NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE. 



Ever-blooming Tea Roses — Standard List, {Continued). 



Mad. Elie Lambert (New). — The flowers are extra 

 large, fine globular form, very full and well built up. Color 

 a rich creamy white, faintly tinted with pale golden yel- 

 low, and exquisitely bordered and tinted with soft rosy flesh; 

 very beautiful and sweet ; petals large and of good substance 

 — in short, a magnificent Rose in every way. 20 cts. each. 



Mad. Etienne. — This is a very lovely ever-blooming 

 Rose, and is always greatly admired by all ; it makes elegant 

 buds, and the flowers are extra large, very full and deliriously 

 sweet; color bright rosy flesh, passing to clear rose, bright- 

 ened with pink, elegantly shaded and very beautiful. It is a 

 strong, healthy grower, and a wonderfully free and constant 

 bloomer; very handsome and desirable (see cut). 10 cts. each. 



Mad. Falcot. — Fine apricot yellow, with beautiful orange 

 buds; much valued for bouquets; tea scented; a constant 

 bloomer; of medium size and fullness. 15 cts. each. 



Mad. F. Brassac. — The flowers and buds are extra 

 large and very double and full; color a novel shade of 

 bronze red or tawny crimson, delicately tinted with fine cop- 

 pery yellow ; entirely distinct and very beautiful. 15 cts. each. 



Mad. Honore Defresne. — Extra-large, full, sweet flow- 

 ers ; color clear golden yellow, petals elegantly reflexed ; strong 

 grower; thick foliage ; excellent for open ground. 15 cts. each. 



Mad. H. Jamain. — A splendid variety; large, very 

 double flowers, fine cup form ; white with yellow centre, 

 shaded with pink ; tea fragrance; extra fine. 10 cts. each. 



Mad. Hoste. — Extra-large flowers and superb buds, very 

 full and delightfully perfumed; color soft canary yellow, 

 deepening at centre to pure golden yellow, beautifully flushed 

 with pale amber; edges and reverse of petals creamy white; 

 excellent for garden or pot culture, and is particularly valuable 

 for forcing for cut flowers ; is a good, healthy grower, blooming 

 quickly and continuouslyin open ground or house. 20 cts. each. 



Mad. Jeannie Cuvier. — New and highly recommended; 

 fine salmon rose, passing to clear glossy pink, nicely shaded 

 with rich carmine; good size, very full and sweet. 20 cts. each. 



Mad. Joseph Scb/warts. — A lovely Tea Rose; extra- 

 large, globular flowers, very full and sweet ; 'color pure white, 

 tinged and shaded with pale yellow and rosy blush; very 

 beautiful Rose; constant and profuse bloomer. 15 cts. each. 



MAD. ETIENNE. 



MAD. LAMBARD. 



Mad. Lambard. — A first-class Rose for bedding; extra- 

 large, full flowers; very double and sweet; color a beautiful 

 shade of rosy bronze, passing to salmon and fawn, beautifully 

 shaded with carmine ; an elegant Rose (see cut) . 15 cts. each. 



Mad. Leon St. Jean. — Beautiful, large buds, carmine 

 and orange shaded, tinged with fawn and citron, sometimes 

 pale lemon yellow ; very full, double and sweet. 15 cts. each. 



Mad. Margottin. — This is a grand Rose; always a favor- 

 ite ; very large and perfectly double ; flowers elegantly per- 

 fumed ; color beautiful dark citron yellow, with bright red 

 centre ; a strong grower and quite hardy. 15 cts. each. 



Mad. Marie Pavic. — Extra-large, globular flowers, very 

 fine form, beautiful buds; very sweet; color clear rose, pass- 

 ing to bright silvery pink, edged and bordered with pure ivory 

 white. 15 cts. each. 



Madame Louis Patry . — An extremely beautiful new Tea 

 Rose ; the buds are fine, large and tapering, of excellent form 

 and substance ; extra-large, well-filled flowers, opening nicely ; 

 color rich silvery pink, delicately shaded with fine rosy blush ; 

 deliciously tea scented ; very double and attractive ; we con- 

 sider this one of the best new Tea Roses of the year; a good, 

 compact grower and constant bloomer (see cut). 25 cts. each. 



Madame Olga {New). — Extra-large, deep, highly built 

 up flowers; good substance, large petals outside, becoming 

 smaller towards the centre, marked pineapple form ; color 

 rich creamy white, faintly tinged with pale canary yellow; 

 delightfully scented, very handsome. 20 cts. each. 



Madame Philippe (New). — A lovely Rose, medium to 

 large-size flowers, clear bright pink or china rose, shaded car- 

 mine; reverse of petals silvery pink, centre elegantly shaded 

 salmon yellow, sometimes flushed with crimson. 20 cts. each. 



Mad. Pierre Guillot. — This is undoubtedly one of the 

 finest and most beautiful new Tea Roses recently introduced, ■ 

 large, full, globular flowers, having great depth and substance; 

 color delicate orange yellow, distinctly veined and bordered 

 with clear pink ; altogether unique and remarkable, and ex- 

 ceedingly handsome; it makes fine, large, pointed buds, is a 

 good healthy grower and a regular and constant bloorrer; 

 promises to be valuable for forcing and conservatory, as well 

 as for open-ground culture. 20 cts. each. 



