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The Princess Bonnie Set. 



TEN SUPERB FREE-FLOWERING HARDY ROSES FOR $1. 



Ha,rdy in the North — cMagnificent in the South— ^loom all the Time, 



€0 foster the love for Roses, to encourage all who fear failure of a trial, and to prove that the D. & C. Roses are 

 the best for home planting, surer to grow and quicker to bloom than any other, we make this splendid offer. If 

 you would have ten of the very choicest Roses in cultivation, varieties that are hardy and free blooming — worth 

 five times their number in cheap, unknown varieties with little or no merit-— we would stroiigly urge you to plant 

 the Princess Bonnie Set. This is the grandest offer of the year. The ten exquisite Roses described below are famed the 

 world over for their sweetness, their general beauty and wonderful freedom of bloom. With them success is certain. 

 Throughout the entire growing season they will yield their beautiful flowers in the greatest profusion. Plant them and 

 you will become a Rose enthusiast. All hardy with protection. 



PRINCESS BONNIE. 



The Only Hardy Ever-blooming- Rose. — The 



brightest, hardiest, sweetest, free-blooming Rose in exist- 

 ence ; such is Princess Bonnie. Color solid crimson. 



deeper and more vivid than Gen. Jacqueminot : fragrance 

 far sweeter than La France ; produces more perfect flowers 

 than Clotilde Soupert, the most prolific of all Roses. For 

 beauty and exquisite fragrance, it is positively not equaled 

 by any Rose we know, while for continuity of bloom and 

 vigorous, healthy growth — whether planted indoors or in 

 the open ground — it even surpasses a Geranium. It blooms 

 all the time / See complete description, page -^y. 15 cts. 

 each ; two-year-old plants, 35 cts. each. 



ENCHANTRESS. 



As Free -blooming' as Princess Bonnie.— This 



variety belongs among the leaders. It blooms with aston- 

 ishing freedom, bearing its large, globular, double flowers 

 in immense clusters ; it is as free blooming as any Rose in 

 our collection. The color is creamy white, slightly tinted 

 with buff in centre ; of vigorous growth, fine foliage and 

 highly valuable, both in pots for late Autumn and Winter 

 blooming as well as for general planting in open ground 

 during Summer. 15 cts. each ; two-year-old plants, 30 

 Cts. each. 



PINK SOUPERT. 



A superb new Tea Polyantha Rose introduced by us. It 

 is an offspring of Clotilde Soupert, and identical with it 

 except in color, which is deep, rich pink. Its freedom of 

 bloom is marvelous; throughout the growing season it pro- 

 duces cluster after cluster of finely formed buds and flow- 

 ers. It is hardy with slight protection. For open-ground 

 planting this variety is conceded to be the champion pink 

 Rose ; is one of the most popular Roses in cultivation ! It 

 suits everybody. 15 cts. each ; two-year-old plants, 30 

 cts. each. 



CUHBINQ SOUV. DE WOOTTON. 



A Grand. Acquisition. — A sport from that famous 

 Rose, Souv. de Wootton, with which it is identical except 

 that it is a strong, rampant climber, growing in one season 

 to a height of lo to 15 feet ; superbly formed flowers ; 

 bright magenta red, passing to violet crimson, richly 

 shaded. The flowers are large, full and regular, with thick, 

 leathery petals and deliciously tea scented ; make beajatiful 

 buds ; as an outdoor climbing Rose it will take a front rank, 

 because of its strong growth, hardiness and freedom of 

 bloom. A well-developed bush covered with finely formed 

 flowers is beautiful beyond anything we have ever seen. 

 15 cts. each; two-year-old plants, 35 cts. each. 



WHITE riAriAN COCHET. 



