THE BEST ROSES FOR WINTER BLOOMING INDOORS. 



THE 

 BEST 



Hoses for Winter Blooming Indoors 



0UR great specialty is Roses. In Ovr New GriDE, Spring Edition, are offered over seven hundred varieties, comprising the 

 choicest collection to he found in this country. From these we have selected the varieties described below as the best, 

 as regards freedom of bloom, variety of color, fragrance and adaptability to house culture. There are none better for 

 Winter blooming. They are sure to give the utmost satisfaction. The plants have been specially prepared for the pur- 

 pose ; they are strong, stocky and thrifty, growing in 3V£-inch pots, therefore are very cheap at the price we offer them for. 

 When received plant in larger pots or boxes, waiter freely and give as much light and sunshine as possible. 



Price, postpaid by Mail, of varieties described below, plants from 3%-inch pots, 

 except where noted, 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts.; 7 for SI. 00. 



AMERICAN BEAUTY.— One of the grandest and 

 most beautiful Roses known. For immensity in 

 size, rich color, exquisite form and delicious fra- 

 grance it stands without an equal. It is a quick 

 and bushy grower and a continuous bloomer; 

 makes magnificent buds and large, deep double 

 flowers, arid is valuable both for house and garden 

 culture. Color is a rich rosy crimson, shaded and 

 veined in the most charming fashion ; fragrance 

 is wonderfully sweet, not surpassed by any Rose 

 we know. See illustration. Strong plants from 

 4-inch pots, 35 cts. each ; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. £ 



PAPA GONTIER.— A grand old Rose. Makes 1 

 immense buds and large bold flowers of great m 

 depth and substance ; color rich cherry red, pass- M 

 ing to clear glowing crimson ; fragrant and beau- M 

 tiful. Strong, vigorous grower and a constant ™ 

 bloomer. One of the best pot Roses. 



PERLE DES JARDINS.— The best of all the 

 yellow Tea Roses. It grows most satisfactorily in- 

 doors, blooming with the greatest freedom. The 

 flowers are extra large and full, of globular form, i 

 with great depth and substance ; richly perfumed, J 

 Color clear golden yellow. Charming. J 



MADAME ABEL CHATENAY.— A new variety ■ 

 that has fairly leaped into popularity. It is a favor- ^ 

 ite Rose of society in Washington because of its 

 great beauty. The flowers are of a good size, full, 

 deep and double : color carmine with darker shad- 

 ings. A grand pot Rose, being very free blooming. 



WHITE MAMAN COCHET.— The best Tea Rose 

 of its color. Exquisite. Blooms freely ; color pure 

 snowy white. 



MARIE GUILLOT.— Color pure snow white, some- 

 times faintly tinged with pale yellow ; extra full and 

 double ; sweet tea scent. 



MRS. ROBERT PEARY.— This is a climbing off- 

 spring of that great, hardy white, ever-blooming Rose 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. We paid $500,00 for the 

 original plant growing in a 4-inch pot and considered 

 it cheap at that price. It is the only white hardy 

 everblooming climbing Rose. The flowers are mag- 

 nificent, extra large., full deep and double, the buds 

 long and pointed. This superb variety grows to per- 

 fection indoors. Be sure to try it. Strong 3-inch pot 

 plants, 25 cts. each ; 3 for 60 cts.; 5 for $1.00. 



BON SI LENE.— A splendid Rose, especially adapted 

 to house culture ; blooms with great freedom, produc- 

 ing buds and blooms of immense size and great 

 beauty; color bright rosy crimson. Of all the Teas 

 there is none better. 



CLOTILDE SOU PERT.— With the exception of Pink 

 Soupert, the best, biggest and freest blooming of all 

 Polyanthas. Known everywhere. Flowers large ; 

 borne in clusters ; free, double and deliciously scented . 

 Color white, centre flushed silvery rose. Blooms all 

 the time. A grand pot Rose. 



ETOILE DE LYON. -One of the best and most 

 beautiful golden yellow Roses for general planting 

 and perhaps the best for pot culture. A strong grower, 

 bearing its superb flowers continuously throughout 

 the Winter. 



ENCHANTRESS.— Large globular flowers in immense clus- 

 ters ; it is as free blooming as any Rose in our collection. The 

 color is creamy white, slightly tinged with buff in the centre ; 

 vigorous growth; splendid both in pots for late Autumn and 

 Winter blooming as well as for general planting in the open 

 ground during Summer. 



FRANCOIS DUBREUIL.— Flowers large, double and full. 

 Color deep, vivid crimson with rich velvety shadings. The 

 buds are large, long and pointed. Strong grower and a free, 

 continuous bloomer. 



MAD. SCH WALLER. —Blooms in large clusters; large, 

 globular flowers ; fine salmon rose, finely edged Avith violet car- 

 mine ; highly perfumed ; a strong healthy grower ; a grand 

 variety. 



HELEN CAMBIER.— Also known as Klondyke. Of medium 

 size, very full and of varying colors, from salmon rose to cop- 

 pery rose, very often of'a handsome saffron hue becoming 

 lighter as the flowers open. A grand pot Rose. 



IRENE WATTS.— Long, pointed bud and full, double flower. 

 Color delicate china rose, varying from salmon white to pale 

 pink. A decided acquisition. One of the best Winter bloomers. 

 Give this variety a trial. 



IMPROVED RAINBOW.— Elegant flowers of immense size; 

 bright pink dashed and streaked with cherry red. Magnificent 

 buds. Blooms grandly in pots. 



YELLOW SOUPERT.— This is everybody's Rose. Fully as 

 hardy and equallv as free blooming as Clotilde Soupert or Pink 

 Soupert ; like them a strong, dwarf, bushy grower, specially 

 adapted to pot culture. Flowers produced in clusters, and of 

 the same Camellia-like form as Clotilde Soupert. The color is 

 white on beautiful light yellow ground, which becomes a 

 chrome vellow in the centre of flower. If you w ant a genuinely 

 satisfactory Rose take our advice and try this variety. 



JB&~ SPECIAL, OFFER.— The set 

 offered as above, postpaid, for $2.50. 



of 17 beautiful Roses 



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J NOTICE. — "We have seventy greenhouses, 



^ principally devoted to the culture of Roses. We 



") invite correspondence from those desiring Roses 



) not offered in this book. "We carry over seven $> 



i hundred varieties in stock, all of which are 



) offered in Our New Guide to Rose Cul- 



) ture. the most complete Rose catalogue In 



) America. Copy free upon application. 



The prices given include the postage, which we pay. 



