 
ly recommend these two varieties, they will not disappoint you. 
Else Ppulsen. A beautiful tone of pure rose-pink. 
Kirsten Poulsen. Rich bright scarlet. 
Price. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz.; $60.00 per 100. 
