DREER'S SELECT ROSES 



Strong Two-Year-Old Stock for Your Retail Trade 



The Roses here offered are all field grown plants that have been potted during the winter months and 

 have been stored in cold houses and cold frames, so that they break away naturally in spring, making- this 

 the best possible stock for selling to the retail customer. i &■ a i. = 



The prices noted are for strong plants in 5- and 6-inch pots (according to the growth of the variety^, 

 for delivery during April, May and June, and while we will make shipments earlier if requested, we prefer 

 to book orders for those months only. vi . i 



Note. The prices noted are all given per hundred, but these will apply for any number of pla-nts that 



New Hybrid-Tea Roses and Varieties of Special Merit 



The list offered under this heading embraces, besides the latest introductions and novelties, many of 

 which are being sent out exclusively by us this season, such sorts of earlier introduction that are of special 

 merit or that are still scarce and worthy of special attention by the planter. 



Dr. Andrew Carnegie (Ferguson, 1927). A sport from 

 the well known Mrs. Henry Morse, identical in every 

 way except in color, which is of a light silvery pink 

 with deeper reflex, yellowish at base. A strong 

 vigorous grower and very free. $75.00 per 100. 



Dr. Edward Deacon (Morse & Son, 1926). A variety 

 that will charm every lover of a real good Rose. Its 

 color is fascinating, the margin of the petals being 

 a delicate tint of shrimp pink gradually merging to 

 a deep salmon-orange towards the base of the artis- 

 tically refiexed petals, forming a fine, very full 

 flower. The habit of the plant Is Ideal, upright, 

 strong and free flowering. .$7.".00 per 100. 



Duchess of Athol (Dobbie & Co., 1928). The coloring 

 of this new variety is uncommon and delightful, an 

 old golden-orange flushed with peach pink, particu- 

 larly^ attractive in the bud and open state, growth 

 vigorous, a free and continuous profuse bloomer. 

 )S75.00 per 100. 



E^ditta Nellie Perkins (Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1928). 

 Entirely distinct in coloring and of such strong 

 robust growth that it should succeed anywhere and 

 produce an abundance of its pretty colored flowers. 

 The buds are long and pointed, the outside of the 

 petals are of cream and blush shaded with orange 

 at the base, the inner face is salmon-pink with 

 golden-orange base; the flowers are moderately 

 double, produced on long stems and sweetly scented. 

 .'S75.00 per 100. 



E. G. HiU (E. G. Hill Co., 1929). Among the many 

 Roses raised by Mr. Hill we consider this new red 

 variety one of the most valuable. While it has 

 gained great popularity as a winter cut flower, it 

 is equally good for garden purposes, the long 

 buds of perfect form, as well as the high centered 

 full double flowers are of a dazzling scarlet, shad- 

 ing to a deeper pure red as they develop; of strong 

 vigorous and free flowering habit. $75.00 per 100. 



Elizabeth of York (Dobbie & Co., 1927). Beautifully 

 formed long pointed buds of a glowing cerise-red 

 with yellow suffusion at the base; the petals as they 

 unfold spread widely with a splendid reflex ulti- 

 mately showing tlie stamens. An artistic, dainty, 

 delicately colored flower. $50.00 per 190. 



Emily Dodd (Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1927). Very large 

 ovoid bud opening to a large, fu'l double, liigh 

 centered, very lasting, slightly fragrant flower of 

 1 a milky white shaded cream In centre. These are 

 borne singly on strong stems; foliage large, rich 

 green; growth vigorous upright, bushy habit, a 

 profuse bloomer; very hardy. .$75.00 per 100. 



Etoile de Hollande (Verschuren, 1919). A brilliant 

 crimson red, the best all around red bedding Rose 

 yet introduced. A strong vigorous healthy grower 

 and free continuous bloomer, flowers large, mod- 

 erately double and beautiful in all stages of develop- 

 ment. $.>0.00 per 100. 



Everest (Easlea & Sons, 1927). One of the largest 

 Roses yet raised, buds large, perfectly shaped, flow- 

 ers of immense size with long broad petals of firm 

 texture, fragrant ivory-white with creamy suffusion 

 and when fully developed resembles a large Peony 

 borne on long stems. While awarded a Gold Medal 

 by the National Rose Society of England In 1927 as 

 a Hybrid-Tea, it has the characteristics of a vigor- 

 ous growing Hybrid-Perpetual. $50.00 per 100. 



New Hybrid-Tea Rose, Impress 



A.bol (F. Evans, 1927). An exceptionally vigorous 

 growing, very free-flowering, new white. No other 

 white variety, and for that matter, very few colored 

 varieties, have such a delightful sweet perfume as 

 this novelty. In the bud stage and before the 

 flowers are fully expanded, the centre petals are 

 sometimes tinted with pink on the edges of the 

 petals, passing to pure white as the flowers develop. 

 A good shapely bud and full, double, well formed 

 flower. .$75.00 per 100. 



Betty Suttor (McGredy & Son, 1929). Exquisite both 

 in bud and fully developed flower, a great advance 

 over the old favorite Mme. Abel Chatenay, long 

 shapely bud and moderately large full double high 

 centered flower of tea perfume. In color the inside 

 of the petals are of delicate rosy pink, the outside 

 a bright rosy pink. As the flower opens there is a 

 delightful reflecting of the petals which enhance 

 the beauty of the pink tones by bringing each into 

 bolder relief .$75.00 per 100. 



Dainty Bess (Archer, 1925). An appropriate name for 

 a daintily colored and well formed single flower, 

 3% inches in diameter composed of delicately crin- 

 kled and wavy petals of a pleasing shade of shell 

 pink with a conspicuous bunch of crimson stamens. 

 The flowers last well when cut and are charming 

 when displayed in individual vases. A strong, vigor- 

 ous grower and profuse flowering, the flowers being 

 produced on strong stems. $75.00 per 100. 



Evert Van Djk (G. A. Van Rossem, 1931). With the 

 many good pink Roses now in cultivation the stand- 

 ard to induce us to offer a new variety is naturally 

 placed high, and we are convinced that in this new 

 Dutch variety, which has been named by the intro- 

 ducer in honor of one of the sponsors of the trans- 

 oceanic flight of the "Southern Cross," that we have 

 a variety, which in its color, a bright rose-pink with 

 salmon suffusion, and superior habits, we can rec- 

 ommend with full confidence. $75.00 per 100. 



The Above Prices Are for Strong Field-grown Plants from 5 and 6 inch Pots for Spring Delivery 



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