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Madame Caroline Tcstoiit Larsjer and More Brilliant than La France. 



Plants by Mail Only 



Roses 



HARDY HYBRID TEA ROSES. 



Some firm* are sending out mailing size n/^cs 

 that are hardly more than rooted cuttings; we do 

 not handle that kind; our plants are grown in 3- 

 ioch pots, are strong and vigorous and ready to 

 bloom at once. The^e are sent to you post paid 

 at the price. It will be better, however, for you to 

 to have them come by express as all the soil can 

 then be left on the rooU. which is a great advantage. 



Our two-year roses were all in bloom last summer 

 and are wintered outdoors where they have an 

 entire rest; these are not like the exhausted hot 

 house plants sold by some; they go by express at 

 your expense at the price given. 



LA FRANCE. — Pink. Account' come from all 

 quarters every year describing the great profusion of 

 its bloom from June until frost, and extolling its 

 fragrance and immense size. It is of superb form, 

 and double as a Rose can be. It is famed for its 

 delicate coloring — silvery rose shaded with pink 

 It has a satin sheen over all its petals. Entirely 

 hardy. Price, maiUng size. 15 cts. ; strong z-year 

 plants. 30 cts 



WHITE LA FRANCE, or AUGUSTINE 

 OLINOISSEAU.— Recommended to all, whether 

 for outdoor culture or for pots in the house in 

 winter. If you were to ask for six of the very 

 finest Roses. I should be sure to include it in the 

 six. It is identical with La France, except in color. 

 It is pearly white, sometimes tinted with fawn 

 Price, mailing size, 15 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 



^"striped la FRANCE.— Light Pink This 

 variety combines all the good quahties of La France 

 in growth, fragrance, shape of bud and flower; it 

 is nicely striped, the markings being plain and 

 distinct, the variegations being a beautiful bright 

 rose on a satiny pink ground. Price, mailing size. 

 15 cents: strong 2-year plants, ^o cts. 



QRLSS an TEPLITZ, or VIRGINIA R. 

 COXE.— Red. Velvety crimson shading to bril- 

 liant scarlet. The flowers are cup-shaped, moder- 

 ately full, coming somewhat in clusters, on long, 

 stiff stems, and are borne freely and continuously. 

 Its hardiness, beautiful foliage and great blooming 



qualities make this one of the sreatest Roses for 

 massing. Price, mailing size. 10 cts. ; strong 2-year 

 plants, 25 cts 



MADAME JULES GROLEZ.— Red. Called 

 by some "Red Kaiserin." One of the brightest 

 and most pleasing Roses. A free-blooming variety, 

 with large, bright, finely formed flowers. Color a 

 distinct shade of cherry-red. Price, mailing size, 



very graceful and are produced in remarkable pro- 

 fusion. The buds are lieautiful, and are supported 

 on long stems, making it desirable for cutting. 

 The color is salmon pink, difficult to describe. 

 Price, fine, mailing-size plants. locts. ; strong 2-year 

 plants, 25 cts.; heavy 3-year plants on own roots, 

 50 cents. 



DEAN HOLE.— Pink An intense salmon-pink, 

 with bud of extraordinary length opening into a 

 mammoth bloom of splendid substance. An Eng- 

 lish gold-medal Rose that ranks with the best. 



in the nursery rows with all the other good Roses, 

 you can pick it out across a ten-acre field on account 

 of its immense size and brilliant color. Probably 

 no Rose stands higher in public estimation to-day 

 than La France, but Mme Caroline Testout is 

 decidedly deeper and more brilliant in color and a 

 larger flower, and is as good in other ways. Petals 

 large, exquisitely edged and bordered with clear 

 silver-rose. Color brilliant satiny rose. Price, 

 strong mailing-size plants, 15 cts.; fine 2-year 

 plants, 35 cts ; extra 3-year plants, 50 cts. ; 4-year 

 immense plants, 75 cts. 



MY MARYLAND.— Pink. One of the finest 

 of peach-pink Roses. The flowers are large and 

 double, of perfect form, with a bright but tender 

 peach-pink tint which becomes lighter and even 

 more attractive as the flower expands. The plant 

 makes a robust growth with many canes, and 

 every shoot bears one or many of the perfect 

 blooms which come throughout a long season. 

 Grown originally for cut-flowers, it has proved 

 perfectly hardy out-of-doors. Price, strong i-ycar 

 plants, 15 cts.: 2-year plants, 35c. 



RADIANCE.— Pink. John Cook of Baltimore 

 has produced more good Roses than any other man 

 in this country, but he never has given us a better 

 Rose than Radiance. It is a continuous bloomer 

 and an extremely vigorous grower, surpassing Wm 

 R. Smith in that respect. The blooms are very 

 large; clear, silvery pink, somewhat resembling the 

 grand new Rose, Jonkheer J. L. Mock, but lighter 

 in color. This is a variety of the greatest impor- 

 tance Price, mailing size, 20 cts.; 



TRIOMPHE DE PERNET PERE.— Red 



I'lowers extra large, broad, thick petals and long, 

 t.ipcring buds; delicious tea fragrance. Color, 

 clear magenta-red, sometimes passing to bright 

 crimson. Price, mailing size. 10 cts. ; 2 -year plants, 



\\ ri l.nSI.F.\ . -Pink. A seedling from Liberty 

 >T..~ ,.1 \Mi!i r.iiilesmaid. Flowers extra large and 

 : 1'; •• , ^, K nt substance and durability; color 

 Infill lU.ii niM' pink, reverse of petals silvery 

 rose I ricf. mailing size, 10 cts ; 2-year plants. 

