EVER-BLOOMING TEA ROSES. 



31 



Ever=blooming Tea Roses 



THE Ever-blooming Teas are universally regarded as the most desirable and valuable Roses for 

 general planting in the open ground. Small plants, such as are sent by mail, will produce a 

 prodigious amount of bloom the first year ; they commence to flower almost as soon as they 

 are planted, and continue throughout the entire season, the flowers increasing in size and beauty 

 until late in Autumn. They are noted for their exquisite delicacy of coloring and their delightful 

 fragrance. While they are not to be classed among hardy Roses, it is safe to say they will stand 

 severe Winters in open ground with good protection. For quick and satisfactory results plant the 

 Ever-blooming Tea Roses, either mailing size or two-year-old plants. The harvest of bloom during 

 the first year will more than compensate for the trifling outlpy and effort expended. 



(Remember all our Roses are grown in two and a half and tnree- 

 incn pots. Not forced, in one and a half and two-ioch pots.) 



We offer the largest and most complete collection of Roses to be found in this country. We 

 claim to grow all our plants better than anybody else. We do not believe it possible to grow a good 

 Rose in a pot smaller than 2% inches in diameter. Many of our plants are grown in a 3-inch pot. 

 It costs more but the plants are stronger, bushier and better for our customers — as well as for our- 

 selves. We therefore claim our prices are lower than those of other concerns, many of whom use 

 none but i^-inch and 2-inch pots. Thirty years of business experience has taught us "what is 

 good for our customers is good for us." We grow good plants. Our prices are low. The plants 

 are cheap because they are good. 



From page 31 to 41, inclusive* are listed the prominent varieties of the Kver-bloom- 

 ing Teas, 'iney represent what is best in their class. They constitute what we would 

 recommend as the extra-good varieties. Healthy growth, freedom of bloom, color, 

 form and brilliancy of bloom; all these qualities will be found in the varieties here 

 listed. Satisfaction is assured to all who plant them. 



Special List of Best Varieties for General Planting, 



ALINE SISLEY.* 

 One of the Best. 



This is a splendid, free-flowering, strong-grow- 

 ing, dark-colored Tea, and beyond a doubt one of 

 the most satisfactory varieties for 

 open-ground culture, where ft 

 grows to perfection. The flowers 

 are very large, full and double. 

 The color is a rich, rare 

 shade of violet red, bright- 

 ened with crimson maroon. 

 The fragrance is exceed- 

 ingly sweet and more pro- 

 nounced than is found im 

 most Teas. It blooms with 

 wonderful freedom. This 

 is a grand red variety, and 

 one we think a great deal 

 of. iscts. each; two-year- 

 old plants, 30 cts. each. 



Beaute 



Inconstante.* 



Inconstant Beauty. 



This is by all odds the most 

 remarkable Rose that we have 

 ever seen. It is odd, unique and 

 beautiful. A single bush will bear 

 the same time flowers of vari- 

 ous colors, ranging from orange 

 to capuchin red an 1 carmine, m iking the ap- 

 pearance that of anumber of varieties bloom- 

 ing at once. The buds are particularly beau- 

 tiful, large, pointed and well made; when 

 opening they are perfect; splendid for cutting. 

 Specially fine for open-ground culture, where 

 its variable flowers are produced continually 

 throughout the season. Will excite admiration 

 wherever seen. 15 cts. each;- 4 for 50 cts.; 

 9 f >r $1. Two-year-old plants, 30 cts. each. 



PRICES IN QUANTITIES. 



Where marked 10 cts. each , 6 for 50 cts. ; $x 



per doz. Where marked 15 cts. each, 4 for 



BEAUTE INCONSTANTE. P q ^ . jo for $v where marked 20 ct& 



(A new Rose that produces many different colored flowers on the same bush.) each, 3 for 50 cts. ; 7 for $1. 



Varieties marked with an asterisk (*) can be furnished in two-vear-old plants at 30 cts. each ; these plants, owing to their 

 size, cannot be sent by Mail, and will be sent by Express at purchaser's expense. 



