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IT" Collection. Ha'dy^"'^'''' 



Free=blooming Roses. 



inij ELIEVING that our customers demand the best Roses, we now offer for the first time a col- 

 '^'^ lection of the rarest and most magnificent of all free-blooming Hardy Hybrid Perpetual Roses. 

 We have been preparing the Roses for this collection for three years. All the varieties are 

 rare and valuable, but we have now grown them in sufficient quantities to meet the large 

 demand that is sure to come for them. Each variety is a jewel. They are perfectly liardy 

 everywhere, and once planted will increase in size and beauty year after year. 



The Hybrid Perpetuals, as a rule, bloom only once a year. The varieties here offered may be 

 properly called ever-bloomers, as they bloom several times during the season. They are strong, 

 upright, healthy growlers, with large, bold flowers, frequently measuring five to six inches across. 

 They are of the greatest value for outdoor planting, because of their handsome, delicious, fragrant 

 flowers, freedom of bloom and absolute hardiness. This is truly our banner collection. One might 

 buy every variety in our list and find none so satisfactory, nor more beautiful. Just note the kinds 

 included iii this collection ! 



PRINCE CAMILLE DE ROHAN. 



THE BLACK ROSE. 



This is a magnificent Rose, celebrated the 

 world over for its large, handsome, fragrant flow- 

 ers and the freedom with which they are pro- 

 duced. The color is a deep, rich, velvety crim- 

 son, passing to intense maroon, shaded black ; at 

 a short distance they appear really black. This 

 is one of the most handsome Roses we have ever 

 seen. It is the nearest black. Although the same 

 claim is made for others, this variety is the dark- 

 est. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts. ; 7 for $1.00. 



VICK'S CAPRICE. 



A strikingly beautiful Rose, totally unlike 

 any other variety. It is a true perpetual bloom- 

 ing hardy Rose. In open ground it is superb ; it 

 is a strong, vigorous grower, blooming at short 

 intervals throughout the season. The flowers are 

 large, full and deep ; the color is very odd and 

 handsome — satiny pink, distinctly striped and 

 dashed with white and bright carmine. It is a 

 remarkably beautiful Rose, and one of the most 

 valuable in this collection. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 

 50 cts.; 9 for $1.00. 



riRS. JOHN LAINQ. 



The demand for this splendid Rose has always 

 exceeded the supply. Last year it was not of- 

 fered in our catalogue, but we open this season 

 with a fine, large stock. Mrs. John Laing is a 

 constant blooming Hybrid Perpetual, and one of 

 the grandest of its class. The flowers are extra 

 large and full, borne on long stems, and deli- 

 ciously fragrant. The color is a clear bright 

 pink, exquisitely shaded. It is perfectly hardy, 

 and truly a grand variety. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 

 50 cts.; 7 for $1.00. 



MADAME riASSON. 



It may not be generally known among our 

 customers that this is one of the really superb 

 Roses, and fully the equal of any variety in this 

 collection. We think it one of the very finest 

 Roses in existence for garden cultivation. It is 

 entirely hardy, blooms nearly all the time, bear- 

 ing in'profusion numbers of large, full, double 

 flowers of unsurpassing beauty and wonderful 

 fragrance ; color clear bright rose, distinct and 

 charming, 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts. ; 9 for $1.00. 



riADAflE PLANTIER. 



This grand variety is well known and needs 

 but little description. It is the most profuse 

 blooming white hardy Rose in cultivation ; par- 

 ticularly fine in open ground. The flowers are 

 very large, perfectly double, fragrant, and in 

 color pure snowy white ; especially fine for ceme- 

 tery planting. 15c. each ; 4 for 50c.; 9 for $1.00. 



QLOIRE LYONAISE. 



This grand Rose is a pale shade of chamois 

 or salmon yellow, deepest at centre, and some- 

 times passing to rich creamy white, finely tinted 

 with orange and fawn ; it is the nearest yellow 

 Hybrid Perpetual Rose ; the flow^ers have all the 

 beauty of Tea Roses ; large, full and delightfully 

 sweet. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts.; 9 for $1.00. 



DINSMORE. 



A grand Rose, very popular and highly rec- 

 ommended for garden planting on account of its 

 hardiness and vigor of growth, constant and pro- 

 fuse bloom, which begins soon after planting and 

 continues all through the season. Flowers large 

 and perfectly double ; color rich crimson scarlet, 

 very showy and handsome ; delightfully fra- 

 grant. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts ; 9 for $1.00. 



SPECIAL OFFER.— For $1.00 we will send one each of the seven 

 superb Roses described above, strong plants from three= 

 inch pots, postpaid by flail. 



Two=year=oId Plants, 



ready for immediate effect. For $2.25 we will send one each of 

 the seven varieties described above, two-year-old plants, on 

 own roots, by Express only. 



PLEASE ORDER AS "THE BANNER COLLECTION. 



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