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CHASE NURSERIES. 
The Queen. — A new variety, having a free habit and remarkably handsome foliage 
and flowers of a delicate lavender color. 
DOUBLE VARIETIES. 
Duchess of Edinburgh This is without doubt the best of the double pure 
whites. Deliciously scented. 
Excelsior. — Flowers six inches across, of a grayish purple or deep mauve color, 
marked with a plum-colored bar. It is a first class variety. 
Lucie Lemoine. — Flowers white, double, large ,and well formed. Very showy. 
Blooms only in spring. 
ROSES. 
Nothing that we can say can add to the popularity of this most beautiful of all flowers. 
Those who appreciate the beauties of nature, prize roses above all things else in the orna- 
mental line. While nearly all desire, and perhaps make an effort to have ah abundance 
of them in their season, yet very many fail; and the failure to succeed is usually due to 
planting inferior bushes, thousands of which are sent out over the country every year at 
very low prices. Our roses cost more than the weak, puny, hot-house plants referred to, 
yet the results show that we give our customers as much for their money as any firm in 
the country. Our bushes are grown out of doors, in ordinary soil, and arc as hardy and 
vigorous as it is possible to make them. When properly planted and cared for, they give 
perfect satisfaction. If the amount of bloom is not as great as is desired, all that is neces- 
sary is to apply the pruning knife a little more freely the following spring, and this will 
insure an abundant growth of new wood, and it is the new wood that yields the bloom. 
We wish purchasers to bear in mind, however, that different varieties have different habits 
of growth; some grow tall and rampant, others grow low and bushy, while some make a 
scraggling and irregular growth; therefore, if more than one kind is ordered, there will 
probably be a difference in the size of the bushes when they are delivered. 
While our list might be made much longer, we think it includes about all the desirable 
varieties. Roses are divided into four general classes, — Hardy, Tender, Climbing and Moss. 
Those classed as Hardy include Hybrid Perpetuals, or Remontants, those which usually 
bloom profusely during June and occasionally through the summer and autumn; Austrian, 
those varieties of yellow roses which bloom but once in a season; and all other kinds which 
will live out of doors without protection through the winter. These are all suited for the 
garden, and thrive the best in the open air. None of them require winter protection. 
Those in the Tender class include Teas, Hybrid Teas, Bourbons, Bengals or Chinas, Noi- 
settes, and all of those sorts which are suited for either the open ground or house culture 
