T^g^EDJAiSGUT^^^^ CijLTURE 



portions, and among them the following will be found desirable : Climbing Wootton, one of the most 



magnificent of all red climbers; Climbing Clotilde Soupert, which we find is hardy pretty nearly every- 

 where; Climbing Meteor, a sport from Meteor, grand in everj' way, velvety crimson; Gainsborough, 

 a newcomer, beautiful pink and white; Mrs. Robert Pearj', the only white, hardy, everblooming 

 climbing variety, an offspring of Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, one of the finest of all white climbers; 

 Climbing Helen Gould TMme. Driout), rosy crimson, beautifully striped and flamed bright carmine. 

 For warm climates where the winters are not severe, the Climbing Teas and Noisettes find a congenial 

 atmosphere and can be seen at their best. Among those which we recommend particularly are Chro- 

 matella, yellow; Climbing Devoniensis, white and blush: Marechal Xiel, that superb golden yellow; 

 James Sprunt, cherry-red; Gold of Ophir, nasturtium-yellow: Gloire de Dijon, creamy white; Reine 

 Marie Henriette, glowing crimson; Reve d'Or, buff-yellow; William Allen Richardson, coppery yel- 

 low, flushed carmine: Allister Stella Gray, light yellow; Carmine Pillar, rosy carmine: CHmbing 

 Bridesmaid, dark pink; Climbing Marie Guiilot, beautiful snow-white: White Marechal Xiel. 



Among the Bourbons and Chinas these are good varieties: Agrippina, fierv' red; Archduc Charles, 

 crimson-scarlet; Champion of the World, a meritorious pink: Queen's Scarlet, a really splendid 

 variety; velvety scarlet; Viridiflora, the Green Rose; Malmaison, flesh, shaded red and rose: Her- 

 mosa, one of the greatest varieties we have, clear pink; Lucullus, crimson-maroon. All the Polyan- 

 thas, as we have said before, are extremely desirable, and we find them hardy pretty generally 

 everv-^-here. With them may be properly classed the great new Rose, recently introduced. Crimson 

 Baby Rambler, one of the best of all Roses for bedding, hedging and general planting: can be gro'wn 

 everv-^-here with safety; Anny Muller, or Pink Baby Rambler, is equally desirable. They are dwarf 

 growers and present a marvelous effect when massed^ The newer varieties of the year. Baby Dorothy, 

 Phyllis and Psyche, give promise of great value, and we specially recommend these varieties. They 

 are of great beauty. The Wichuriana Roses are coming rapidly to the front. All are desirable 

 Wherever Roses are wanted to cover unsightly objects, or for hedges, rockerv' work, or where any 

 other Rose will not grow, the Wichurianas are indispensable. They seem to thrive in almost any 

 soil and situation, and should be planted freely. Among miscellaneous Roses we would specially 

 recommend that great new Rugosa Rose, which blooms like a Hybrid Perpetual, with almost the free- 

 dom of the Hybrid Tea, Sir Thomas Lipton. For hedging, cemeterj' or park work, or for single speci- 

 mens, this magnificent white Rose is almost indispensable. Other varieties in this class, almost equally 

 desirable, are the splendid new French Rose, Lyon, Soleil d'Or, or Golden Sun, English Sweetbriar, 

 Harrison's Yellow, Mad. Georges Bruant, beautiful white ; Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, silver^' pink; 

 Rosa Rugosa Rubra and Alba, and, finally, the Moss Roses. All of these varieties are hardy as oaks. 



An Ideal Selection 



In order that our friends, who perhaps do not have the time or patience to carefully scrutinize 

 each page of the Rose department of this book, may have the advantage of our knowledge of 

 varieties, we have selected thirty-eight of the best kinds, representing the highest types in aU 

 classes. This assortment will please the most 

 fastidious Rose lover, as every^ point of excel- 

 lence is embraced. Xo matter in what section of 

 the countrv' you live here is a collection of varie- 

 ties that for hardiness, freedom of bloom, beauty 

 of flower and permanency is unexcelled. To still 

 further reduce the time and patience required in 

 figuring out the cost of one-year- or two-year-old 

 plants, we would say that at the lowest cata- 

 logue price the total amount for one-year-old 

 plants is S6.60, but as a special offer we will send 

 you this entire collection, one plant of each va- 

 riety, postpaid, for S6 ; for two-year-old plants 

 the total amount is 813.75. As a special offer 

 we will .send one each, two-year-old plants, of the 

 thirty-eight varieties for S12.50, purchaser pay- 

 ing the express charges. Descriptions elsewhere. 



Pink, White, Yellow, Crimson and Red 

 Maman Cochet, Mrs. Robert Peary, White Ameri- 

 can Beauty, Crimson Baby Rambler, La France, 

 Souv. du President Carnot, Magnafrano, Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria, Triumph de Pernet Pere, 

 Meteor, Bessie Brown, Aurora, Virginia R. Coxe, 

 Killarney, Tausendschon, Climbing Wootton, 

 Philadelphia Crimson Rambler, Dorothy Perkins, 

 Sir Thomas Lipton, Clotilde Soupertj^ Freiherr 

 von Marschall, Souv. de Pierre Xotting, Xorma, 

 Perle des Jardins, Eugene Marlitt, Marie Pa vie, 

 Baroness Rothschild, Clio, Francois Levet, Giant 

 of Battles, Prince Camille de Rohan, Gloire 

 Lyonnaise, Magna Charta and Paul X'eyron. 



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Deutzia, Pride of Rochester growing on 

 The Dingee & Conard Co.'s grounds 



