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Roses our Great Specialty, Other Articles we Grow, Plants sent safely by Mail, Our Three Warrants, Roses 



ready for Shipment at all times X^ 3 



Six Good Hardy Roses for a Trial Bed, How to Grow Roses in Open Ground 4 



Preparation of the Ground, How and When to Plant, When to Water, Cultivation, Cut Off Faded Flowers, 



Pruning, etc 5 



Proper Distance for Planting, How to Grow Roses in Pots, Size of Pots, Potting Earth, Why the Leaves 



may Fall, Roses for Winter Bloom 6 



Insect Enemies of the Rose, and Remedies, Winter Protection of Roses, Methods for keepingTender Roses. 6, 7 

 Rose Hedges, Roses for Conservatories, Forcing Houses, etc., Size and Quality of Plants we send, Our 



Roses all Pot-grown, and all on their own Roots, No Budded or Grafted Roses sent out, Why Roses 



may Vary in Color .... ... . . 8 



Express Orders, Difference in Size of Varieties, Roses for Canada, Roses for Foreign Countries, Weight of 



Packages sent by Mail, How to make up an Order . . 9 



To Correspondents, Size of Orders, Why Some Letters fail to reach us, All Orders promptly answered, Lost 



or Delayed Orders, How to Send Money Safely 10 



Send the Remittance with the Order, Price of Roses, Club Terms 11 



A Bed of Ever-Blooming Roses, and Prices of several different-sized Beds to suit different requirements . 12 

 Five New and Rare Hybrid Perpetual Roses, Baroness Rothschild, Marshall P. Wilder and Her Majesty. . 13,14 



Splendid Perpetual Moss Roses, The General Collection of Moss Roses 15, 16 



Hardy Ever-Blooming Roses, Set of 7 Choice Varieties, New English Climber, Waltham Queen 16, 17 



Hardy Climbing Roses, Set of 10 Best Sorts 17 



The New Polyantha Roses, Set of 8 Elegant Varieties 18 



Our Splendid Premium Roses, Mad. de Watteville and Charles de Legrady, William Francis Bennett 19 

 Colored Plate Roses, Descriptions and Prices of Varieties, Special Offers for Buyers of New and Rare Roses. 19, 20 



New Hybrid Tea Roses, Set of 13 Choice Varieties 21 



New Ever-Blooming Roses for 1887, Set of 20 Finest Varieties, See Illustrations and Descriptions . . . . 22, 23, 24 



Diamond List Ever-Blooming Roses, Set of 25 Best Varieties 25,26,27,28 



New Hybrid Perpetual Roses for 1837, Set of 20 Finest Varieties 28, 29 



Diamond List Hardy Hybrid Perpetual Roses, Set of 25 Finest Sorts 30, 31, 32, 33 



New Tea Rose Sunset, and set of 5 Highly-celebrated New Tea Roses 34 



Standard List Ever-Blooming Roses for General Planting, Set of 111 Best Varieties 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 



Standard List Hybrid Perpetual Roses for General Planting, Set of 100 Best Varieties 39, 40, 41, 42 



Our Star List Roses, Set of 100 Selected Varieties, 12 for $1, $8 per 100, your choice, all labeled . 42, 43, 44, 45 



Two-Year Roses for Immediate Effect, Prices and Full Information 46, 47 



The Splendid Dahlia Sunflower (Helianthus multiflora plena) 47 



Fine English Clematis and other Popular Sorts, Set of 14 Finest Varieties 48 



Hydrangea Grandiflora, New and Rare Hardy Flowering Shrubs, Set ot 9 Elegant Varieties 49, 50, 51 



Hardy Ornamental Flowering Shrubs for General Planting 51, 52, 53, 54 



Extra Large Shrubs for Immediate Effect, a Pretty Fern . 55 



Beautiful Hardy Climbing Vines, Ampelopsis, Honeysuckles,, Wisterias, etc., Set of 18 Fine Varieties . 55, 50, 57 

 Our Splendid Seedling Gladiolus, Gladiolus in Separate Colors for Bedding, New Hardy Hybrid Gladiolus 58 



Choice Named Gladiolus, Superb Collection of 50 Magnificent Varieties 59, 60 



Eulalia Japonica, Zebrina and Erianthus Ravenna?; Set of 3 .... 60 



Excelsior Pearl Tuberose, The New Variegated-Leaved Tuberose, and other Finest Sorts 61 



New Summer Flowering Bulbs, Tigredias, Zephyranthus, 3 Varieties, Milla Biflora, Hyacinthus Candicans 61 

 Japan Lilies, Auratum, Rubrum, Longiflorum, Kramerii, Tenuifolium, etc., Set of 18 Varieties. ... 62. 63, 64 



