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DREER'S SELECT ROSES 



Strong Two- Year-Old Stock for Your Retail Trade 



The Roses here offered are all field-grown plants; the greater part of them have been specially grown for 

 us by Howard & Smith at their San Fernando Nursery, California, and the plants are equal to the best Roses 

 produced anywhere in the Rose-growing world today. 



These plants are all potted during December and January, stored in cold houses and cold frames, so that 

 they break away naturally in spring, making this the best possible stock for selling to the retail customer. 



The prices noted are for strong plants in 5- and 6-inch pots (according to the growth of the variety), for 

 delivery during April, May and June, and while we will make shipments earlier if requested, we prefer to book 

 orders for those months only. 



NOTE. The prices noted are all given per hundred, but these will apply for any number of plants 

 that may be selected. 



New Hybrid-Tea Roses and Varieties of Special Merit 



The list offered under this heading embraces, besides the latest introductions and novelties, many of 

 which are being sent out exclusively by us this season, such sorts of earlier introduction that are of special 

 merit or that are still scarce and worthy of special attention by the planter. 



Angele Pernet (Pernet-Ducher, 1924). Distinct in 



•— ._ <^v color, a rich, vivid, coppery orange-yellow in which 



' it is not approached by any other Rose. Its buds 



are long, opening to semi-double cupped fragrant 



flowers. An indispensable variety if only for its 



wonderful color. $G0.00 per 100. 



Aspirant Marcel Rouyer (Pernet-Du- 

 cher, 1919). Long shapely bud that 

 develops into a good-sized substan- 

 tial double flower with heavy shell- 

 like petals. Color, deep apricot, 

 tinted red at centre reverse of petals 

 shaded salmon-flesh with deep yel- 

 low veinings at the base. A vigor- 

 ous but compact grower and free 

 and continuous bloomer. $G0.O0 per 

 100. 

 Betty ITprichard (Alex. Dickson & Sons, 

 1922). A pretty combination of col- 

 ors, inner face of petals delicate sal- 

 mon-pink to carmine, outside glow- 

 ing carmine with coppery sheen and 

 orange suffusion; well-formed medi- 

 um-sized flowers of good substance 

 and sweet scented. $G0.00 per 100. 

 Briarcliffe (Briarcliffe Greenhouses. 

 192G). A wonderful improvement on 

 Columbia, and good bedding variety. 

 Splendid buds, the fully expanded flowers are full 

 double with high pointed centers and are of a 

 bright clear rose-pink, sweet scented. $CO.0O per 

 100. 



Charles P. Kilhani (Beckwith & Sons, 1926). A dis- 

 tinct and striking novelty with long pointed per- 

 fect buds opening to high-centered perfectly formed 

 full double flowers of a rich and brilliant oriental 

 red, flushed with orange and glowing scarlet. A 

 vigorous grower; very free flowering and sweetly 

 tea scented. Gold Medal National Rose Society 

 of England Spring, 1927. $125.00 per 100. 



Doris Diclvson (Sandy Dickson, 1926). Exquisitely 

 formed medium-sized flowers, the base color of 

 which is orange-cream but so heavily veined and 

 pencilled with deep brilliant cherry, that it is im- 

 possible to adequately describe the unique coloring. 

 Growth vigorous very free-flowering and extremely 

 fragrant. A variety that is sure to become a fa- 

 vorite. $125.00 per 100. 



Doris Traylor (McGredy, 1924). Beautiful long buds 

 of a rich brilliant salmon-orange with intense car- 

 mine suffusion, large double flowers of splendid 

 form; a strong but compact grower, exceptionally 

 free-flowering and delightfully scented. s;T.">.(H» per 

 100. 



Duchess of Athol (Dobble & Co., 1928). The coloring 

 of this new variety is uncommon and delightful, an 

 old golden-orange flushed with peach pink, p.irticu- 

 larly attractive in the bud and ojien state, growth 

 vigorous, a free and continuous profuse bloomer. 

 Awarded Certificate of Merit of the National Rose 

 Society of England. $12.'>.00 per 100. 



Duchess of Vorlc (Sandy Dickson, 1925). Good sized 

 well formed double flowers of unique and distinct 

 coloring; a pretty shade of tangerine orange with 

 rose suffusion, passing to golden rose-pink as the 

 flowers develop. A good free-flowering garden 

 variety. $100.00 per 100. 



lOdel (McGredy, 1919). An enormous bold, stately, 

 well-built flower of great depth, quality and finish. 

 Color, white with the faintest ivory shading to- 

 wards the base. 9G0.0O per 100. 



iOIizabeth of Yorls (Dobbie & Co., 1927). Beautifully 

 formed long pointed buds of a glowing cerise-red 

 with yellow suffusion at the base; the petals as 

 they unfold spread widely with a splendid reflex 

 ultimately showing the stamens. An artistic, dain- 

 ty, delicately colored flower. $100.00 per 100. 



New Hybrid- Tea Rose 

 Miss Ron-ena Thorn 



Cuba (Pernet-Ducher, 1926). As a bedding Rose for 

 brilliant mass effect we know of nothing that will 

 equal this French introduction and although the 

 large flowers are almost single, they possess a 

 charm and brilliancy in color which Is an entirely 

 new tone in Roses, a glorious bright vermilion- 

 scarlet overlaying an orange ground, this color com- 

 bination is so intense that in full sunlight it glis- 

 tens with an Iridescent sparkle. A vigorous grower 

 with dark green foliage which make a splendid 

 foil for the masses of richly colored blooms which it 

 produces from spring to late fall. $75.00 per 100. 



Dame Edith Helen (Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1926). 

 Awarded Gold Medals by the National Rose So- 

 ciety of England, 1926, as well as at the New 

 York and Philadelphia Flower Shows in the spring 

 of 1927. It was also awarded the Clay Cup in 

 England in 1926 for the best sweet-scented Rose 

 shown that year as well as a Certificate of Merit 

 by the Royal Horticultural Society of England. 

 It is not often that so many honors come to 

 a new rose. We question if any Hybrid-Tea Rose 

 yet introduced promised to be such a valuable addi- 

 tion to our garden Roses as this wonderful new 

 pink variety. The plant possesses a strong, vig- 

 orous constitution, the flowers are produced singly 

 on well-foliaged strong canes throughout the sea- 

 son, these are of Immense size, composed of very 

 substantial broad petals which curl back prettily 

 forming a wonderful long pointed bud which de- 

 velops into a full double flower which is absolutely 

 perfect in every stage of development. The color 

 is a brilliant, yet soft Rose du BarrI pink and is 

 delightfully and strongly sweet-scented. $75.00 per 

 100. 



Diadem (McGredy, 1922). A large double, sweetly 

 scented, copper-orange, heavily overlaid with sal- 

 mon and red tints, very distinct. $00.00 per 100. 



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