City of Boston Rose-Garden in Franklin Park 



NOVELTIES JN HYBRID TEA ROSES FOR 1928 



We are delighted to offer, this season, a group of the very newest Roses which have been selected from a vast number espe- 

 cially for this list. Each of these Roses has notable quahties of growth and beauty of flower, and, what is more, each one is 

 entirely distinct from any other new or old variety. 



Dame Edith Helen. (Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1926.) True, pure 

 pink, fragrant flowers of great size and perfect imbricated 

 form, similar to the shape of Francis Scott Key, but, urJike 

 that noble Rose, it opens well in aU weather. The plant is very 

 free-flowering and grows exceptionally well. $2.00 each. 



Irish Hope. (S. McGredy & Son, 1927.) We have selected this 

 as the best new red Rose since Etoile de Hollande. The glorious 

 buds are rich crimson with a brownish sheen, and do not blue 

 as many red Roses do. It has exceptional quahties in bloom- 

 ing and in growth, and is never entirely out of flower through- 

 out the whole season. $1.75 each. 



Lady Margaret Stewart. (Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1926.) Firm, 

 pointed buds of deep rich "yellow veined with orange and scar- 

 let, opening to large, very double, AveU-formed flowers of deep 

 buttercup-yellow. The fohage is hardy, shiny, and very per- 

 manent. The plant is much more vigorous than the well-known 

 Rev. F. Page-Roberts, which is somewhat similar in color. 

 $2.00 each. 



Margaret McGredy. (S. McGredy & Son, 1923.) A large, cup- 

 hke flower of brick or copper-red, which blazes hke red-hot 

 metal in the sunlight. It has more petals and greater substance 

 than any of the newer Roses of similar color, and the plant is 

 much more vigorous and has better fohage. $3.00 each. 



Mrs. A. R. Barraclough. (S. McGredy & Son, 1926.) Particu- 

 larly fine, long, silky buds of distinct soft pink, illumined with 

 yellow at the base. The open flowers are very large, preserving 

 a tight pointed centre even in the warmest weather. The 

 plant has healthy foliage and grows vigorously, blooming with- 

 out stop through the whole season. Everyone who has seen 

 it is enthusiastic in its praise. $2.50 each. 



Mrs. Lovell Swisher. (Howard & Smith, 1926.) Buds and 

 blooms of great substance and size, dehcate salmon-flesh 

 deepening to saLmon-pink at the base of the petals. The fine 

 lasting quahties of the flower give it exceptional value, both on 

 the bush and when cut. The growth is erect and healthy. 

 $2.00 each. 



FARQUHAR'S SELECT HYBRID TEA ROSES 



$1.00 each; $9.00 for 10; $80 per 100 (except where otherwise priced). Strong two-year, field-grown plants 



Angele Pernet. (Pernet-Ducher, 1924.) Graceful, cup-shaped 

 flowers of vivid orange and terra-cotta. One of the most re- 

 markably colored Roses of recent years, which looks excep- 

 tionally well when massed close together in considerable quan- 

 tities. $1.50 each. 



Antoine Rivoire. (Pernet-Ducher, 1895.) One of the old Roses 

 which no one can do without. The pale, pearly pink blooms are 

 shaped like camelUas, and have a faint lavender suffusion in 

 the depths and shadows that is unique in Roses. 



Betty. (Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1905.) A fine, vigorous bedding 

 plant with broad, smooth fohage, producing long, pointed, cop- 

 pery buds of exquisite shape and finish. The open flowers are 

 loosely formed, of soft pinkish buff color. 



Charles K. Douglas. (Hugh Dickson, 1919.) Sparkhng red 

 blooms of large size and informal shape, freely produced in 

 early summer and autumn on a vigorous, branching plant. 



Chateau de Clos Vougeot. (Pernet-Ducher, 1908.) Very- 

 double, fragrant blooms of dark, blackish crimson and scarlet. 

 Unique in color, and a fairly strong plant, which should be 

 massed rather close together in the foreground, because of its 

 low stature. 



Cheerful. (S. McGredy & Son, 1915.) A charming sort produc- 

 ing big, cup-like bleoms of glowing sahnon-pink, paling as they 

 age to pure, soft rose. 



Columbia. (E. G. Hill Co., 1917.) A popular Rose of great sub- 

 stance and lasting quahty when cut. Pale pink on opening, 

 deepening almost to salmon as the flowers age. The flowers 

 are exceptionally fine in autumn. 



Constance. (Pernet-Ducher, 1915.) Deep yellow buds, streaked 

 with crimson, opening to pure j-ellow blooms of exquisite 

 shape. One of the most beautiful of the true yellow Roses, and 

 worth special cultivation. $1.25 each. 



Duchess of Wellington. (Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1909.) No- 

 talale for its enormous, spindle-hke buds of soft, golden yellow, 

 veined and suffused with copper and red. Open flowers are 

 very large and semi-double. The plant is quite vigorous and 

 blooms with unusual freedom for a Rose of this color. 



Ecarlate. (Boytard, 1907.) This is one of the large, bushy 

 half-shrubs which belong in a border or in the background of 

 the Rose-garden. The semi-double, informal, bright scarlet 

 blooms are produced unceasingly all summer and autumn until 

 stopped by freezing weather. 



Edel. (S. McGredy & Son, 1919.) A massive, very double bloom, 

 pure snow-white. One of the best modern varieties in this 

 rare and difficult color. The flowers are usually best when the 

 weather is not too hot, opening into marvelous massive flowers 

 of noble proportions. 



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