The New Bermuda Easter Lily, the Spotted Calla Lily, Tuberous-Rooted Wisteria 64 



Tritoma Uvaria, Caladium Esculentum, German Iris in variety, Sweet May Pinks, 6 Varieties 65 



Fine Hardy Garden Pinks 66 



The Splendid New Chrysanthemums, Set of Eighty Beautiful Varieties . . 66, 67 



Fine Ever-Blooming Carnation Pinks, Hardy Phlox, Astilbe Japonica, Crape Myrtle 68,69 



The Newer Varieties of Choice Grape Vines, Set of 24 Fine Varieties 70 



The Finest Flower Seeds a Specialty. . . 71 to 86 



Flower Seeds a Specialty, List of Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds, Premiums in 



Flower Seeds, New Dwarf Asters, New Petunias, Pure Mignonette Machette . . 71 



Large Flowering New Imperial German Pansies, 23 Superb Varieties, Splendid New Dahlias. 72 

 New White Candytuft Snow Queen, Gem Collection of Novelties, Pansies, Black Prince, Giant 



Odier Cassiers, Giant Trimardeau ... 73 



New Poppies, New African Marigolds, the Moon Flower, White Spiral Mignonette, Edelweiss 74 



Splendid New Sweet Peas, 7 varieties, Cosmos Hybridus, Double Daisy Longfellow, New Castor Bean . 75 

 New Giant Verbena, New Chrrfkanthcmums, Double White Perfection Balsam, Humulus Japonica, 



> New Sweet Alyssum Little Gem, Nicotina Affinis, Godetia Spotted Carpet and Lady Satin Rose. . 76 



List of Standard Flower Seeds. All Seeds, except where noted, are 5 cents per packet. — 



Adonis Abronia, Antirrhinum, Argeratum, Alyssum, Amaranthus, Asters, Asperula. ... . . 77 



Balsams, Caccalia, Canna, Candytuft, Centauria, Cockscomb, Chrysanthemums, Clarkia, Larkspur. . 78 



Dianthus Pinks, Double Daisy, Euphorbia, California Poppy, Foirget-me-not, Four o'Clocks, Gaillardia, 



Gillia, Godetia, Hibiscus, Humea, Jacob's Ladder, Crimson Flax, Lobelia 79 



Lotus, Lupinus, Marigold and Calendula, Feverfew. Mimosa, Mignonette, Mimulus, Nasturtium, Nemo- 



phila, Evening Primrose, Empress of India and Gold-Leaved Nasturtiums 80 



Pansy, 14 Varieties; Petunia, 7 Varieties; Phlox, 18 Varieties . 81 



Poppies, Penstemon, Portulaca, Scabiosa, Sedum ; Stocks, German Ten Weeks, 10 Varieties ; New 



Stock, White Pyramid ; Salvia, Flowering Sage 82 



Verbenas, 5 Varieties; Zinnias, 7 Vai-ieties ; Sunflower . . . 83 



Climbing Vines, Balloon Vine, Cobsea, Morning Glory, Cypress, Ipomcea, Maurandia, Gourds 83 



Sweet Peas, Thunbergia, Climbing Nasturtiums ... . . 84 



Everlasting Flowers, Acrolinium, Ammobium, Helichrysum, Helipterum, Xeranthemum . ... 84 



Ornamental Grasses, Agrostis, Arundo Donax, Animated Oats, Quaking Grass, Job's Tears, Erianthus 



Ravennse, Squirrel Tail Grass, Feather Grass. 84 



Perennials, 5 Cents per Packet, except where noted, Alyssum Gold Dust, Columbine, Canterbury 



Bells, Carnations, Foxglove, Hollyhock, Larkspur, Flowering Flax, Pyrethrum, Sweet William, Violet. 84, 85 

 Seeds for House Culture, Abutilon, Agapanthus, Climbing Asparagus, Begonia Tuberous, Calceo- 

 larias, Carnation, Chrysanthemum, Cineraria, Coleus . . . .... 8") 



Cigar Plant, Cyclamen, Fuschia, Geranium, Pelargonums Mixed, Gloxinias, Heliotrope, Lantana, 



Kenilworth Ivy, Oxalis, Passion Flowers . . 85 



Chinese Primrose, Rubra, Globosa Mixed, Fimbriata Mixed, Fern-Leaved, Boston Smilax . ... 85 



The Darkest Colored Hardy Hybrid Perpetual Roses, Set of 5 Finest Varieties— Special Offer. . . 86 

 Very Choice Hardy Hybrid Perpetual Roses, Set of 5 Choice Varieties— Special Offer. ....... 87 



Entered according to Act of Congress, Pi t'-p yonr 1 ; °7, by the DlNOEE <t CoxardCo., in the office of the Librarian 



of L'o;i»ress, at Vasbington, D. C. 



