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SELECT ROSES" 



The Twelve "Best" 



Hardy Garden 



R05ES. 



(Hybrid Perpetuals.) 



The twelve varieties listed below have been offered 

 tinder this heading with a view of supplying the 

 amateur, who is not familiar with the various varie- 

 ties, and to whom a selection from the long list of 

 Hybrid Perpetuals must necessarily prove confusing, 

 as a collection which combines as varied a range of 

 color as can be brought together in such a number of 

 plants, with freedom of flowering, perfect form, fra- 

 grance, hardiness and general excellence. 



The plants offered are exceptionally heavy 

 two-year-old stock, which will under ordin- 

 ary conditions give a full crop of flowers this 



Season; and while their main crop is produced in 

 June, they frequently produce tine flowers throughout 

 the summer and autumn. The cultural hints given on 

 page 159 should assist the amateur in getting out the 

 largest measure of success from these plants. 



Anna de Diesbach. Clear, bright carmine pink, very large, 

 full and finely shaped; fragrant and a free bloomer. 



Baron de Bonstetten. Velvety blackish crimson 

 large, double, fragrant flowers; a strong grower. 



)Baroness Rothschild. A superb Rose, of pale, satiny-rose 

 very large. 



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Hardy Rose, Frau Karl Drcschki. 



Frau Karl Druschki. This is the ideal hardy white Rose, 



pure in color, perfect in form; strong grower and remarkably 



free-flowering; superb in every way. 

 General Jacqueminot. Brilliant scarlet-crimson; an old 



favorite and one of the best known Roses in cultivation; does 



well everywhere. 

 Gioire Lyonnaise. White, tinted with yellow; large, full 



and of good shape; very distinct and pleasing. 

 Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford. Deep rosy-pink, outer 



petals shaded with pale flesh. A beautiful rose in every 



respect. 

 Mrs. John Laing. Soft pink, of beautiful form; exceedingly 



fragrant and remarkably free- flowering. Always does well 



and stands very close to the top among fine Roses. 

 Paul Neyron. Dark rose, of enormous size; perhaps the 



largest of all. 

 Prince Camille de Rohan. Deep velvety crimson-maroon, 



shaded scarlet; a magnificent dark Rose. 

 Rodocanachi. A beautiful transparent lo^c color, shaded 



pink, large, full and very fragrant. 

 Ulrich Brunner. Bright cherry red; (lowers large and full; 



a good strong grower and always does well. 



Extra strong two-year-old plants, 40 cts. each; $4.00 

 per doz.; $30.00 per 100. 



Set of 12 "Best" Varieties for £4.00. 



Hybrid Perpetual Rose 



American Beauty. 



We can supply this beautiful forcing Rose in strong two- 

 year-old plants, but do not recommend it for outdoor culture. 



While il is undoubtedly one of the finest Roses when grown 

 under Ldass under the care of tin' specialist, it i-. as a rule, 

 worthless out of doors, and we onlj carry it in stock in the 

 spring of the vear to supply customers who insist on trying it. 

 40 cts. each; $4.00 per doz. 



