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the McGregor bros. co., Springfield, ohio. 



Climbing Roses, Teas, and Hybrid Teas 



Price, 50 cents per dozen; $3.00 per hundred. Strong two-year-old plants, of the following varieties, $1.00 per 



dozen; $8.00 per hundred. 



CLIMBING BRIDESMAID— The flowers are simply 

 eautiful (identical with Bridesmaid). A clear, dark 

 In bud they are superb, beyond that of any 



REINE MARIE HENRIETTE— An excellent crim- 

 son-flowered ever-blooming - climber. The flowers are 

 exquisitely formed, very full and double, nicely tea- 

 scented; strong- growing- and very free flowering". 



MARY WASHINGTON— The original Rose bush was 

 planted by George Washington. It is a lovely Rose 

 and usually comes in large clusters of the purest 

 white and very fragrant. 



SOLFATARE — Fine, clear sulphur-yellow; large, 

 double, full and fragrant; an excellent climbing Rose; 

 valuable. 



JAMES SPRUNT — A grand Rose. Deep cherry-red; 

 medium size, full, double and sweet; a strong grower 

 and a profuse bloomer. 



GAINSBOROUGH— A Rose of the greatest merit. 

 Enormous in size, of beautiful pearl, almost white. 



CLIMBING MARIE GUILLOT— It is one of the 



most rapid growling- and vigorous Climbing Roses we 

 have ever seen. The flowers are extra large, deep and 

 double. The buds are particularly beautiful and the 

 fragrance delightful. 



beai 

 pink. 



other Climbing Rose. 



CLIMBING METEOR— It is the acme of all red 

 Climbing Roses. It is a free, persistent bloomer, and 

 will make a growth of from ten to fifteen feet in a 

 single season; .in bloom all the time, as it is a true 

 ever-bloomer. 



CLIMBING B'RIDE, or Ruth Vestal— A very strong- 

 grower; sport from the well .known Rose, Bride, throw- 

 ing out thick canes and bearing large, pure snow- 

 white flowers. 



EMPRESS OF CHINA — Here we have a Rose that 

 blooms continuouslv for over seven months in the 

 year. When it first opens the flowers are a beauti- 

 ful red, but soon turn to a lovely light pink. 



CLIMBING WHITE PET — This is an unusually vig- 

 orous grower and a wonderfully profuse bloomer. The 

 flowers are very double and full, of medium size, pure 

 snowy-white, and borne in large clusters continually 

 throughout the whole season. 



HARDY CLIMBING ROSES 



CRIMSON RAMBLER— This plant is of a very vig- 

 orous growth, making shoots from eight to ten feet 

 during the season, rendering it a charming pillar 

 Rose. It is also magnificent in bush form, , and for 

 covering- building's, trellises, etc., it cannot be ex- 

 celled. One of the striking characteristics of this 

 Rose is its remarkable color, which is of the brightest 

 crimson, which remains unctimmed to the 'end, show- 

 ing none of the objectionable purplish tint so common 

 in crimson Roses. The flowers are produced in great 

 pyramidal panicles, or trusses, each carrying from 

 thirty to forty blooms. Price, 50 cents per dozen; $3.00 

 per hundred. Strong two-year-old plants, $1.00 per 

 dozen; $8.00 per hundred. .Strong three-year-old field 

 plants, $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per hundred. 



PINK RAMBLER (Psyche) — A new Rose from the 

 Crimson Rambler, which is identical with its parent 

 in all its fine qualities except the color, which is a 

 light salmon-rose shaded with pink. Strong grower 

 and a real companion to Crimson Rambler. Price, 50 

 cents per dozen; $3.00 per hundred. 



PHILADELPHIA RAMBLER— It differs from Crim- 

 son Rambler in three important points. The color is 

 deeper and more intense. The flowers are perfectly 

 double to the center, very durable and of fine sub- 

 stance. The blooms are almost entirely free from 

 the faded look often found in Crimson Rambler. It 

 is very free both in growth and bloom, and will be 

 found a splendid addition to the Crimson Rambler 

 section. Price, 50 cents per dozen; $3.00 per hundred. 