A Magnificent Ne-w Ever-blooming Tea Rose. — 



This is a superb variety, now offered for the first time, and to 

 see it in bloom one is lost to find words to express its won- 

 derful beauty. It is identical with its parent, Maman 

 Cochet, a queen among pink garden Roses, except in color 

 of flower, which is snowy white, sometimes faintly tinged 

 with the faintest suggestion of pale blush. It has the same 

 freedom of bloom, magnificent form of buds and flowers 



and it is marvelously beautiful in its perfection. The 

 flowers are large and very double, with petals of unusually 

 heavy texture, making it of more than ordinary value in 

 the open ground. It has the vigor of an oak, with heavy 

 foliage, which is impervious to disease. Hardy with pro- 

 tection. Of extraordinary merit. 15 ctS. each ; two-year- 

 old plants, 35 cts. each. 



MEDEA. 



One of the best golden-yellow Roses in cultivation. The 

 flowers are of the largest size, perfectly double to the centre, 

 and of the most perfect shape, both in bud and blossom, 

 while the color is exquisite and beyond description, being 

 a rich, deep, golden yellow, tinted with shades of sulphur. 

 Of all the yellow varieties this one takes front rank. It 

 blooms continuously throughout the season. Hardy with 

 protection. 15 cts. each ; two-year-old plants, 30 cts. 

 each. 



VISCOUNTESS FOLKSTONE. 



Flesh Color. — This magnificent Rose is as strong 

 growing, as free blooming, as hardy and as beautiful as 

 President Carnot, a Rose whose beauty has taken the coun- 

 try by storm. The flowers are simply grand, extra size, 

 highly built and double. The color is a beautiful shade of 

 pale, tender flesh, with satiny lustre resembling glossy silk. 

 Looks like President Carnot Rose ; highly scented ; splendid 

 in open ground. 15 cts. each ; two-year-old plants, 35 

 cts. each. 



CLiriBINQ MARIE QUILLOT. 



Orig'inated and Introduced by The Dingee & 

 Conard Co. — As the offspring of one of the most valu- 

 able and famous Tea Roses in cultivation, we consider this 

 a superb novelty. It is a splendid grower, adapted to 

 almost any soil or situation, and for outdoor cultivation has 

 no superior. The flowers are magnificently made, extra 

 large, deep and double; buds exquisite; fragrance delight- 

 ful. The color is pure, snow white, sometimes faintly 

 tinged pale yellow; identical with Marie Guillot except 

 that it is a rapid climber, throwing up shoots 10 to 15 feet 

 high in a single season. It blooms continuously the first 

 year ; in fact it commences to bloom when in small pots. 

 Hardy with protection. See page 37 for illustration. 15 

 Cts. each; two-year-old plants, 35 Cts. each. 



CLiriBINQ BRlDESriAID. 



A new ever-blooming Tea Rose of the most promising 

 type. It has everything to commend it. All the valuable 

 characteristics of Bridesmaid, from which it is an offspring. 

 Grows rapidly and strongly, and blooms freely as does its 

 parent. The flowers are identical with Bridesmaid, clear, 

 dark pink ; in bud they are superb. Hardy if protected. 

 See page 35 for illustration. 15 Cts. each ; two-year-old 

 plants, 40 cts. each. 



CHAHPION OF THE WORLD. 



This is a free-blooming hardy Rose of great merit, in- 

 troduced recently. Flowers of large size ; color a lovely, 

 clear, deep pink. Blooms with wonderful freedom out- 

 doors. 15 Cts. each ; two-year-old plants, 30 ctS. each. 



OFFER. 



FOB »1 we will send, postpaid to any Post-office (with tlieir arrival in fresh and growing condition guar- 

 anteed), one each of the ten splendid new Roses described above ; 6 sets for *5. x. «• ^.i, * 



STRONG TWO-YEAR-OLD PLANTS FOR S3.75 we will send, by Express only, one each of the ten 



Roses described above, strong two-year-old plants, on own roots. No finer specimens will be toiind in tnis 

 country, and this low price beats all others. Owing to the Ip^ge size of plants they can be sent by u-xpress 

 only, at purchaser's expense. 4^ Please order as "Princess Bonnie Set." 



