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NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE. 



H\BRID PERPETLAL ROSE B \RON DE BONSTETTEN. 

 /V PRICE jO Cl.<^ 



THE FIVE NEAREST BLACK 



Hybrid Perpetual Roses. 



If ^ou wish the NEAREST BLACK HARDY HYBRID PERPET- 

 UAL ROSES, )ou sliould otdci the \ nineties named below , tliey are 

 the darkest of anv, and e.vceedinglv 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-vear, 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. — Extra-large flowers, very full, compact and regular form; color, rich violet 

 crimson, elegantly tinged and shaded with maroon red; a free bloomer and very sweet. 30 cts.; 

 Two-year, 50 cts. 

 SOUV. DE DUCHERE. — A superb Rose; extra-large, compact flowers, very full, double and sweet; 

 color, beautiful brilliant scarlet, deepening to dark glowing crimson ; very rich and handsome. 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 (pag-e 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, $4.25. 



THE TEtJE OLD EHaUSH SWEET*BEUR ROSE. 



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

 for shrubberies and g-eneral planting-; the flowers are brig-ht pink, and sing-le, but the 

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

 quently perfumes a whole neig-hborhood, and is truly delig-htful. Price, strong- plants, 

 20 cts. ; $2.25 per doz.; larg-er size, 40 cts.; $4 per doz. 



SPECIALi OFFER. — We will send one English Sweet Briar and one Japan Rose (page 57), 2 for 

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

 ■and one Hydrangea Grandiflora Cpage 54), 4 for ^i ; larger size, 4 for $1.50. These varieties are all per- 

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



