New, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
Sr/iNbARb OR Tree Ro5E5. 
This very interesting class of Roses (if we can call them a class) are none other than selected varieties of such 
as are best suited to be budded upon the common European wild rose, and are trained and cultivated for trees or 
standards ; and while we are decidedly opposed to all low or dwai'f budded roses, yet we advocate and recommend 
these beautiful rose-trees for several well-grounded reasons. They are handsome and majestic in appearance, either 
in a rose garden in the border, or even in some parts of the lawn. We have actually seen such Rose trees with a 
clear stem three and a-half feet high and a crown four to five feet in diameter, in perfect shape, and with over fif- 
teen hundred flowers and buds at one time — a rose garden upon a single tree! Another reason why we recommend 
them is that they do not crowd or shade any other plants growing near by or underneath them, and every wild 
growth or shoot which makes its appearance is easier detected than if cn a low budded rose. In Europe uo garden 
is complete without Standard or Tree Roses, but in this country they are rare, and though years ago they were in- 
troduced here, through lack of knowledge of their proper treatment and careful handling, few of our florists or 
gardeners have succeeded in bringing them to perfection. A score of excuses are urged as reasons why Standard 
or Tree Roses cannot be grown in this country successfully — yet there are a few places where they are cultivated to 
perfection, and by intelligently following our directions anyone can have success with them. 
Mode of Tre.\tmext. — After importing these roses, we keep them here in the nursery, Under careful treatment, 
lor one year, in order to acclimate them and get them used to our climate, and when we deliver them to customers 
they are perfect in evei-y way, with plenty of good, healthy, fine feeding roots and vigorous strong growth ; the.y 
should then be planted into good heavy rich loam, at least two feet deep, with, of course, pi'oper natural drainage ; 
and they should be planted at least three to four inches deeper than we would plant any other i-ose or plant. Stake 
them carefully, well and fii-mly ; this is very important, so that the wind cannot play with them and loosen their fine 
roots. The wood of the previous year's growth should be well cut back before they start growing in early spring, to 
keep the growth strong and vigorous. As soon as the pruning and staking is done, the stems should be wi'apped and 
tied up in nice clean rye or wheat straw, from the ground to the ci-ovra. This can be done in a neat manner ; the 
straw can be wet so it will be more pliable, and with four or five ties of raffia the thin covering or fenile of straw 
■will keep the hot spring and summer sun from buniing or scalding the stem while the crown is yet too small to afford 
it suflicient shade, the first two or three seasons. This fei-ule or band will also keep the hard bark of the stem moist 
and damp, and will be quite a protection from ice, sleet and severe cold winds in winter and the already hot sun in 
March and April. Instead of strawing the crownis or heads in winter with a lot of heavy material, we recommend a 
simple protection of common bui-lap, such as is used to pack furniture, which can easil.y be put around the crown, 
and either tied or sown together in a somewhat conical shape ; this will not look bad in winter, when snow covers 
the ground. A good liberal mulching of coarse stable manure or litter is a capital protection to the roots during 
ivinter ; this should, however, not be put on until after tfte first frost, say in November. 
Price, for fine varieties, S2 to $3 each. 
5t^"We offer only strong, perfectly acclimated trees which will give satisfaction if treated as above directed. 
MflRDT RUNNINQ or CunPlNQ R05E5. 
These are most beautiful for the adornmeui of pillars, trellises, arbors, or for covering porches or the ends of 
houses. In their blooming season, they are fairly covered with lovely flowers, and they are much valued by all dis- 
criminating i)]anters of roses. Being perfectly hardy and of vigorous growth, their successful culture offers no ob- 
stacles even tp the inexperienced. 
Mrs. Pierce. A beautiful blush white climber. 
Queen of the Prairies. Rosy red, sometimes striped 
white ; is fairly covered with flowers in early summer, 
and is one of the very best climbers for any purpose. 
Rampant. Pure white, free bloomer. 
Reine Marie Henrietta. A deep carmine red Oloire de 
Dijon, possessing all the good properties of that fine 
and well known rose. 
Setina. A climbing Hermosa, and in every way a coun- 
terpart of that grand pink favorite. 
Wells' White (Madame d'Arblay). Pure white, flow- 
ering in very large clusters ; very strong climber. 
Xaltimore Belle. Light blush and rose; fine and 
double, though of small to medium size; the blooms 
arc produced in clusters, and the growth, though rapid, 
is slender and graceful. It is one of the very best 
climbers. 
Ploribunda. Bright pink, changing to while; large 
clustei's of flowers. 
Gem of the Prairies (Rosa settgera) . Rosy red flowers, 
occasionally blotched with white; large and flat flow- 
ers ; of extra vigor and rapidity of growth. 
Jeanne d'Arc. A perpetual blooming white flowering 
sort. 
Frioe, 60 and 7S cents each. 
Extra largre plants, 81 each. 
