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CALIFORNIA NURSERY CO., INC., OLDEST AND LARGEST 
originator or disseminator and year of introduc- 
tion, whenever these are known. 
We have tried to make all descriptions fair and 
conservative; every variety cannot be "one of the 
very best." 
Our assortment is continually changing. We 
are testing and adding new varieties all the time 
and dropping those in least demand to keep as- 
sortment within a reasonable number. The most 
recent introductions are listed first. 
HYBRID TEA (H. T.) 
A class of comparatively recent origrin and 
today the most important of all. They were origi- 
nated by crossing the Tea with the Hybrid Per- 
petual class, but since varieties have become so 
numerous many of the new ones are seedlings or 
results of crosses within the class. They show a 
blending of the beauty, delicacy and perpetual 
blooming habit of the Teas with the vigor and 
great hardiness of the Hybrid Perpetual group. 
Many have the tea scent very sti^ongly developed, 
while the fragrance of others suggests the Hybrid 
Perpetuals. As a class they are much hardier 
than the Teas and generally bear their flowers 
on longer stems, making them better, as a rule, 
for cutting. 
TEA (T.) 
Formerly this class had a monopoly on the 
so-called "tea-scent," which was one of their most 
distinctive characters, but now by repeated hy- 
bridizing many of the Hybrid Teas possess the 
same fragrance fully developed. As a general 
rule, to which as usual there are exceptions, their 
growth is very slender and not so very vigorous. 
Foliage is almost always very glossy. Their ten- 
dency is to bloom continuouly. They require con- 
siderable pruning, good soil and proper care, but 
will well repay all the care and attention they 
receive. 
HYBRID PERPETUAL (H. P.) 
The name of this class is somewhat misleading. 
All are supposed to bloom, not only in the spring, 
but at intervals throughout the summer and fall. 
This varies from some sorts that bloom almost 
continually to others which have but few flowers 
after the main crop. They are all extremely 
hardy and resistant to cold, enduring a ntuch 
lower temperature than either of the foregoing 
groups. Growth is usually vigorous and upright, 
often with long, unbranched canes. Stems are 
always strong, frequently very long, and flowers 
are usually borne erect. Foliage is rough and 
entirely without the glossy surface so pronounced 
in the Teas. The fragrance is likewise distinct, 
readily recognized, but hardly possible to describe. 
They drop their leaves and become thoroughly 
dormant during winter. 
This class was originated about 1835 by cross- 
ing the old Damask Perpetual Rose with the 
Bourbons. Since then all sorts of crosses have 
brought new blood into the group. 
PERNETIANA (Pern.) 
The most recent class of roses. Originated by 
J. Pernet-Ducher, of Lyons, France, as the result 
of a cross between Persian Yellow ( Austrian 
Briar) and Antone Ducher (Hybrid Perpetual). 
His first introducton from this cross was Soleil 
d'Or, sent out in 1900. 
It is a truly wonderful group and the startling 
color effects obtained in the handful of varieties 
to date is doubtless only a foretaste of what may 
be expected in the future. 
For many years progress in roses, while steady, 
has been slow, with few distinct breaks from what 
has been accomplished previously. But here we 
have colors hitherto absolutely unknown in roses, 
striking combinations and contrasts, a distinct 
kind of foliage, and, in one of the most recent 
sorts, a freedom of bloom not equaled by any 
other rose of high rank. All are decidedly thorny, 
some extremely so. 
Possibly due to professional jealousy, some 
prominent rose specialists refuse to accept the 
name Pernetiana, so these roses will often be 
found under the title "Hybrid Briars." There is 
also a tendency to include some of them in the 
Hybrid Teas. We follow Pernet-Ducher's own 
classification of varieties, as it seems only reason- 
able to assume that, having originated the class, 
he is competent to judge. However, all below 
doubtless contain Tea blood except Beaute de 
Lyon, Juliet and Soleil d'Or. 
(The colors in this class are so unusual, with 
often many different shades and tones as well as 
entirely distinct colors blended or combined in one 
flower, that it is almost an impossibility to 
describe them adequately. In most cases it is 
really necessary to see the flowers to appreciate 
the coloring.) 
POLYANTHA (Poly.) 
Cha^'acterized by small flowers borne in usually 
large clusters. In most other respects there are 
few points of similarity. They are all of rabpant 
growth and with the exception of Climbing Cecile 
Brunner, bloom only in the spring. 
DWARF POLYANTHA (Dwf. Poly.) 
Low-growing varieties, having flowers in clus- 
ters and blooming all summer. Used for forcing 
as well as outside culture. 
NOISETTE (Nois.) 
Also called Champney Roses, which is the name 
they should really bear. All are climbers and 
range in color from yellow to white; none red or 
pink. They require very little pruning. 
MOSS 
So called from the sepals being covered with 
moss-like glands. Handsome in the bud stage 
only. 
CHEROKEE (Cher.) 
A beautiful class of climbers, mainly single- 
flowered, with glossy evergreen foliage. Often 
trained on wire fencing to form hedges. 
IRISH SINGLE 
The Irish Single Roses are attaining great 
popularity in California. They are apparently 
Teas or possibly hybrids. Very free blooming. 
Each 10 100 
Prices $ ,50 ?4.50 $40.00 
Anna de Diesbach (H. P.; Lacharme, 1 858.) 
Bright pink. Flowers are large, of strong 
texture and beautifully colored. Has the 
fragrance of the class well developed. 
Antoine Rivoire (H. T.; Pernet-Ducher, 1896.) 
Silvery flesh with salmon or even carmine cen- 
ter. Medium to large. Buds short pointed. 
Outer petals reflexed when open. Very double; 
fragrant. Growth is moderate, stems long, pro- 
duction good. Excellent. 
Augustine Guinoisseau or White La France (H. T.; 
Guinoisseau, 1889.) White, faintly suffused 
flesh pink. Generally like La France, but paler. 
Exceptionally fragrant. 
•VAiilETIES STARRED ARE CLIMBERS. 
