38 W. B. Whittier & Co., South Framingham, Massachusetts. 
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 
The following list comprises the cream of the Hybrid Perpetual Roses and such as 
can best be recommended for ordinary garden soils. Roses will always be the most 
popular of all garden plants. No class is more easily raised when a proper 
understanding of the conditions is to be had. Rich soil is an imperative necessity, 
and care must be talcen that an abundance of water be given the plants in seasons of 
drought. The soil can hardly be made too rich by the addition of stable and other 
fertilizers. Budded plants, which in those varieties which naturally lack vigor is 
the only practical way in which they can be successfully raised, should be so planted 
that the craft is covered to a depth of 2 or 3 inches below the natural surface of the 
soil. With this precaution there is little danger of trouble resulting from suckers. 
Most failures in rose-growing can be traced to a lack of understanding of this 
essential in planting budded plants. Roses on their own roots are very practicable 
in those varieties whose natural vigor enables thenn to make satisfactory growth in 
this manner, but it is difficult to make up a large collection of Roses and include the 
wide range of color which can be supplied by nurserymen in sorts on their own 
roots. Roses when received from the nurserymen should be pruned back very 
severely and a thick mulch of strawy manure is desirable as a winter protection. In 
spring all dead tips should be removed, and strong, vigorous buds on low, bushy 
plants will give a greater abundance of bloom than those allowed to expend their 
energy in straggling growth. The plants offered herewith are first-class; plants 2 
years old, which with proper planting conditions, will give an abundance of bloom 
the first season. 38 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. , unless otherwise noted. 
Abel Carriere. Velvety crimson with brilliant center. 
Alfred Colomb. Brilliant crimson, large, full, globular and fragrant. 
Anna de Diesbach. Rich carmine pink; large, full, and fragrant. 
Baroness Eothschild. Light pink, shaded rose; very large, cup-shaped. 
Captain Christy. Very double; flesh with deep center. 
Charles Lefebvre. Bright velvety scarlet ; of full, fine form. 
Coquette des Alpes, White tinged blush; good shape and size. 
Duchess of Albany. A sport from La France, with thicker buds and deeper pink 
color; very double, exceedingly fragrant. 
Barl of Dnfferin. Brilliant, velvety crimson, shaded maroon ; large, full, finely 
formed and very fragrant. 
Fisher Holmes. Deep, glowing crimson; large, full and very fragrant. 
General Jacqueminot. Bright, glowing crimson ; moderately double and very 
fragrant. 
Oloire de Margottin. Brilliant scarlet ; semi-double, large, fragrant. 
John Hopper. Bright rose with carmine center ; large, full and free. 
Jules Margottin. Crimson-rose ; large, full, slightly fragrant. 
la France. Silvery rose, changing to pink ; very fragrant. 
Louis van Houtte. Crimson-maroon ; medium size ; highly perfumed. 
Mabel Morrison. White, tinged blush ; flat, but very double flower. 
Madame Gabriel Laizet. Delicate pink, cupped; very large and full. 
Magna Charta. Bright pink and carmine ; fragrant, full and globular. 
Margaret Dickson. Of magnificent form; purest white with very faint flesh center; 
large, shell-shaped petals of great substance; fragrant. 
Marshall P. Wilder. Cherry carmine, very double fragrant; line. 
Mrs. John Laing. Soft pink; very large and full; exceedingly fragrant. 
Paul Neyron. Deep rose; very large; a constant bloomer. 
Pierre Netting. Deepest maroon, edged crimson, fragrant; large, full and globular. 
Prince Camille de Kohan. Deep velvety crimson, shaded red; fragrant. 
Dlrich Brnnner. Large; brilliant cherry red; very vigorous, and a constant bloomer. 
Victor Verdier. Rosy carmine, with deeper edged petals; large, full and free. 