 -•5 CIS. 



HELEN QAMBIER.— Yellow Flowers deep 

 orange-yellow, shading to coppery yellow and then 

 to almost white on the outside row of petals. Fra- 

 grance as strong and penetrating as a Sweetbrier 

 Rose. \'ery distinct and beautiful. Price, mailing 

 size, locts. ; 2-year plants, 25 cts. 



WINNIE DAVIS.— Vigorous and robust, free- 

 blooming; foliage leathery, reddish green, glos,sy 

 and large. For the Middle and Southern States 

 Winnie Davis is second to none. Price, mailing size 



WM. SHEAN. — Pink. A fine grower; large, 

 pointed flowers of Killarney-pink; full, free and 

 |)trpctual: one of the very largest of Roses. Price. 

 1 s cts ; 3-inch pots, 25 cts. ; 2-year plants, 40 cts. 



WM. R. SMITH.— Light pink. New, hardy, 

 everblooming Rose. Color deep ivory-white, over- 

 laid with clear, bright pink. As hardy as Kaiserin 

 .\ugusta N'ictoria, and a vigorous and rampant 

 grower. I have a fine stock, and offer it at a rea- 

 sonable price. Guaranteed to bloom this year. 

 Price. 3-inch pots, 15 cts.; heavy maiUng size, from 

 3-inch pots. 15 cts.; each, $1.50 per doz.; splendid, 

 strong 2-year plants, 30 cts.; extra-fine 3year 

 plants, on their own roots, 50 cts. 



JONKHEER J. L. MOCK.— Pink This is a 

 giant Rose from Ilclland, and grows to great sire, 

 usually outstripping all the varieties around it The 

 flowers arc big and round, of the general type of La 

 France, and a hright pink faced with carmine 

 They are borne freely on long stems and are valu- 

 alile as cut-flowers, the firm, heavy texture of the 

 petals making them keep well. Also excellent for 

 bedding;. It is almost thornless. Price, i-year 

 mailing si^e. from 3-inch pots, 25 cts.; strong 2-year 

 plants, 50 cts.; extra 3-year plants. 75 cts. 



FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI.— White. Called 

 by some "White American Beauty." .Strictly 

 speaking, this Rose does not belong in the Hybrid 

 Tea class, as it is a pure Hybrid Perpetual. It is, 

 however, such a constant and persistent bloomer 

 that it will pass for a Hybrid Tea The bud is lon^ tX 

 and pointed, of the finest form, often delicately 

 marbled with carmine on the outer petals, openinv. 

 to an enormous flower absolutely pute snow white, 

 unquestionably the whitest Rose known. The 

 growth is exceedingly strong, vigorous and healthy. 

 Price, mailing size, from 3-inch i)Ots. 15 cts.; strong 

 2-year plants, 40 rts.: extra-hca\'y 3 -year plants, 

 6r, cts . 4-year immen.se plants, H-, cts. 



AMERICAN BEAUTY.— Crimson, Largest, 

 sweetest and best of all hardy Roses. It is a genu 

 ine. hardy, everi)looming Rose. For immensity o.' 

 size, rich color, exquisite form and delicious fra- 

 grance, it stands without an equal. It is a quick 

 and bushy grower and a continuous bloomer, makes 

 magnificent buds and large, deen, double flowers, 

 and is valuable both for house and garden culture. 

 Color a rich, rosy crimson, shaded and veined in the 

 most charming fashion; very fragrant. Price. 15 

 cts.; larger size, 25 cts.; 2-year plants, is cts. 



KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA.— White. 

 One of the most beautiful of all Roses for open- 

 ground culture. It is a strong healthy grower and 

 as hardy as any of the Hybrid Perpetual Roses. 

 Blooms steadily from early spring until severe 

 frost; in fact, it is as free-blooming as any Tea Rose. 

 Elegant, large, pointed buds and large, full-double 

 flowers; color, delicate creamy white; deliciously 

 fragrant. 



KILLARNEY.— Pink. A phenomenal Hybrid 

 Tea Rose, especially as to the coloring, which is an 

 exquisite shade of deep shell-pink. The flowers are 

 enormous, the petals frequently measuring 2!. 

 inches deep. Wonderfully strong, throwing up 

 heavy shoots crowned with long, heavy buds. Free 

 flowering and perfectly hardy. Price, strong i-year 

 plants, by mail, 13 cts.; heavy 2-year plants, 30c.: 

 extra-heavy 3 year plants, 60 cts 



WHITE KILLARNEY.— This variety posseses 

 all the good points of, and is identical in every way 

 with its parent, except in color, which is of a clear 

 white. Its parent, Killaruey, though introduced 

 only ten years ago has for several years been one of 

 the most popular Roses. White Killarney has 

 great freedom of bloom, beautiful form, and perfect 

 hardiness, which together with its purity of color, 

 assures for it the same popularity. In naming a 

 select list of leaders for general planting, I should 

 certainly include White Killarney, because I know- 

 its merit so well. Price, strong mailing size, 15c.; 

 2-year plants, 35c. 



