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KuUme Caroline T 



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ROSES 



Hardy Hybrid Tea Roses 



Price of all Tea Roses, except where noted: 

 1-year mailing size. 10 cts. : 

 strong 2-year plants. 35 cts. 



Some firms are sending out maili- - 

 that are hardly u, - 

 do not handle that kind: our plan- 

 in 3-inch pots, are strong and rig 

 ready to bloom at once. These are sent to you 

 postpaid at the price. It will be better, how- 



i to have them come bj 

 all the soil can then be left on the roots, 

 whir-h is a great advantage. 



Oar two-year roses were all In bloom last 

 summer, and are wintered outdoors, where they 

 Lave an entire rest: these are not like the ex- 

 hausted hot-bouse plants sold by some; they go 

 by express at your expense at the price given. 



Killarney. Pink. A phenomenal Hybrid Tea 

 Rose, especially as to the coloring, which la an 

 exquisite shade of deep shell-pink. The flowers 

 are enormous, the petals frequently measuring 

 2H inches deep. Wonderfully stroi _ 

 up heavy shoots crowned with lone, heavy buds. 

 Free-fbrwering and perfectly hardy, i 

 1-year plants, by mall. 15 cts.; heavy 2-year 

 -..: extra-heavy 3-year plants. BO cts. 



Sunburst. Yellow. The new queen of the 



For years I have been hoping for 



(low Rose. Never before have I seen 



any to equal tLis. The color is orange-copper, 



golden orange and golden yellow, all Intense 



shades and extremely brilliant. The bloom is 



full and double, and holds its color until the 



petals are ready to drop: the bud is long and 



pointed. It is pre-eminently a long-stemmed 



Rose, price, 1-year plants, from 3-inch pots, 



strong 2-year plants. 60 cts. 



American Beauty. Crimson. Largest, sweet- 

 est and best of all hardy Roses. It is a gen- 

 uine, hardy, ever-blooming Rose. For Immen- 

 se rich color, exquisite form and de- 

 licious fragrance it stands without an equal. 

 It is a quick and bushy grower and a continuous 



bloomer, makes magnificent buds and large. 

 deep, donb ■ la valuable lioth for 



house and garden culture, ("..lor a rich, r..?y 

 ded arid reined in the most charm- 

 ing fashion: very fragrant. Price, 15 cts.: 

 • 2 year plants 

 Jonkheer J. L. Mock. Pink. This Is a giant 

 Holland, and grows to great sire, 

 usually outstripping all the varieties around It. 

 The fl..wors are big and round, of the general 

 France,' ami a bright pink faced 

 with carmine. They are borne freely on long 

 stems, and are valuable as cut-flowers, the 

 firm, heavy texture of the petals making them 

 keep well. Also excellent for bedding. It Is 

 almost thornless. Price. 1-year mailing size, 

 from 3-Inch pots. 25 cts.: strong 2-year plants, 

 bra ."-year plants, 75 cts. 

 Wm. R. Smith. Lignt pink. New. hardy 

 ever-blooming Rose. Color deep ivory-white, 

 overlaid with clear, bright pink. As hardy as 

 Kai-jerin Augusta Victoria, and a vigorous and 

 rampant grower. I have a fine stock, and offer 

 it at a reasonable price. Guaranteed to bloom 

 this year. Price. 3-lnch pots, 10 cts.; heavy 

 mailing size, from 3-incn pots. 15 cts. each; 

 Jl 5" per doz.; splendid, strong 2 year plants, 

 - - t fine 3-year plants, on their own 



My Maryland. Pink. One of the finest of 

 peach-pink Roses. Tie timers are large and 

 -feet form, with a bright but tender 

 peach-pink tint, which becomes lighter and even 

 more attractive as the (lower expands. The 

 plant makes a robust growth with many canes, 

 and every shoot hears one or many of the perfect 

 blooms which come throughout a. lonf 

 Grown originally for cut Mowers, it has proved 

 perfectly hardy out-of-doors. Price, strong 

 1-year plants, 15 cts.; 2-year plants, 40 cts. 



General McArthur. Red. One of the bright- 

 est, vivid crimson-scarlet Roses in existence. 

 Of free-branching habit of growth, very rigorous 

 and healthy. Every shoot produces 

 double, well-formed flower, which, combined 

 with Its fragrance and hardiness 

 essentially one of the greatest red Roset ' I 

 outdoor planting. The fragrance cannot be 

 excelled by any Rose. Price, 1-year mailing 

 size. 15 cts.; strong 2-year plants. 



