HENRY A. DREER 



Roses 



WHOLESALE LIST 



57 



New Hybrid-Tea Roses and Varieties of Special Merit 



New Hybrid-Tea Rose, Talisman 



Talisman. This new American Rose, originated by 

 the Montgomery Co. and offered now for the nrst 

 time, created a sensation at all the shows where 

 it was exhibited last year and was awarded Uold 

 Medals by the American Rose Society at the Na- 

 tional Flower Show at Louisville, Ky.; at the Phila- 

 delphia Flower Festival, as well as at the Inter- 

 national Flower Show at New York, where is was 

 also honored with the President Coolidge Horticul- 

 tural Gold Medal. It is the most remarkable piece 

 of coloring that we know in any Rose; a combina- 

 tion of shadings of gold, apricot, yellow and deep 

 pink or old-rose. The outside of the petals is 

 bright yellow, gold, and pink; as the flower devel- 

 ops and the petals unfold they become bright apri- 

 cot, gold, deep rose-pink or old-rose and unlike 

 most Roses the color becomes brighter as the flow- 

 ers develop. The bud is long, perfectly formed, 

 averaging about 25 to 28 petals, the plant is a 

 strong, vigorous grower with glossy green foliage 

 and free flowering. Strong two-year-old plants, 

 ready for delivery April 1st, $150.00 per 100. 



The Queen Alexandra (McGredy & Son, 1918). A bril- 

 liant flower of intense vermilion, deeply shaded old- 

 gold on reverse of petals, which spring from a pure 

 orange base; one of the most remarkable color 

 combinations seen in Roses. The flowers are quite 

 full and when half-blown are bewildering in their 

 beauty, delightfully sweet scented. $60.00 per 100. 



Victor Waddilove (McGredy, 1926). Buds of splendid 

 form, long and pointed, opening to moderately full 

 flowers, sweetly scented, color imperial pink 

 flushed crimson and orange, the coloring is Intensi- 

 fied by the golden base of the petals which gives the 

 flowers a golden suffusion which is difficult to con- 

 vey. Growth vigorous and very free flowering. 

 $60.00 per 100. 



Ville de Paris (City of Paris) (Pernet-Ducher, 1926). 

 One of Pernet-Ducher's Gold Medal Roses which 

 award it received in the International trials at the 

 Bagatelle Gardens, Paris, in the summer of 1926. 

 It is of a rich buttercup-yellow much in the style 

 of Mrs. Beckwith but with longer buds and larger 

 flowers and purer in color. The plant is of vigor- 

 ous growth and very free flowering. $75.00 per 100. 



Wllhelm Kordes (Kordes & Sons, 1922). Long pointed 

 buds opening to full double flowers, a rich capucine 

 red overlaying a golden ground, w^onderfully pro- 

 liflc. $75.00 per 100. 



Reims (Barbier, 1923). Large flowers of very regular 

 and perfect form, petals round, very large, imbri- 

 cated like a Camellia. Color flesh white, yellow at 

 base, centre bright nankin shaded orange-apricot, 

 very free flowering. $00.00 per 100. 



Rev. F. Page Roberts. (Cant & Son, 1921). A Rose of 

 remarkable beauty both in form and color. The long 

 pointed buds are of a coppery-red stalnid red on the 

 outside and open to good full double fragrant 

 flowers of a golden-yellow particularly high colored 

 in late summer and fall. The plant is of vigorous 

 branching habit with beautiful foliage. A most 

 distinct variety that has deservedly gained great 

 popularity in the short period since its introduction. 

 $100.00 per 100. 



Roselandia. (W. Stevens, 1924). Roselandia is a sport 

 from the popular variety Golden Ophelia, over 

 which it is an improvement not only in color but in 

 its remarkable free-flowering habit. It is a golden- 

 orange suffused with a lustrous glow of apricot in 

 the heart and at the base of the petals, frequently 

 tinted red on the reverse of the outer petals; the 

 buds are long pointed, of superb build and sub- 

 stance, and very sweet scented. $60.00 per 100. 



Shot Silk. One of the most beautiful of Alex. Dickson 

 & Son's introductions of 1924 which was awarded 

 the Gold Medal of the National Rose Society of 

 England. Color orange-rose overshot with golden- 

 yellow and flushed soft rose; bud of beautiful shape, 

 the open flowers cupped with reflexing outer petals; 

 growth vigorous and free, with beautiful foliage: 

 a sweetly scented Rose of exceptional merit. $60.00 

 per 100. 



Sir David Davis (McGredy & Sons, 1926). As this 

 variety has shown up in the fields during the past 

 two seasons we do not hesitate on account of its 

 profuseness in flowering, its free vigorous growth 

 and its good color to select it as one of the best red 

 bedding roses. Color, an unfading deep glowing 

 crimson of an even shade throughout running to 

 light yellow a,t the base of petals. The flowers are 

 of good size, pointed and of good form with large 

 heavy petals, exceptionally free-flowering and 

 strongly sweet-scented. $75.00 per 100. 



Souvenir de Claudius Pernet (Pernet-Ducher, 1920) 

 A most vigorous grower of erect branching habit; 

 beautiful, brilliant green foliage; long pointed buds 

 of exquisite shape, carried on long, stiff stems. 

 Very large, full flowers with elongated deep petals, 

 a beautifully formed bloom. Color most striking 

 sunflower yellow, deeper in the centre, without any 

 color blending, and which is retained without fad- 

 ing even in the warmest weather. No other Rose 

 ever introduced has attracted so much attention. 

 $60.00 per 100. 



Souvenir de Georges Pernet (Pernet-Ducher, 1920). 

 We have felt enthusiastic about this variety ever 

 since its introduction, and are convinced that it 

 stands at the head of the list of the many valuable 

 garden Roses that have been produced by Mr. Per- 

 net-Ducher. It is a strong, vigorous grower and 

 produces its large flowers which are beautiful in 

 both bud and fully developed bloom, which are cf 

 an intense Oriental red, shading to cochineal car- 

 mine at the margin of the petals, the whole being 

 suffused with a golden sheen. $60.00 per 100. 



Souvenir de George Beckvrith (Pernet-Ducher, 1919). 

 A variety that is meeting with much favor; flow- 

 ers very large, globular and full double, with petals 

 of good substance. Color, shrimp-pink, tinted 

 chrome-yellow, shading deeper at the base of the 

 petals, the various shades blending very harmoni- 

 ously; moderately fragrant. $60.00 per 100. 



Souvenir de H. A. Versehuren. This Holland intro- 

 duction of 1924 has quickly found Its place among 

 the best bedding Roses. In color it is a two-tone 

 yellow, the centre a beautiful apricot-yellow which 

 shades to saffron-yellow at the edges, and while in 

 unfavorable weather it shades lighter, its rich 

 color is maintained better throughout the season 

 than any other pure Hybrid-Tea variety of similar 

 color. $60.0O per 100. 



