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Great Roses are made all the greater by 

 the publicity given tlierru Frequently, a 

 variety of more than ordinary worth is al- 

 lowed to "waste its sweetness on the desert 

 air" because the public is unacquainted 

 with its merits. This is especially true of 

 this great variety. It makes a strong, up- 

 right bush, with beautiful deep green foli- 

 age; is practically thornless. While a 

 Hybrid Tea, bearing in the greatest profu- 

 sion large, pointed buds and massive flow- 

 ers, on long, stiff, heavy shoots; the open 

 flower is enormous, full deep, and double. Color, rich creamy white, passing, when open, to a pale shade 

 of salmo -yellow, deepest at the center. It is absolutely hardy everywhere, and we ask that you plant it free- 

 ly. It will be a constant source of delight. See, also, this glorious Rose on the color plate elsewhere. 



Price ^'^ ^^^' ^^^^' ^ ^^^ ^^ ^'^^'^ larger .size, 20 cts. each, 3 for 50 cts. Two-year-old plants. 45 cts. each: e.\- 



tra larj-e three- and four-year-old-plants, on own roots, 75 cts. each. If your order amounts to $5.00 or 



more, we i^repay exi^ress charges. 



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