Red La France, or Duchess of Albany. 

 Carmine. A fine rose of unusual merit, one 

 that will survive, with slight protection, the 



winters of any locality. It Is identical 



in every respect with La France, except 



In color, which is a pretty red when in 



bud form, but when open it changes to a 



carmine. A flue bedder. Price, mailing 



size. 15 cts. ; strong 2-year plants, 40 cts. 



Richmond. Red. This is among the 



most brilliant of scarlet-crimson Roses. 



and "ill always be included in the first 



half dozen most desirable red Roses. 



The bloom is moderately full, of graceful 



habit and borne on long, stiff stems. 



This variety is useo in immense numbers 



I equal value in 



the garden. Price, 1-year mailing sile. 



strong 2-year plants. 35 cts. 



Cardinal, lied. Can be recommended 



r than Liberty, and. in the open 



equal to Meteor. It is a strong. 



grower, with large and massive 



dellclouslj fragrant, full and 



double to the center. Of easy culture 



and extremely free flowering. Price, 



mailing size, 15 cts.; strong 2-year 



I year-old plants, GO cts. 



Irish Fireflama. The dainty, lovely 



single rose that is used so beautifully In 



IB and for table arrangement; the 



bud is wonderfully long and slender, and 



of marvelous color, combining all sorts 



. f yellow, bronze and red shades. Price. 



1-vear-old plants only, 25 cts.; 2 years 



old, 10 cts. 



Betty. Yellow. Color a coppery rose, 

 overspread with golden yellow. lis 

 ire extremely large, fairly full 

 and of glorious form. Vigorous, erect 

 and free-branching habit; flowers all 

 and is deliciously perfumed. 

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

 plants, 10 Cts. 



Madam Constant Soupert. Yellow. 

 One of the most beautiful Roses in exist 

 strong, robust, and bears great 

 lea of flowers. The buds are very 

 long and pointed and of perfect form, on 

 long, stiff stems, opening into large 

 18 of a splendid deep yellow, edgeil 

 and feathered peach-pink; sometimes 

 variable In color with less yellow. 

 ir mailing size, 15 cts.; strong 2- 

 year plants, 10 cts. 



Etoile de France. Red. This French variety 

 Is a most valuable addition to the Hardy Hybrid 

 Tea bedding Roses and a fitting companion to 

 such high-grade varieties as Killarney and La 

 France. It Is a strong, vigorous grower, with 

 good dark foliage, and flowers which are full 

 and double, and as beautiful In the bud as in 

 the full-blown flower, and borne on strong, up- 

 right shoots In the greatest profusion. In color 

 it is distinct from all Roses in this class, being 

 of a rich, velvety crimson with a vivid cerise- 

 red center. Price, mailing size, 15 cts. ; strong 

 2-year plants, 40 cts. 



Bessie Brown. White. Flowers profusely in 

 the open ground all through the summer. The 

 color is pure white, sometimes faintly flushed 

 pink; petals enormous and well shaped. Price, 

 mailing size, 3-inch pots, 15 cts.; 2-year plants, 

 40 cts. 



Mrs. A. R. Waddell. Yellow. A sturdy, 

 vigorous-growing bush. The buds open a clean. 

 rosy salmon, deepening to scarlet; outside of 

 petals a little lighter. Flowers large, splen- 

 didly formed. Price, strong mailing size. 15 

 <ts. ; heavy 2-year plants, 35 cts. 



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, sur- 

 passing Win. R. Smith in that respect. The 

 blooms are very large; clear, silvery pink, some- 

 what resembling the grand new Rose. Jonkheer 

 J. L. Mock, but lighter in color. This is a 

 variety of the greatest importance. Price, mail- 

 ing size, 20 cts.; 2-year plants, 50 cts.; 3-year 

 plants, 05 cts. 



Rhea Reid. Crimson. A magniflcent garden 

 Rose. "As large as American Beauty, as double 

 as La France, and as red as Richmond." is the 

 <\<y this beautiful Hybrid Tea Rush Rose has 

 ■1 .-scribed. The color is vivid scarlet- 

 i and the flowers are marvels of beauty; 

 large, bold and of splendid substance. It has 

 a strong, disease-resisting constitution, makes a 

 rapid growth and throws up a profusion of 

 canes from the roots, and is always blooming. 

 Price, 1-year mailing size, 15 cts.; strong 2- 

 year plants. 40 cts.; extra 3 years, GO cts. 



