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We have the pleasure to place before our 

 customers and friends a complete collection 

 of the most desirable varieties of New Roses introduced this year. We 

 have carefully tested each variety, and find all worthy of cultivation. They 

 are mostly of strong, vigorous growth and healthy constitution, and can be 

 grown successfully in open ground in. most localities without extra care or treat- 

 ment. For a choice collection of new and rare Roses this list cannot be equaled. 

 The flowers and buds produced are magnificent, possessing the most pleasing and 

 desirable qualities noticeable in Roses. As the prices given are low for New Roses, we think they are 

 well worth a trial by all lovers of the Queen of Flowers. 



cherry red; a desirable feature of this variety is the magnif- 

 icent buds, which are produced on strong, stiff stems, re- 

 sembling somewhat the old and reliable Rose, Bon Silene, in 

 form and substance. 40 cts. each. 



H. Plantagenet. — Color magnificent china rose, shading 

 to bright pink and carmine; robust and hardy in most any 

 locality; almost entirely without thorns; flowers are borne 

 on the terminus of strong, stiff stalks ; large, full and beauti- 

 fully foimed buds. 40 cts. each. 



Mad'elle Genevieve Goujon. — The shading of thig 

 lovely Rose is very pretty 



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Aime Colcombet. — The habit of growth of this pretty 

 variety is dwarf, making a nice compact bush, almost sym- 

 metrical in shape ; a clean, healthy grower and mostly hardy ; 

 flowers medium size, stems short; color bright carmine, shad- 

 ing to lovely pink and white towards the centre; base of 

 petals dark carmine and purple; a pleasing color. 40 cts. each. 



Elyse Heymann. — Flowers beautiful, very large, full and 

 perfectly formed; a strong, vigorous grower, most desirable 

 in every respect, centre of 

 flower lovely shade of bright, 

 glowing pink; outside, dark 

 golden yellow, diffused with 

 pink; reverse of petals saf- 

 fron rose ; beautiful. 40 

 cts. each. 



Etoile Polaire {Polar 

 Star). — A strong, robust 

 grower and profuse bloom- 

 er; flowers medium to large 

 size, fine full form; quite 

 double and handsome; color 

 a rich shade of creamy white, 

 shaded to pink, faintly col- 

 ored with rosy red and pale 

 canary yellow; similar in 

 shade to the grand old vari- 

 ety, Glorie de Dijon ; very 

 desirable. 40 cents each. 



Edouard Littaye. — A 

 free bloomer; flowers me- 

 dium size and quite double, 

 borne on strong, erect 

 shoots; color a lovely shade 

 of pink and carmine, chang- 

 ing to pale rose. 40c. each. 



Grande - Duchesse 

 Adelaide de Luxem- 

 bourg 1 . — Probably one of 

 the best and most desirable 

 varieties for bedding in the 

 list of new Roses, being of 

 a practically dwarf, compact 

 • habit of growth ; flowers 

 very large, full and imbri- 

 cated; color a delicate shade 

 of canary yellow ; centre 

 very bright and shining (see 

 cut). 40 cts. each. 



Grande -Duchesse 

 Hilda de Bade. — A beau- 

 tiful Rose; large, perfectly 

 formed buds and flowers of good depth and substance, very 

 double and well filled out; color, a beautiful shade of rich 

 creamy white; centre and base of petals faintly tinged with 

 pure golden yellow ; a neat, compact grower and free bloomer. 

 40 cts. each. 



Grande-Due Guillaume de Luxembourg-. — The 

 flowers are extra fine, large and perfectly formed, having 

 broad, thick, shell-like petals; quite double, full and very fra- 

 grant; color, clear salmon rose; reverse of petals, brilliant 



NEW EVEK-BLOOMER, ADELAIDE DE LUXEMBOURG. 



and attractive ; predom- 

 inating color is creamy 

 white, with a lovely clear 

 rose tint, deepening to car- 

 mine and salmon rose to- 

 wards centre. 40 cts. each. 

 Madame Victor Cail- 

 let. — A beautiful Rose, very 

 handsome and desirable; 

 flowers are of good size, fine 

 regular form, moderately 

 double and full ; color dark 

 rosy pink, nicely shaded 

 with salmon and coppery 

 red. 40 cts. each. 



Madame Benoit Riv- 

 iere. — Strong, erect grow- 

 er ; flowers are produced on 

 firm upright shoots; large, 

 full, and nicely formed; color 

 a pleasing shade of apricot 

 yellow, passing to salmon 

 rose in centre. 40 cts. each. 

 Monsieur Tillier. — 

 The color is exquisite car- 

 mine, passing to coppery 

 red; very pretty and dis- 

 tinct; flowers of good size, 

 quite double and highly tea 

 scented. 40 cts. each. 



Madame Besson- 

 neau. — Strong, vigorous 

 grower; very large, full 

 flowers, sometimes globular 

 in shape ; color rich apricot 

 yellow, delicately tinged 

 with amber; outside of 

 petals, creamy white; highly 

 tea scented ; one of the best. 

 40 cts. each. 



Madame Veuve Men- 

 ler.— It resembles very 

 much the parent plant, Camoens, the good qualities of which 

 have been reproduced in this variety. Flowers large and full, 

 nicely shaped ; color pale rose and delicate carmine, shading 

 to pink and white towards the centre ; reverse and base of 

 petals, a lovely shade of coppery yellow. 40 cts. each. 



Madame Pernet Ducner. — A robust, vigorous grower; 

 buds turban shaped and very pretty ; flowers semi-double and 

 of medium size; color bright canary yellow; outside petali 

 light carmine, shaded to creamy white. 40 cts. each. 



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