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Great Roses are made all the greater by tbe publicity given them. Frequently, a variety of more than 

 ordinary worth is allowed to waste "its sweetness on the desert air" because the public is unacquam^ed 

 with its merits. This is especially true of this ?reat variety. In many respects it is the peer pi such varie- 

 ties as White American Beauty, Margaret Dickson and American Beauty, and when it blooms tor you, which 

 it will with the utmost freedom, you will understand why we are so enthusiastic about it It makes a strong 

 upright bush, with beautiful deep green foliage ; is practically thorniess. While a Hybri(J Perpetual, it blooms 

 almost as freely as a Hybrid Tea, bearing in the greatest profusion larg^, pointed buds and mascive flowers, 

 on long, stiff, heavy shoots ; the open flower is enormous, full, deep and double. Color ^^^ J"^^™^ ]™J^^ 

 passing, when open, to a pale shade of salmon- yellow, deepest at the center. IT IS ABSOLUTELY HARDY 

 EV ERYWHERE, and we ask that you plant it freely. It will be a constant source of delight. 



fvf^f /^|-i 15 cts. each, 50 cts. for 4, $1 for 9; larger size, 20 cts. each, 50 ets. for 3, postpaid, 

 r K II r Two-year-old plants, 40 cts. each, $4 per doz.; extra-large, three- and four-year-old 

 * A%A\i/l^ field-grown plants, on own roots, now in 6-ineh pots, 65 ets. each, $7 per doz., by 

 express. Extra-large, dormant, field-grown plants, on own roots, for delivery up to April 1, 50 cts. 

 each, $5 per doz., by express at purchaser's expense. 