 Strong two-year-old plants, $1.00 per dozen; $8.00 pet 

 hundred. 



WHITE RAMBLER — A blood relative to the popular 

 Crimson Rambler and identical to it in hardiness and 

 flowering qualities. A good Rose to train ^ on the 

 trellis or to cover unsightly fences. Flowers of pure 

 white, come in clusters, giving the effect of one very 

 large Rose. Price, 50 cents per dozen; $3.00 per hun- 

 dred. 



YELLOW RAMBLER (Aglaia)— The color is a de- 

 cided yellow. The flowers are very sweet-scented, 

 habit of growth is very vigorous, well established 

 plants often making- shoots from eight to ten feet in 

 height in a single season. Price, 50 cents per dozen; 

 $ 2.50 per hundred. , 



Hardy Climbing Prairie Roses 



Price, 50 cents per dozen; $3.00 per hundred. 

 PRAIRIE QUEEN— The flowers are very large and 

 of peculiar globular form. Bright rosy-red, changing 

 to lighter as flower opens. Of very strong, rapid 

 growth. 



TENNESSEE BELLE — Flowers bright, beautiful 

 pink, is more slender and graceful in growth than all 

 others. 



BALTIMORE BELLE — Pale blush, variegated car- 

 mine-rose and white, very double. Flowers in beauti- 

 ful clusters.. 



GREVILLE, or Seven Sisters — Flowers in large clus- 

 ters, varies in color from white to crimson. 



MRS. GUNNEL— Soft rosy-blush, becoming almost 

 white; large clusters, full and double. 



PRIDE OF WASHINGTON — Brilliant amaranth, 

 shaded rose center, large clusters; very double. 



WICHURAIANA HYBRIDS 



Price, 50 cents per dozen; $3.00 per hundred. 



PINK ROAMER — The single floWers, which are pro- 

 duced in close heads, are nearly two inches in diam- 

 eter, rich pink, with almost a white center, which 

 lightens up the orang-e-red stamens. 



SOUTH ORANGE PERFECTION— (Manda.) This 

 in a gem, having multitudes of the most perfectly 

 formed double flowers about one and a half inches in 

 diameter, soft blush-pink at the tips, changing to 

 white. 



MAN DA'S TRIUMPH— This grand Rose is of free 



growth; double pure white flowers, beautifully im- 

 bricated and well formed. 



ROSA WICHURAIANA — This hardy and lasting Rose 

 creeps over the ground like Ivy. Pure white, single 

 with yellow center, and has a strong Wild Rose 

 fragrance. 



UNIVERSAL FAVORITE— This is the most vigorous 

 plant of the set. The double flowers are over two 

 inches in diameter, and a beautiful rose color. 



POLYANTHA ROSES 



Price, 50 cents per doze 

 MIGNONETTE — A lovely Fairy Rose; full, regular 

 flowers, perfectly double and delicately perfumed. Its 

 color is a clear, delicate rose, with a frequent and 

 peculiar intermingling of white. 



PACQUERETTE — Flowers pure white, about one 

 inch in diameter, flowering in clusters Of from five to 

 fifty blooms. Very full, prettily formed, resembling 

 blossoms of the double white Primrose in. profusion of 

 bloom. 



:n; $3.00 per hundred. 



GEORGE PERNET — A strong growing dwarf vari- 

 ety, forming a perfect round bush; the color is bright 

 rose with touches of yellow, and passes to peachblow 

 with silvery-white shadings. 



PETITE LEON IE — Color a delicate sJalmon-rose shad- 

 ing to white on the edges. Flowers small and in large 

 clusters, a strong grower and very free bloomer. 



PRIMULA — A very strong, bushy grower, flowers in 

 clusters. Color a deep rose shading to red on outer 

 edges. 



