NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE FOR 1904 



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2.Princcss Bonnie Set 



Hardy in the North 

 Magnificent in the 

 South - = = = 

 Bloom all the Time 



TWELYE SUPERB FREE-FLOWERINQ HARDY ROSES FOR $1 



1,0 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 twelve of the very choicest Roses in cultivation, varieties that are hardy and free blooming— worth five times 

 their number in cheap, unknown varieties wiih little or no merit— we would strongly urge you to plant the Princess 

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

 world over lor their sweetness, their general beauty and wonderful freedom of bloom. With them succe-s 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 w'ith protection. A liberal planting of one-year-old Roses is sure to bring good returns. 



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FINK ttdttdN COQHET 



The Queen of Pink Garden Roses.— This is beyond question 



the be-t pink garden rose in the world. In the openground 

 it quickly makes strong bushes, producing on long, stiff stems 

 in wonderful profusion, flowers that are so perfect as to defy 

 accurate description. The buds are beautiful, large, full and 

 firm, elegantly pointed, while the open flowers are extra 

 large, perfectly double and of splendid substance. The color 

 is clear, rich pink changing tosilvery rose. Blooms all the 

 time. Perfectly hardy. Worth a doz. n ordinary pink Roses, 

 IS cts. each ; two-year-old plants, 30 cts. each. * 



PRINCESS BONNIE 



The Only Hardy, Ever-Blooming Red Rose. The 



briehtest. hardiest sweetest, free-blooming Rose in existence ; 

 su« h is P r in cess 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 Ro-e we know, 

 while for continuity of bloom and vigorous' healthy growth 

 —whether planted indoors or in the open ground"— it even 

 surpasses a G-eranium. It blooms all the time ! 15 cts. each ; 

 two-year-old plants, 30 cts. each. 



dLINE SISLEY 



One of the Best.— This is a splendid, free-flowering, strong- 

 growing, dark colored Tea, and beyond a donbt one of the 

 most satisfactory varieties for open ground culture where it 

 grows to perfection. The flowers are verv larse, full and 

 double. The color is a rich, rare shade of Violet red, 

 brightened with crimson maroon. The fragrance is exceed- 

 ingly sweet, and more p'Onounced than is found in most 

 Teas. It blooms with wonderful freedom. A grand red 

 variety and one we think a great deal of. 10 cts. each ; two- 

 year-old plants, 30 cts. each. 



n/JLNdlSON 



Thi« is certainly one of ihe eh ice^t Roses in our collection, 

 and for geuer*l cultivation unsurpassed. The color is a 

 beautiful, rich creamy ilesh, distinctlv and elegantly 

 shaded clear peachy red, with a rose center ; flowers are 

 very large, pe fectly double a< d deliciously fragrant. Par- 

 ticularly valuable f^r outside cultivation, be'ing quite hardy. 

 A strictly fip>t-clasfl Rose in every respect; sure to give 

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

 cts. each. 



bUCHESS bE BRdBdNT 



A Fine Old Favorite.— This variety unites in a pronounced 

 degree, the highest attributes of a garden rose, being very 

 vigorous, never fails to produce flowers, healthy, rarelv 

 diseased m any w*y, produces large full blossoms, beautiful 

 in bud or open flow.'r and delightfully fragrant. The color is 

 an attractive shade of soft, rosy pirik, deepenin? to bright 

 rose ; 10 cts. each ; two-year-old plants, 30 cts. each. 



SO<JV. PRESIDENT QdRNOT 



Large, frill, double, exquisitely shaped Mowers with heavv, 

 thick, shell-like petals. The buds are long an. i pointed like 

 yiphetos— perfection in every line. The color is new, deli- 

 cate rosv blu«h, shaded a trifle deeper at center of the 

 flower. Frasrrance delicious, strong grower and free bloomer ; 

 hns no weak point. 15 cts. each ; two-veax-old plants, 35 

 cts. each. 



