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The Exquisite Bloom 

 of Birdie Bly. 

 HAUDY CLIMBING , 



KOSES — Continued. 



Birdie Bly 



One of the freest '\ 

 blooming hardy Climb- \ 

 ers that we know of 

 today. Bushes here 

 bloom five and six 

 times each season. Per- 

 fectly hardy every- 

 where. Good strong grower, 

 bright glossy green and free 

 sects or disease. Blooms full and double 

 as per illustration, and over three inches 

 in diameter. Color a bright carmine, \ 



changing to bright satiny rose. Very 1 



fragrant. 



*DR. W. VAN FLEET— Flowers \vhen 

 open run four inches and over in diam- 

 eter. The center is built high, petals 

 beautifully undulated and cupped. The 

 color is a remarkable delicate shade of 

 flesh-pink on the outer surface, deep- 

 ening to rosy-flesh in the center. The J- 

 flowers are full and double, of delicate 

 perfume; buds pointed. It very much resem- 

 IdIcs Souv. de Pres. Carnot in color. Strong, 

 rapid grower. Immune from insects and dis- 

 ease. Foliage deep green the entire season. 

 *WHITE DOROTHY— It is a rampant grower 

 and in a short time will cover a large trellis 

 with its long, sturdy canes clothed with bril- 

 liant green, shining foliage of splendid texture 

 and free from mildew or attacks of insects. 

 The flowers are of a brilliant glistening white. 

 *NEWPORT FAIRY— A strong, sturdy grower, 

 with healthy, bright green foliage. It is ever- 

 blooming, producing abundance of lovely single 

 deen pink flowers, shaded lighter in center. 

 *SILVER MOON— Hardy Climber. Blooms 

 very large, four or more inches in diameter, 

 pure white in color and of good substance, 

 beautifully cupped, forming a clematis-like flow- 

 er. The large bunch of yellow stamens in the 

 center makes it very attractive. The blooms 

 are produced on long stems 12 to 15 inches in 

 length. Sweetly scented. Rank grower. 



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Price of all Hardy Climbing Roses offered in thisi 

 section, except where noted, first size one-year plants, 

 15c each; 50c for any 4, postpaid; two-year-old plants, 

 40c each, by express. Varieties marked * furnished in 

 still larger or star size at 75c each. 



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