NOVELTIES FOE 1897. 
New Hardy Climbing: Polyantha Rose, CRIMSON RAMBLER.! 
A Wonderful New Rose, the Most Remarkable Novelty In Hardy Roses 
that has been Introduced in Many. Many Years. 
This remarkable rose was brought from Japan, and first iiitioduood In England In 1893, where it created a 
sensation. It received special gold medals wherever exhibited in Europe. If. was offered for sale in this 
country for the first time in 1895. No rose introduced in our recollection equals Crimson Rambler as a 
hardy garden rose. It is a plant 
that will appeal to the millions. 
It begins to flower about 
the middle of June, and lasts in 
flower longer than any other 
hardy outdoor rose. The length 
of time that the flowers remain 
in bloom is wonderful — fully 
three weeks from the time tliey 
first open until tliey go. It 
blooms in large clusters, with 
from fifty to one hundred flowers 
in a cluster, covering the vine 
Its entire length with a solid 
mass of the most beautiful and 
perfectly-shaped miniature 
crimson blossoms. Any de- 
scription would fail to give an 
adequate idea of its beauty. 
The accompanying beautiful 
photogi-aph of a one-year-okl 
plant grown on our nurseiy 
grounds the past season gives 
a good idea of the freedom with 
which this rose l^looms. 
Crimson Rambler is perfectly 
hardy, and is also a strong, 
robust grower, making it suit- 
able for all purposes when; a ro.se 
can be grown. While it is a 
very valuable climber it can also 
be grown in bush form, and at 
the time it is in flower, nothing 
in that particular color equnls it 
in any way. Nothing we have 
planted in our experimental 
grounds has attracted such uni- 
versal attention as tliis has tlie 
past season, the brilliancy of 
flowers and the great masses in 
which they grow making it par- 
ticularly striking. It is even 
better than it was supposed to 
be when it was introduced, 
plants grown for trial proving 
it to be not only a magnificent 
rose, but one of the showiest and 
most beautiful of all hardy 
plants. It also makes one of the 
most beautiful pot plants for 
florists' use, and is particularly 
adapted for flowering for Easter, 
well-grown plants the pa!?t sea- 
son having proved one of the 
finest novelties grown for this 
purpose. The troetlom with 
which it blooms, and the length of tinic the llowrrs n-inain on the [iliint, make it an unusually liur plajit 
for this purpose. Price, strong plants, ;i^/-inch pots, 25c. each, S'2.,50 per dozen. Extra strong plants, 5-incli 
pots, 50c. each, $5.00 per doz. Strong blooming field-grown plants with canes 4 ft. long, $1 each, |9 per doz. 
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Ivory-white, shading to a beautiful pearly jiink in the centre; a fine, bold Hower, very large and 
of exquisite form, witli good stiff stem and handsome foliage. The plant is of extra vigorous growth, and 
very free fiowering. Taking it all in all, it is one of the finest roses ever introduced. Equally good for 
winter forcing or outdoor culture in summer. Price, 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz., $20 per lUO. 