FINK LA FRdNQE 



A Famous Variety.— Has become famous as one of the 

 greatest of Roses for general planting. It is exceedingly 

 sweet and handsome, both flowers and buds being of grand 

 sizej the color is a lovely shade of silvery-pink, tinged 

 with crimson; de.icious fragrance; very full and wonder- 

 fully beautiful ; commences to hloom soon after planting and 

 continues until stopped by freezing weather. Hardy with 

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



CLIflBINQ QLOTILbE SOVJPERT 



A climbing offspring of Clotit/le Soupert, and ore of the 

 grandest Roses in cultivation. This variety has the same 

 vigorous consitution as its parent, combined with its truly 

 wonderful ireedom of bloom and ex'reme hardiness. In a 

 sinele season small plants will grow 15 to 25 feet, producing 

 cluster after cluster of delicious y sweet, round, full and 

 double flowers of a magnificent ivory-white shading 

 towards the center to silvery-rose. 15 cts. each ; two- 

 year-old plants, 35 cts. each. 



QENER4L ROBERT E. LEE 



A fine new Rose of great value to the general planter. 

 Vigorous grower, and valuable the whole year round. Com- 

 mences to bloom almost as soon rs set out, and continues 

 until severe freezing weather. Ranks witn Princess Bonnie 

 and Qotilde Soupert for freedom of bloom. Flowers are large, 

 full and double, beautiful b ith in bud and full-blown flower. 

 Color pure orange yellow. 15 cts. each ; two year-old-plants, 

 30 cts. each. 



PRINCESS bE SdQdN 



A Rich Crimson Tea Rose.— Crimson is a scarce color 

 among Tea Ro-es, and for that reason, as well as for its vigor- 

 ous growth, this is a Rose of great value and beauty. The 

 color is rich, velvety crimson, brilliantly beautiful. It 

 blooms quickly and abundantly, in fact is one of the freest 

 blooming of Tea Roses. Ihe flowers are very prettily made, 

 while the buds are exceedingly handsome. In its color it is 

 unexcelled for outdoor culture. 10 cts. each ; two year-old- 

 plants, 30 cts. each. 



FERLE bES JdRMNS 



This magnificent yellow Tea Rose still retains its position as 

 one of the very finest and most beautiful Roses of its color 

 ever in roduced. The color is clear golden-yellow, an 

 indescribably rich and beautiful shade ; the flowers are extra 

 lar?e. full globular form, with great depth and substance, 

 richly perfumed and exquisitely beautiful in everv way. 

 Succeeds well in open ground. "15 cts. each; two- year-old 

 plants, 30 cts. each. 



K/IISERIN /mQVJSTd VICTORIA 



One of the mo-t beautiful of all Roses for open-eround cul- 

 ture ; it is a strong, healthy grower and as hardv as anv of the 

 Hybrid Perpetual Roses, while it blooms with unbroken 

 continuity fro n early Spring until severe frosts ; in fact it is 

 as free-blooming as any Tea Rose. It is celebrated the world 

 over for its elegant, large, pointed buds and laree, full, double 

 flowers. Color, delicate creamy white ; deliciously fraerant 

 As a out flower it stands without peer. It is the parent of our 

 celebrated new Hardv Climbing Ron Mrs. Sobtrt Peary. 15 cts. 

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



. . . SPECiaL OFFER . . . 



For $1.00 we will send, postraid to any Post-office (with their arrival In fresh and growing condition 

 guaranteed ), one each of the twelve splendid new Roses described above ; six sets for $5. 



STRONG, TWO-YEAR-OLD PLANTS -For $3.25 we will send, by Express onlv, one each of the twelve 

 K^ses described abnve, strong, twn-vear-old plants, on own roots. No finer specimens will be found in this 

 country, and ihis h.w price beats all others. Owing to the large size of plants, they can be sent by Express 

 only, at purchaser's expense. #5r=PLEASE ORDER AS "PRINCESS BONNIE SET."^* 



