1 1910' ^^DiA'GEE Guide To Rose C\i]LTURE 



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MRS. G. W. KERSHAW. Hybrid Tea. Brilliant, 

 intense pink. Free-blooming; splendidly formed 

 buds and flowers. 25 cts. each; two-year-old 

 plants, 60 cts. each. 



REINE KAROLA DE SAXE. Tea. Large, double 

 flower; blush-white, shaded delicate pink. Very 

 free. Superb. 25 cts. each; two-year-old plants, 

 60 cts. each. 



PIE X. Hybrid Tea. A seedling of Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria. Large, cup-shaped flowers, creamy 

 white, passing to tender rose; center deeper. 25 

 cts. each; two-year-old plants, 60 cts. each. 



SOUV. DE MARIA ZAYAS. Hybrid Tea. Flowers 

 very large, full, and of perfect form. Color bright 

 carmine, veined darker. Beautiful in the extreme. 

 25 cts. each; two-year-old plants, 60 cts. each. 



WM. SHEAN. Hybrid Tea. Large, pointed flowers 

 of Killarney pink. Full and free. Grand. 25 cts. 

 each; two-year-old plants, 60 cts. each. 



MRS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Tea. A seedling 

 of La France. Beautiful in every way. Always 

 in bloom. Buds full, long and pointed; open 

 flower full and double. Creamy wliite, with pink 

 shadings. 25 cts. each, .SI for 5; two-year-old 

 plants, 50 cts. each. 



LILY no. A pretty, dainty foliaged climber of 

 rapid growth, which bears a great profusion of 

 small Polyantha flowers of pearly blush. A Japan- 

 ese importation. 25 cts. each, -SI for 5; two-year- 

 old plants, 50 cts. each. 



PERLE DES NEIGES (MtUtiflora;. Perpetual-flow- 

 ering. Foliage and growtli of Crim.son Rambler, 

 •with large panicles of double, snow-white blos- 

 soms. A free and continuous bloomer. 25 cts. 

 each; two-year-old plants, 60 cts. each. 



MRS. POTTER PALMER. Hybrid Tea. A magnifi- 

 cent pink sport of Mad. Abel Chatenay. Large, 

 full and double flowers are produced in the great- 

 est profusion. A notable variety. 2.5 cts. each; 

 two-year-old plants, 60 cts. each. 



ROSALIND ORR ENGLISH. Hybrid Tea. Beauti- 

 ful and brilliant cerise-pink, resembUng the 

 famous Law.son carnation. A strong grower, 

 throwing up splendid canes, and a prolific 

 bloomer, with long, pointed, very full buds of 

 splendid .size, which open into fine flowers. 20c. 

 each, 50 cts. for 3; large size, 25 cts. each, SI for 5, 

 postpaid; two-year-old plants, 45 cts. each. 



LAURENT CARLE. Hybrid Tea. One of the mo.st 

 beautiful Roses we have ever seen. Strong grower. 

 Large, perfectly formed, beautiful buds; velvety 

 carmine. A winner. 25 cts. each; two-year-old 

 plants, 60 cts. each. 

 COUNTESS OF ANNESLEY. Hybrid Tea. One of 

 the great new Roses. Rosy salmon, suffused with 

 old gold; finely formed. 25 cts. each; two-year- 

 old plants, 60 cts. each. 

 BARBAROSSA. Hybrid Perpetual. Fittingly de- 

 scribed by the introducer as a red Frau Karl 

 Druschki. Exceedingly A"igorous in gro^wth. 

 Hardy everj-where, producing bright 

 carmine flowers -^-ithout shading; extra 

 large and full. 40 cts. each; two-year- 

 old plants, 75 cts. each. 

 MRS. F. W. FLIGHT. Recommended as 

 the "Queen of all Ramblers." Beau- 

 tiful carmine flowers, with white cen- 

 ter; large, semi-double in form, and 

 borne in enormous clusters. Ver\' free- 

 flowering. Unsurpassed for arches and 

 pillars. Magnificent; tr\' it. 25 cts. 

 each, larger size 35 cts. each; two-year- 

 old plants, 50 cts. each; three-year-old 

 plants, 75 cts. each. 

 LADY ASHTOWN. Hybrid Tea. Might be 

 termed an improved Mad. Caroline 

 Testout. A splendid grower, producing 

 continuously large, fijiely formed flow- 

 ers, rose, shading to silvery- pink. 30c. 

 each; two-year-old plants, 60 cts. each. 



Betty 



A GRAND 

 NOVELTY 



BETTY ROSE 



The greatest novelty of the past 

 decade. It is of the type of the Killarney 

 Rose, and has a truly unique color — ruddy 

 gold (coppery rose, overspread with 

 golden yellow). Blooms extremely large, 

 fairly full, of glorious form and deliciously 

 perfumed; the petals measure 4 to 5 

 inches long. It is never out of bloom 

 from early June until cut off by frost. Its 

 growth is extreinely vigorous, of very* free 

 branching habit. 25 cts. each, SI for 5; 

 larger size, 35 cts. each, SI for 3; two- 

 year-old plants, 60 cts. each; three-year- 

 old plants, 75 cts. each. 



The Roses, etc., which I ordered of you hare 

 arrived in excellent condition. Am very much 

 pleased with everything. Please accept thanks 

 for extras. — Mrs. L. j. Myers, Sullivan, 111., 

 April 1, 1909. 



Add 109r to the total amount of your order 

 ^ and we will deliver goods free to 

 any express office in the United States or 

 Canada. This is the most liberal proposition 

 we have ever made. See pages 19 and 20. 



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