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Ever-bloommg Tea Roses — Standard List, Jj8 Varieties {Coniinued). 



Duchess of Edinburgh.— A splendid Rose ; in great 

 demand for its lovely buds, and remarkable for Us beautiful 

 color, which is the most intense glowing crimson imaginable. 

 20 cts. each. 



Buc de Magenta. — A lovely Rose; rich transparent 

 crimson, changing to fawn and rosy pink; very beautiful and 

 distinct; deliciously fragrant. 10 cts. each. 



Edmund de Blanzat. — Large, finely formed flowers, 

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

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



Empress Marie of Russia. — Fine, stately flowers, 

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

 vellow, passing to white, delicately tinged with pale lemon, 

 very beautiful. 15 cts. each. 



Exadelphe. — Quite double and fragrant ; color fine canary 

 yellow, passing to rich creamy white. 10 cts. each. 



Francisca Kruger. — .\ strikingly handsome Rose, and 

 one of the very best for open-ground culture, especially 

 adapted for beds or masses ; the splendid flowers are deeply 

 shaded copper yellow in color ; very large. 15 cts. each. 



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Ernest Metz. — Fine, .arge, full flowers andbeautiful long 

 pointed buds; color clear satiny pink, edged and bordered 

 with blush, the centre flamed with royal crimson ; very e.\cel- 

 lent and desirable. 15 cts. each. 



Edmund SablayroUes. — Fine purplish red, shaded to 

 rich peachy pink; deliciously perfumed; a very fine dark 

 colored Tea Rose. 15 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. 



Etoile de Lyon — Star of Lyon . 



This magnificent Tea Rose is rich golden yellow, a strong, 

 healthy and vigorous grower, immense bloomer, bearing 

 flowers and buds all through the season continuously, early 

 and late ; the flowers are of grand size, very deep, rich and 

 full, excellent substance, exceedingly sweet; surely one of 

 the very best and most beautiful yellow Tea Roses for 

 general planting ever introduced. Remarkably hardy both as 

 to heat and cold, frequently standing the Winters here unin- 

 juredinopen ground without protection, and blooming nicely 

 ail through the hottest part of the Summer. 15 cts. each. 



