New Rose— "SANTA ROSA." v 



(^Hybrid Bourbon Tea.) 

 The old favorite, ever-blooming' rose Hermosa, introduced in 1840, is prob- 

 a])ly the best known and most widely grown of the entire Rose family. It verv 



rarely produces seed, so that 

 improved Hermosas have 

 not made their appearance 

 until Santa Rosa, now of- 

 fered, which was grown from 

 second generation Hermosa 

 seed with an unusually fine 

 semi - double, thick - petaled 

 seedling of the well-known 

 Bon Silene for the other 

 parent. 



In Santa Rosa we have a 

 rose w^onderfully improved in 

 size, brilliancy of color antl 

 perfection of form, with Her- 

 mosa's reckless habit oi 

 blooming at all seasons. 

 Every little plant commences 

 to bloom as soon as it starts 

 from a cutting, and the 

 branches, roots, and even sin- 

 gle buds take root and grow 

 almost as freely as grass. 



Flowers rich shell pink, 

 inclining to crimson, full, 

 double reflexed petals. Plants 

 grow^ ill rather compact, 

 bushy form. 



' defect. Not a transient nov- 



(See also fourth page of cover.) 



Foliage always free from rust, mildew, or an; 

 elty, but a rose for everybody everywhere. 

 Strong field-grown bushes. 

 Each. $1 ; per ten, $5; per hundred, $40. 



To South American, Australasian, East Indian and African purchasers we 

 will send value of remittances in partially dormant cuttings at the proper season, 

 as it is very difficult to ship growing Roses through the tropics safely. We ship 

 dormant grafts, cuttings, nuts, seeds, bulbs, etc., safely everywhere in metallic 

 packages by mail. 



"A wonderful illustration of this fascinating art." 

 "Fragile products of his magician skill." 



"I am anxious to let you know that your way of sending scions is simply perfect. They 

 come to me as fresh as if cut but a day." — H. W., Sackville, Australia. 



"Mr. Burbank has become famous the world over for his successes in creating new 

 fruits and flowers." — AVw England Florist. 



"His results are famous in every center of botanical science, not only for their intrinsic 

 value, but for their unusual suggestiveness." — San Francisco Examiner. 



"In fact, a thing called a catalogue, which heretofore has been almost a synonym for a 

 monstrous lie, has become a thing of poetry and of prophecy." — E. S., Kennett Square. 

 Penn. 



"Burbank is to-day recognized by the most eminent authority as the greatest scientific 

 horticulturist of this or any other age." 



'"Nor is this all or a thousandth part of all that is revealed in this place of beauties and 

 of wonders, for more startling than his floral triumphs are his successes in the creation of 

 shrubs and trees bearing fruit for the delectation and sustenance of man." — W. M. G.. in 

 Santa Rosa Republican. 



