New Guide to Rose Culture for 1903 



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for all Roses offered on this page, except -vrliere noted ; any 6 for 50 cts. ; $1 per 



lor aix i%.oses onerea on inis page, except -vriiere noiea ; any ti lor au cis. ; 5jil per 

 "I /^ |^i"CI ^?l r^ l1 dozen, postpaid. Two-year-old plants, 30 cts. each; $3 per dozen, by Express 

 J->-^ v^ IjO« ^CXV-/aA at purchaser's expense. For every dollar's worth ordered, select to the value of 



purchaser's expense. Kor every ' 

 30 cents additional. For particulars see Prentiuni Offer, page 45. 



Madame Cusin 



A Bright Tea Rose 



One of the good, strong growing, free-blooming Roses that 

 we cannot have too many of. The flowers are strikingly 

 beautiful; color bright "purplish crimson, base of 

 inside petals sometimes streaked with white. Large, 

 full, double flowers, very sweet and handsome. 15 cts. each ; 

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



Madame Elie Lambert 



An Extra Large Rose 



The flowers are extra large, fine globular form, very full 

 and well built up. The French description says it is the 

 absolute perfection of form. Color a rich creamy white, 

 faintly tinted Avith pale golden yellow, and ex- 

 quisitely bordered and tinted with soft rosy flesh ; 

 very beautiful and sweet ; petals large and of good sub- 

 stance ; constant and profuse bloomer, vigorous and healthy 

 grower— in short, a magnificent Rose in every way. 



Madame Honore Defresne 



A Golden Yellow Rose 



Golden yellow is a color not often found in Roses. This 

 superb variety is valuaVile because of its large, full, double 

 flowers, which are pure golden yello^v, and its freedom 

 of bloom and strong, healthy growth in open ground. Really 

 one of the sweetest and best Roses. 



Madame de Yatry 



One of the Brightest Roses 



We consider this splendid variety to be not only one of the 

 brightest, but one of the very best and most satisfactory 

 Roses for general planting, especially outdoors. It makes 

 big clean buds of great beauty and opens well, showing the 

 large, full, double flowers to great advantage. The color is 

 a rich crimson scarlet, bright and beautiful. Blooms 

 freely and constantly ; grows strong and healthy; holds the 

 foliage well. In every way a fine Rose. 



Madame Jeanne Cuvier 



New Tea Rose 



After thoroughly testing this new Rose, we recommend it 

 as a satisfactory variety of more than ordinary merit. It does 

 splendidly in open ground, where it grows very vigorously ; 

 produces with great freedom its fine, large, full and fragrant 

 flowers. They are especially attractive in the bud state; 

 indeed they equal the buds' of the finest cut-flower Roses. 

 The color" is tine salmon rose, passing to clear glossy 

 pink, shaded with rich carmine. An extra good Rose. 



Madame Joseph Sch warts 



A Pine, Free=Blooming Rose 



A lovely Tea Rose; extra large, globular flowers, very full 

 and sweet, pure ^vhite, tinged and shaded with pale 

 yellow and rosy blush, very beautiful Rose; very con- 

 stant and profuse bloomer. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. ; 9 for 

 $1; two-year-old plants, 30 cts. each. 



Madame Lambard 



A Good Bedding Rose 



A first-class Rose for Bedding; extra large, lull flowers, 

 very double and sweet ; color a beautiful shade of rosy 

 broiize passing to salmon and fawn, beautifully 

 shaded with carmine. An elegant Rose, of vigorous habit 

 of growth ; very free and constant bloomer. 



R Superb Xew 



HYBRID TEa ROSE 



SOUV. DE PRESIDENT CARNOT 



Large, full, double, exquisitely shaped flowers, with 

 heavy, thick, shell-like petals. The buds are long and 

 pointed like iV7p/igi!os— perfection in every line. The 

 color is new, delicate rosy blush, shaded a trifle 

 deeper at center of the flo-wer. Fragrance de- 

 licious ; strong grower and free bloomer : has no weak 

 point. 15 cts. each ; i for 50 cts. ; 9 for $1 ; two-j'ear old 

 plants, 35 cts. each. 



Madame de isHattei^iUe 



The Tulip Rose 



This grand variety, sometimes called the Tulip Rose, is one 

 of the most beautiful varieties we have ever sent out, and is 

 very largelj^ planted by those who know its beauty. The 

 color is a remarlcable shade of creamy yellovr, richly 

 colored -with rosy blush ; the petals are large and each 

 one widely bordered with bright crimson, which gives it a 

 very striking and beautiful appearance. The flowers are 

 large, very fall and highly perfumed. For planting in the 

 open ground. Mad. de Watteville takes front rank, being a 

 hardy, vigorous grower, standing the sun and weather well, a 

 profuse bloomer; unsurpassed for cutting. 



Madame Martha du Bourg 



Immensely Free-Blooming 



One of the prettiest and best Roses; flowers cup-shaped, 

 with wonderfully pretty crimped petals; giving them a 

 distinct lace-like appearance. The color is fine creamy 

 pink, with rosy flesh center; the buds, sometimes 

 the flowers, are beautiful apricot yellow, flushed 

 with orange red. This lovely variety in open ground is an 

 immense bloomer, producing a prodigious amount of blooms 

 throughout the season, being constantly covered with flowers. 



Cordova, Ala., May 20, 1902. 



Dear Sirs:— The two-year-old Roses ordered of you are 

 much better than I expected and I had a good opinion 

 of you too. They are far superior to Roses ordered from 

 other places, and by common consent are pronounced 

 the best selection of Roses ever seen in this section. 

 They are literally covered with flowers, and while all 

 are grand, "Mrs. Robert Peary and Helen Goidd" seem 

 to outshine them all, and are, in my opinion, at the 

 zenith of Rose perfection. 



The Caunas— your own selection— are just beginning 

 to bloom and are as far superior to the ordinary Canna 

 as " Helen Gould " is to an ordinary Rose. What more 

 can be said ? You will hear from me next season Avith 

 another order. Respectfully, 



Mks. p. M. Long. 



