°-S^i^^ DIAnOND lilST ROSES- 



-The diamond LIST ROSES are scarce and valuable sorts, which have been thor- 

 oughly TESTED, AND ARE RECOMMENDED AS RELIABLE VARIETIES OF GREAT BEAUTY AND EX- 

 CELLENCE. As THEY ARE WORTH MORE THAN ORDINARY KINDS, THEY ARE OFFERED IN THIS 



List, called for convenience the DIAMOND LIST. Persons who wish the Choicest 

 AND Best Varieties cannot do better than order from the DIAMOND LIST. We offer 

 Two Complete Sets of Diamond List Roses, one set of Twenty-five Ever-blooming Roses, 

 and one set of Twenty-five Hybrid Perpetual Roses, Fifty Diamond List Roses in all. 



DIAMOND LIST EVER-BLOOMING ROSES. 



The Bride. —A 



SUPERB NEW 

 PURE WHITE 

 TEA ROSE, be- 

 lie\ed to be one of 



the best PURE 



^ WHITE ROSES 



ever introduced The buds and 

 flow ers are unusualh large, finely- 

 formed, \ en double and full, and 

 deliciously pei fumed , it is a 

 stiong, healthy grower and free 

 bloomer. E^er\ lo\er of rare 

 and beautiful Roses wants The 

 Bride. The aiti<;t has added 

 some Orange Blosboms as being 

 appiopnate to ' Thl Bride, ' 

 but they are of course onh imaginary\ 

 20 cts ; Two-} ear, 40 cts 

 Empress Marie of Russia. — A splendid 

 new \aiiely intioduced from Europe, 

 and highly recommended , fine, stately 

 flowers, extra large, \en full, and de- 

 lightfully sweet ; color, fine canary yel- 

 low-, passing to white, delicately tinged 

 with pale lemon ; very beautiful. 20 cts. 

 Charles Rovolli. — A charming Tea Rose; 

 large, globular flowers, very full and 

 double; delightfully fragrant; color, a 

 lovely shade of brilliant carmine, chang- 

 ing to silver rose, centre and base of petals clear golden yellow; very beautiful. 20 cts. 

 Souv. de Mad. Fernet. — An elegant Rose; large, bold flower; fine, full form, very double and sweet; 



color, soft rosy crimson, tinged and shaded with clear yellow. 20 cts. 

 Queen of Bedders. — This splendid Rose originated in England ; the plant is a short, upright grower, 

 branching freely, every branch terminated by a cluster of beautiful buds and flowers ; the flower is 

 large, full and regular; color, bright glowing crimson ; it blooms constantly from early Summer to late 

 Autumn ; a recent English writer says a bed of this variety, 25 by 50 feet, had twenty-tw'o thousand 

 five hundred buds and flowers on it at one time. 20 cts.; Two-year, 40 cts. 

 Souvenir de Victor Hugo. — A splendid Ever-blooming Rose introduced from France ; color, lovely 

 citron red, with beautiful amber and fawn shading. Large tulip-shaped flowers, delightfully scented 

 and a very free bloomer. 20 cts. 



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NEW ever-blooming ROSE, THE BRIDE. PRICE, SO CTS. 



