NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE. 



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Ever-blooming Tea Roses — Standard List, 156 Varieties {Continued). 



bloomer ; the flowers are well borne up on strong stems, and 

 are usually large and handsome ; the buds are long and 

 finely pointed. Color clear rich maroon or deep purplish 

 red, centre sometimes streaked with silvery white ; the petals 

 are finely imbricated; flowers deliciously sweet. 20 cts. each. 



Clement Nabonnand. — Charming buds and beautiful 

 flowers; color coppery gold, elegantly flushed with purplish 

 crimson; a constant and profuse bloomer. 15 cts. each. 



Comtesse Anna Thun. — New and very beautiful ; 

 extra-large, full flowers ; fine cupped form; petals thick and 

 of good substance; color golden orange yellow, elegantly 

 shaded with saffron and rich copper red, deepening at centre 

 to rosy crimson; very distinct and handsome. 15 cts. each. 



Comtesse de Caserta. — Large, very beautiful flowers; 

 fine full form, very double and fragrant; color dark purplish 

 red, elegantly clouded with pale coppery yellow. 10 cts. each. 



Comtesse de Erig-neuse. — An elegant Tea Rose; 

 color golden yellow ; flowers large and full. 15 cts. each. 



Comtesse Eva Starhemberg (New). — Flowers large 

 and full, with broad firm petals, very sweet; color creamy yel- 

 low with buff and ochre yellow centre; petals bordered and 

 edged with rose; very handsome and desirable. 20 cts. each. 



Comtesse de Witzthum (New). — Extra-large, fine flow- 

 ers, borne in great profusion ; color pale canary yellow, very 

 beautiful. It is a good healthy grower, and we think will be 

 a very satisfactory Rose for general planting. 20 cts. each. 



Comtesse Riza du Pare. — A fine variety, imported from 

 France ; color bright coppery rose, tinged and shaded with 

 soft violet crimson; the flower is large, very full and sweet; 

 and a profuse bloomer. 15 cts. each. 



Coquette de Lyon. — A lovely Tea Rose; exquisite 

 canary yellow, clear translucent texture and delicious per- 

 fume; flowers large, fine form, very full and double; con- 

 stant and most profuse bloomer. 15 cts. each. 



Cornelia Cook.— This beautiful Tea Rose is in great 

 demand ; color pure creamy white, sometimes faintly tinged 

 with pale lemon and blush; very double (see cut). 15c. each. 



Devoniensis (Magnolia Rose). — Beautiful creamy white, 

 with rosy centre; large, full and double. 15 cts. each. 



Docteur Grill. — Clear buff pink, passing to clear rose and 



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fawn, elegantly suffused with palecanary yellow. 15 cts. each. 



Ducbesse de Brabant. — Soft, rosy pink petals, edged 

 with silver; very sweet; one of the best. 15 cts. each. 



Duchesse Marie Salviati. — This is a grand Rose, of 

 an attractive color, beautiful chrome yellow, elegantly tinged 

 with orange passing to buff, prettily flushed with pale rose; 

 buds and outer petals exquisite orange red. The flowers 

 extra large, quite full and very sweet. 15 cts. each. 



Duchesse of Edinburgh. — In great demand for its 

 lovely buds, and remarkable for its beautiful color, which is 

 the most intense glowing crimson imaginable. 20 cts. each. 



Edmund de Bianzat. — Large, finely formed flowers, 

 quit; double and full ; color bright peachy red or violet crim- 

 son, with salmon rose centre; very pretty. 10 cts. each. 



Edward Gontier. — We can't praise this Rose too highly ; 

 it is very beautiful and highly satisfactory in every way ; color 

 fine creamy yellow, with rosy buff centre, passing to apricot, 

 delicately shaded with scarlety crimson ; used for bedding or 

 massing, gives good satisfaction. 15 cts. each. 



Edmund Sablayrolles. — Fine purplish red, shaded to 

 rich peachy pink; deliciously perfumed; a very fine, dark- 

 colored Tea Rose. 15 cts. each. 



Elisa Eugier (New.) — The flowers are of grand size and 

 superb form, well borne up on strong stout stems. It is a good, 

 strong, healthy grower that will probably do well in all ordi- 

 nary situations; the color is rich creamy white, beautifully 

 tinged with pure golden yellow; the petals, which are large 

 and broad, are frequently bordered and delicately shaded with 

 soft pearly pink ; a beautiful rose in every way. 20 cts. each. 



Empress Marie of Russia. -Fine, stately flowers, 

 extra large, very full and delightfully sweet ; color fine canary 

 yellow, passing to white, delicately tinged with pale lemon ; 

 very beautiful. 15 cts. each. 



Ernest Metz. — Fine, large, full flowers and beautiful long 

 pointed buds; color clear satiny pink, edged and bordered 

 with blush, the centre flamed with royal crimson ; very excel- 

 lent and desirable. 15 cts. each. 



Etendard Jeanne d'Arc. — The romantic story of the 

 Maid of Orleans still lingers in history, and this beautiiful 

 Rose may recall to memory some of her wonderful achieve- 



