OUR PREMIUM ROSES. 



It is our practice every year to offer two of our finest Roses for Premiums. THESE 

 PREMIUM ROSES are CHOICE NEW SORTS that have been tested and can be rec- 

 ommended ; and the opportunity to obtain them in this way at the mere cost of postage 

 and packing is highly appreciated by our friends, who are certain to include them in their 

 orders. This season we have the pleasure of offering as Premiums, 



AND 



-JbALJ^JDJ^l^ IDE-Vj^OOTJT, 



These elegant varieties are among the most beautiful and desirable Ever-blooming Roses 

 we have in our whole collection ; they are fully equal to many of the New Sorts sold at 50 

 cents each. We do not offer them for sale, but reserve our whole stock to present to our 

 friends as Premiums on the terms given below. 



They are offered in the confident belief that they will greatly please all who plant them. 



COMTESSE RIZA DU PARC, is one of the New French Roses imported by us in 

 1877 ; it is very scarce, and we believe not offered in this country at less than 50 cents each. 

 The flower is large size ; very double, full and sweet ; color, bright coppery rose, tinged 

 and shaded with soft violet crimson ; a strong grower and profuse bloomer. 



MADAM DEVACOUT. — A magnificent rose ; new and scarce ; beautiful clear canary 

 yellow ; delicious tea fragrance ; large, very double and full ; beautiful in bud and flower. 



Note. — When making up your order, if you Avrite " Pare " or " Devacout," or say " dot/i 

 Premiums " we will understand what you mean without writing the names in full. 



To every one who buys one dollar's \vorth or more roses or other plants, whether singly 

 or in clubs, and adds ten cents to pay postage and packing, we will present free, either of 

 the splendid Premium Roses described above ; or both for 20 cents ; or, if desired, our cus- 

 tomers may select any roses they prefer from the General Collections on same terms. 



2 dollar orders, adding 20 c, are entitled to 2 premiums. 



3 " " " 30 c., " " 3 



4 " " ' 40 c., " " 4 -' 



Note. — When the Premiums are wanted, they must be ordered at the same time as the 

 others. We cannot send them separately after the order has gone. 



New Roses of 1878, 



AND 



ROSES OF SPECIAL INTEREST. 



We offer, in this list, the Choicest New Roses of 1878, our own Importation 



from London and Paris. Also a few other extra fine sorts which are scarce and rare 

 and not in sufficient supply to be placed in the General Collections. Many of these roses 

 have obtained certificates of special merit from the Royal Horticultural Society ofLondon, 

 and the Rose Congress of France, the two highest authorities on Roses in the world ; these 

 varieties are recommended as being particularly valuable and beautiful, as well as the very 

 finest European novelties of the season. The plants from vv^hich our stock is taken cost us 

 in Paris and London, nearly their weight in gold. Purchasers can select any varieties they 

 prefer, or order the whole set, or both sets at very reasonable prices. We also offer these 

 Roses as special Premiums to our friends who get up clubs, so that they can be easily ob- 

 tained by all who desire them. 



Please notice that we offer of New Roses, and Roses of Special Interest, 

 two complete sets of twenty sorts each.— One set of twenty varieties Ever-Bloom- 

 ing Roses, and one set of twenty varieties Hardy Hybrid Perpetual Roses. 



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