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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Plant; 



m%% NEW SSS? ROSES for 1928 



Columbia 



This beautiful Rose is not 

 only one of the most popular 

 winter cut flowers, but has also 

 proven itself a good bedding or 

 garden variety. It is of strong, 

 vigorous habit and exception- 

 ally free-blooming. The flowers, 

 of good size, are perfect in 

 form. Color a pleasing rose- 

 pink; fragrant. 



Duchess of 

 Wellington 



The ground color is chrome- 

 yellow through which run veins 

 of rich orange and shadings of 

 the same running into the rich 

 yellow. Like all high-colored 

 Roses it varies, but the rule is, 

 that it intensifies rather than 

 lightens in its shadings. 



Etoile de France 



Of vigorous growth with hand 

 some bronze-green foliage. The 

 flowers are very large, petals of splen 

 did substance, magnificent cupped form: 

 color superb velvety-crimson; the center 

 of the bloom is a vivid cerise. Buds long and 

 pointed, making it valuable for cutting. 



Francis Scott Key 



A strong sturdy grower. The flowers arc a deep 

 red, of largest size, with finely formed petals of great 

 substance. The stems are strong and straight, holding 

 the flowers erect. The profusion of bloom is truly marvelous 

 every shoot producing a flower. 



\Yc have every confidence that this grand variety will attai 

 the widest popularity as an outdoor bedding Rose 



George C. Waud 



Jonkheer 

 J. L. Mock 



A fine Rose for any purpose. 

 Color is carmine changing to 

 imperial - pink. A strong, 

 healthy grower, carrying its 

 flowers on long, stiff stems; 

 they are full, of great size, 

 having great substance and 

 depth of petal, with high center; 

 very fragrant. (See illustra- 

 tion.) 



Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria 



A Hybrid Tea Rose, soft 

 pearly-white, lightly tinted 

 with lemon in the center, just 

 enough to relieve the white; 

 remarkably fragrant; a strong, 

 healthy grower, with bold, 

 beai.tiful foliage. 



Killarney Queen 



A bright cerise-pink "sport" of 

 the famous Killarney that is 

 Irongcr in growth and much brighter 

 color. The buds are long and bcau- 

 titully formed, the open flower is grace- 

 ful in the extreme. It is of vigorous 

 growth, making heavy shoots which are 

 crowned with buds The foliage is abundant 

 and of splendid substance, a dark healthy 

 green In addition to being an unusual forcing 

 Hose, this variety is a decided improvement on thl 

 Killarney as a garden variety. 



Lady Ashtown 



Light reel or deep rase showing shades of orange and verr 

 very double, pointed and slightly sweet scented. It is a dependable 

 flo°w"e? Sort?™ 8 Partlcularly " ne ln Autumn - A fi^ exhibiUon and cut" 



Grange Colombe 



A truly magnificent Rose, rhe color is deep cream in the young state 

 Passmg to intense canary-yellow in the center as the bloom develops 1 

 dehciously refreshing perfume; rich cedar-green foliage. "cvciops, 



Gruss an Teplitz 



The color when first opening is a very dark, rich crimson: as the flower 

 opens it discloses bright scarlet, shading to velvety, fiery red The flowers 

 on well grown and established plants are large and full, very showy and 

 handsome. It is a prodigious bloomer, one of the freest known remark: 

 healthy and vigorous. 



Soft rosy pink, shadmg'to yellow at base of petals' large 



\ JLo?»\ S-f u g °° d growing and free blooming role! 



qualifies? C ° f ltS consisl ™"y S°°d blooming 



Lady Alice Stanley 



The color on the outside of the petals is deep coral-rose; inside pale 

 flesh slightly flushed deeper flesh; a remarkable, attractive and pleasing 

 combination of coloring It ,s a strong, vigorous grower, with fref 

 branching habit. The flowers are delightfully fragrant. 



i freest known, remarkably 



Lady Ursula 



Flesh-pink large, full, great substance; petals large, delicately Tea 

 perfumed, the growth is vigorous and upright. 



Los Angeles 



This is, by all odds, one of the finest Roses ever introduced The growth 

 is very vigorous, and produces a continuous succession of long-stemmed 

 flowers of a luminous flame-pink, toned with coral and shaded with trans- 

 lucent gold at the base of the petals. In richness of fragrance it eauals 

 in intensity the finest Marechal Neil. The buds are long and pointed 

 and expand into a flower of mammoth proportions. 



Lady Hillingdon 



^rL b n aUt r! ful ncv f, Tea Rose which ha u s created quite a sensation. Bright 

 sat ron->ellow with coppery-orange shades. One of the most attractive 

 in its color. Buds long and pointed. attractive 



Laurent Carle 



A fine Hybrid Tea Rose, which is destined to become very popular 

 It is a fine, vigorous grower of erect, branching habit and splendid dark 

 green foliage. The stems are long and rigid, holding the buds and the 

 flowers welT erect It is.beautiful in the bud and they expand into large 

 flowers of perfect form, just full enough to open freely; splendid for sum- 

 mer. The color is a brilliant reddish-carmine with a soft velvety finish 

 one of its distinctive characteristics. It has a delightful fragrance This 

 offered it 3S J ustmed th e h >Sh opinion we expressed when we first 



La Tosca 



An ideal Rose of large size and exquisite form; the color is silverv-pink 

 with deeper center. It is dehghtfully fragrant. As a garden Role it is of 

 exceptional merit, perfectly hardy and remarkably fTee-flowering The 



Th^JVth 1 " 80 ! a 'i d i Ul . 1 a 5 d bo !' n . e on lon< ? stiff s ^™- ''ne for cutting 

 1 he growth is splendid, sturdy and healthy, tie foliage large and abundant 



Price for any of the above strong 2-year-old pot grown plants. First size $1.50 each, $18.00 ner doz 

 Second size $1.00 each, $ 10.00 per doz. H 



Purchaser pays transportation on Roses 



