New Guide to Rose Culture for 1903 



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for all Roses offered on tliis page, except wliere noted ; an^ 6 for 50 cts. ; $1 per 

 -1 /^ /^^"O ^^O /oV* dozen, postpaid. Two-year-old plants, 30 cts. each; $3 per dozen, by Express 



at purchaser's expense, 

 of 20 cents additional. 



For every dollar's worth, ordered, select to the value 

 For particulars see Preminm Offer, page 4:5. 



ISABELLA SPRUNT 



A Most Useful Rose 



For over twenty-five years, this variety has been a favorite, 

 as one of the best golden-yellow Roses, in fact, there are very 

 few better. Probably the "freest blooming yellow variety, and 

 fine in every way. It is a hright canary yellow, with a 

 very sweet tea scent ; large, beautiful buds, suitable for cut 

 flowers. A sport from Safrano one of our most desirable 

 sorts. 



J. B. VARONNE 



A Grand Tea Rose 



We consider this one of the best and most satisfactory in 

 the list. The superb extra-long pointed buds are exceedingly 

 beautiful ; the flowers are e-Ktra large, vase-shaped, both full 

 and double. The color is intense scarlety crimson, very 

 rich and bright, and is beautifully shaded -%vith salmon 

 yellovr or hnff rose at center; fragrance very sweet. It 

 is a strong, vigorous grower. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. ; 9 for $1. 



JAUNE NABONNAND 



One of the Finest Roses 



This is one of the really good Roses. It cannot fail to^give 

 splendid satisfaction. It is a strong grower, making thick 

 heavy shoots ; indeed it is remarkable tor its vigor and vital- 

 ity. The color is a rich chamois yellow; center some- 

 tinnes delicately shaded with coppery rose; the fra- 

 grance is charming. For profusion of bloom, finely formed 

 flowers and sturdy growth, this variety is diflB.cult to surpass. 

 It produces the kind of Roses that none of us have ever had 

 enough of. 15 cts. each ; i for 50 cts.; two-year-old plants, 30 

 cts. each. 



LA GRANDEUR 



A Beautifully Striped Tea Rose 



We consider this lovely variety one of the bes-t, if not the 

 best, striped Rose of any class. The stripes and dashes of 

 white stand out in bold relief against the soft rosy 

 carmine background, which at the base of petals 

 deepens into pale violet-purple, producing a most lovely^ 

 effect, surpassing in beauty any Rose we know. This is a 

 grand Rose for open-ground culture, being a remarkably 

 strong, healthv grower and a free and continuous bloomer. 

 The flowers are large, full and very double. 15 cts. each ; 4 

 for 50 cts. ; 9 for Si. 



LETTY COLES 



A Large, Sweet and Handsome Rose 



With great, large, deep, double, sweet-scented flowers that 

 look more like a Hybrid Perpetual than a Tea Rose. This 

 variety is justly regarded as one of the very finest Roses m 

 cultivation. The flowers are big, full and globular in form, 

 very double, and are produced in wonderful profusion on 

 stiff stems. The color is a soft rosy pinlt, deeply 

 shaded with intense crimson. The tea fragrance is ex- 

 ceedingly sweet. One of the very finest and strongest grow- 

 ing roses'in our list. It will give absolute satisfaction. 15 cts. 

 each ; 4 for 50 cts. ; 9 for $1 ; two-year-old plants, 30 cts. each. 



LUCIOLE 



An Excellent Variety 

 A grandly beautiful Rose ; the flowers are extra large 

 somewhat cupped form, but quite full and double; color 

 clear cherry red, with rich golden-yellow center, 

 elegantly shaded, delightfully perfumed. In the open 

 ground this lovelv variety makes a strong, quick growth, 

 producing its flowers remarkably early and contmumg to 

 bloom profusely. ' 



MAD, AGATHA NABONNAND 



This superbly beautiful Rose resembles in color the deli- 

 cate hues seen in the inside of the fairest deep-sea 

 shells; rosy flesh, bathed in golden amber; immense 

 egg shaped buds, broad shell-like petals, large, full flowers ; 

 exceedingly sweet. Careful trials have proved its value as 

 an outdoor'Rose. 



MEDEA 



A new Rose of exquisite kind and color, ranked by many 

 enthusiasts as the best yellow Tea Rose. The fiowers are of 

 large size, perfectly double to the center and perfect m shape 

 both in bud and blossom. The color is magnificent- 

 deep rich lemon yellow with creamy yellow center 

 with tints of sulphur. It is beautiful beyond description. 

 A strong healthy grower and one of the grandest Roses m this 

 book; 15 cts. each; 4 for 50 cts,; 9 for U. Two-year-old 

 plants, 30 cts. each. 



MAD. FRANCISCA KRUGER 



A Remarkably Fine Rose 



A strikingly handsome Rose, one of the ven,- best for open- 

 ground culture. It would be hard to name a better or more 

 satisfactory Rose. It is especially adapted to bedding or 

 massing. Holds its foliage under all sorts of adverse condi- 

 tions. The flowers aie deeply shaded coppery yellow in 

 color, and are of large size. A strong and vigorous grower 

 and a good and constant bloomer. Mad. Fmncisca Kruger is 

 just the Rose that will give you the utmost satisiaction. 



MAD. MARGOTTIN 



A Grand Hardy Rose 



This is a grand Rose ; always a favorite, very large and per- 

 fectly double ; flowers elegantly perfumed ; color beautiful 

 dark-citron yellow, with apricot shadings, and red 

 center ; a strong grower and quite hardy, blooming profusely. 



ARIEJAMBERT 



MARIE LAMBERT OR SNOW-FLAKE 



One of the best and freest flowering, ever-blooming Roses 

 in cultivation, equally good for open-ground cultivation and 

 pot culture. Outdoors it is especially good, being unusually 

 hardy, very vigorous and a certain, continuous and free 

 bloomer. On a single plant only nine months old 143 buds 

 and flowers were counted. Flowers large, full and double ; 

 color creamy white. 



Roland Park, Baltimore, Md., April 28, 1902. 

 Gentlemen: 



The flowers came safely Saturday afternoon. I never 

 saw finer Roses. If they bloom and prove as beautiful in 

 coloring as those I bought of you last summer, 

 satisfied. Many thanks for the premiums. 

 Very respectfully. 



shall be 



R. ^yELLS. 



