Eight Superb Hardy Free-blooming Roses 



Banner Collection 



BELIEVING that our customers demand the best Roses, we now offer a collection of 

 the rarest and most magnificent of all free=blooming Hardy Hybrid Roses. We 

 have been preparing the Roses for this collection for years. All the varieties are 

 rare and valuable, but we have now grown them in sufficient quantitiesto meet the 

 large demand that is sure to come for them. Each variety is a jewel. They are 

 perfectly hardy everywhere, and once planted will increase in size and beauty year 

 after year. 



The Hybrids, as a rule, bloom only once a year. The varieties here offered may be prop- 

 erly called ever-bloomers, as they bloom several times during the season. They are strong, 

 upright, healthy growers, with large, bold flowers, frequently measuring five to six inches 

 across. They are of the greatest value for outdoor planting, because of their handsome, 

 delicious, fragrant flowers, freedom of bloom and absolute hardiness. This is truly our 

 banner collection. One might buy every variety in our list and find none so satisfactory, 

 nor more beautiful. Just note the kinds included in this collection ! 



PRINCE CAMILLE DE ROHAN 



The Black Rose.— This is a. magnificent Rose, cele- 

 brated the world over for its large, handsome flowers 

 and the freedom with which they are produced. The 

 color is a deep, rich velvety crimson, passing to intense 

 maroon, shaded black ; at a short distance they appear 

 really black. This is one of the most handsome Roses 

 we have ever seen ; it is the nearest black ; although the 

 same claim is made for others, this variety is the dark- 

 est. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts.; 7 for $1.00. 



KAISERINE AUGUSTA VICTORIA 



The Champion Hardy White Rose.— In this variety 

 we have one of the most beautiful of all Roses for open 

 ground culture; it is a strong, healthy grower and as 

 desirable as any of the Hybrid Perpetuals, while it 

 blooms with unbroken continuity from early Spring 

 until severe frosts ; in fact it is as free a bloomer as any 

 of the Tea Roses. It is celebrated the world over for its 

 elegant long-pointed buds and large, full, double flow- 

 ers. Color satiny white, deliciously fragrant. As 

 a cut flower it stands without a peer; it is the parent 

 of our celebrated new Hardy Climbing Rose, Mrs. 

 Robert Peary. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts.; 9 for $1.00. 



GLOIRE LYONAISE 



Yellow.— This grand Rose is a pale shade of chamois 

 or salmon yellow, deepest at centre, and sometimes 

 passing to rich creamy white, finely tinted with orange 

 and fawn. It is the nearest yellow Hybrid Perpetual 

 Rose ; the flowers have all the beauty of Tea Roses ; 

 large, full and delightfully sweet. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 

 50 cts.; 9 for $1.00. 



MAGNA CHARTA 



Clear Rosy Red.— A splendid Rose, with extra-large, 

 full flowers, very double, of fine form and sweet. Color 

 clear rosy red, beautifully flushed with violet crimson. 

 A sure and profuse bloomer ; one of the hardiest and 

 best for general planting. 15 cts. each; 4 for 50 cts.; 

 9 for $1.00. 



GENERAL JACQUEMINOT 



Crimson.— Conceded by all to be one of the grandest 

 Roses in cultivation. So well known that it hardly 

 needs a description. It is a bright, shining crimson, 

 very rich and velvety ; exceedingly brilliant and hand- 

 some; makes magnificent buds and is highly esteemed 

 as one of the best and most desirable of all Roses; 

 blooms with great freedom and is as hardy as an oak. 

 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts.; 9 for $1.00. 



GIANT OF BATTLES 



Brilliant Crimson.— Who is there who has never heard 

 of this grand old Rose ? For more than fifty years it has 

 been one of the most popular of all our hardy Roses. 

 It bears in great numbers large, very double, brilliant 

 crimson flowers. We have never had enough stock to 

 supply the demand for this fine old sort, and we are par- 

 ticularly pleased that we are now able to include it in 

 this popular set. 15 cts. each 5 4 for 50 cts.; 9 for $1.00. 



MADAME MASSON 



Bright Rose.— It may not be generally known among 

 our customers that this is one of the really superb Roses, 

 and fully the equal of any variety in this collection. 

 We think it one of the very finest Roses in existence for 

 garden cultivation ; it is entirely hardy, blooms nearly 

 all the time, bearing in profusion numbers of large, full, 

 double flowers of unsurpassing beauty and wonderful 

 fragrance; color, clear bright rose, distinct and charm- 

 ing. 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts.; 9 for $1.00. 



MRS. JOHN LAING 



Bright Pink.— The demand for this splendid Rose 

 has always exceeded the supply. For several years it 

 was not offered by us, but we open this season with 

 a fine large stock. Mrs. JohnLaingis a constant bloom- 

 ing Hybrid Perpetual, and one of the grandest of its 

 class. The flowers are extra large and full, borne on 

 long stems and deliciously fragrant ; the color is a clear 

 bright pink, exquisitely shaded. It is perfectly hardy 

 and truly a grand variety. 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts.; 

 7 for $1.00. 



SPECIAL OFFER.— For $1.00 we will send one each of 



the eight superb Roses described above, strong plants from 



three-inch pots, postpaid by Mail 



TWO-YEAR-OLD PLANTS, ready for immediate effect. For $2.25 we will send one each of the 

 eight varieties described above, two-year-old plants, on own roots, by Express only. 



PLEASE ORDER AS "THE BANNER COLLECTION." 



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