NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSE, BARON DE BONSTETTE^, 



THE FIVE NEAREST BLACK 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 



If you wish the NEAREST BLACK HARDY HYBRID PERPET- 

 UAL ROSES, you should order the varieties named below ; they 

 are the darkest of anv, and exceedingly beautiful. 

 BARON DE BONSTETTEN.— Splendid large flowers ; very double 

 and full ; color, rich dark red, passing to deep velvety maroon ; highly 

 scented and very beautiful. 30 cts.; Two-year, 50 cts. 

 PIERRE NOTTING. — A superb Hybrid Perpetual Rose, very dark black- 

 ish red, richly shaded with fine violet crimson ; extra-large full flowers, delightfully perfumed, good 

 bushy habit, a hardy and vigorous grower, and free bloomer ; one of the very best dark Roses. 30 

 cts.; Two-year, 50 cts. 

 ANTOINE QUIHON. — A magnificent Rose, extra-large, full flowers, deep rich violet crimson, elegantly 



shaded with intense maroon ; verv dark and velvety. 30 cts.; Two-year, 50 cts. 

 JEAN LIBAUD. — This is one of the very darkest of all Roses; the flowers are large, full and fragrant, 

 and of the most intense dark, rich velvety crimson imaginable ; they are so dark, in fact, that at a little 

 distance they look almost black ; very rare and handsome and always greatly admired. 30 cts.; Two- 

 year, 50 cts. 

 PRINCE CAMILE DE ROHAN. — Very dark, rich velvety crimson, passing to intense maroon, shaded 

 black; large, full flowers, looking at a little distance as if REALLY BLACK ; one of the darkest Roses ; 

 very handsome. 30 cts.; Two-year, 50 cts. 



PRICE.— 30 cts. each; any 2 for 50 cts.; set of 5 for $1.25. Will include set of 5 

 on opposite page and. present one Countess Murinais, finest "White Moss (page 19), 11 

 In all, for $2.25. Two-year size (by Express), 50 cts. each; any 2 for $1; set of 5 for 

 $2.25. Both sets, 11 in all, $4.50. 



THE THtJE OLD ENGLISH SWEET-BBUE ROSE, 



We have succeeded in obtaining- a nice stock" of this fine old favorite ; very desirable 

 for shrubberies and general planting ; the flowers are bright pink, and single, but the 

 exquisite fragrance of the flowers, leaves and young branches, in the early Spring, fre- 

 quently perfumes a whole neighborhood, and is truly delightful. Price, strong plants, 

 SO cts.; $2.25 per doz. Larger size, 40 cts.; $4 per doz. 



SPECIAL OFFER. We will send one English Sweet Briar and one Japan Rose (page 54), 2 for 

 40 cts.; or one English Sweet Briar, one Japan Rose, one Pure White Moss Rose (C Murinais, page 19), 

 and one Hydrangea Grandiflora (page 56), 4 for 90 cts. ; larger size, 4 for $1.50. These varieties are all 

 perfectly hardy, require no protection in Winter, and bloom regularly without care. 



