CATALOGUE SOUTHERN NURSERIES. 
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Roses 
Culture Hints — When the bushes are received, plant them at once. Prepare the rose bed by 
digging out the soil to about 18 inches deep; mix the top soil thoroughly with compost of rotten 
cow manure and rotten cottonseed; fill the hole with this. If the bush has several branches, cut 
off all but two of the strongest; cut these back to about 3 inches of their juncture with the stalk; 
plant as deep as they grew in the nursery; keep them well fertilized and clean of weeds, etc. Do 
not elevate the bed, but rather let it be lower than the surrounding surface; this will, to a certain 
extent, prevent their suffering from drouth. Cut back every year fully one-half of the previous 
year's growth of wood and your flowers will be much finer and the bushes more vigorous. Do 
not permit them to make seed. 
Our roses are two years old, of vigorous growth and perfectly healthy, and comprise all of 
the best and most reliable' sorts. They are out-door grown and hardy. 
Archduke Charles — -A grand light red rose. Extra. 
Adam — Bright flesh, salmon rose, large and double. 
Asrripplna — An old favorite garden rose. Deep crimson. 
Andre Schwartz — A beautiful crimson, free-flowering variety. 
Amiu Olllvier — Lovely blush, shaded with carmine. 
Antoine Verdler — -Rich, dark carmine pink. Very free. 
Alfred Colomb — Extra lai-ge, round flower, very double and full; 
color bright carmine crimson. One of the very best dark colored 
sorts. 
American Beauty— An everbloomlng Hybrid Perpetual. The 
flowers are very large, of beautiful form and very double; color a 
deep, rich rose. The fragrance is delightful, resembling La France. 
Bridesmaid — The most popular pink Tea Rose. Thousands of 
this variety are grown every year for cut flowers, and it is also 
very desirable for summer bedding out of doors. It is a delightful 
shade of bright pink, very free flowering and easily grown. 
Bon Silene — Still a prime favorite on account of its delightful 
fragrance and strong growing qualities; color deep rose, shaded 
carmine. Valuable for summer or winter flowers. 
Clotllde Soupert — The best known and most popular Polyantha. 
It is as free blooming as a rose can be. commencing to bloom when 
but 3 or 4 inches high, and is never after without bloom if kept in 
a healthy growing condition. The full double flowers are pm. u ■ I 
In sprays of three or more and are of the finest imaginable form. 
The outer petals are pearl white, shading to a center of rosy pin , 
but vary sometimes from pure white to silvery rose on the same 
plant. 
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Captain Christy — Extra large, flat flower ; 
color pale peach, deepening at center to clear 
rose. 
Catharine Mermet- — One of the finest roses 
grown. The buds are very large and globular, 
the petals being recurved and showing to ad- 
vantage the lovely bright pink of the center, 
shading Into light, creamy pink, reminding one 
of a La France In its silvery shading. A strong 
grower and fine bloomer. 
Coquette De L-yon — ^Vlgorous, rapid grower 
and constant bloomer. Pure canary yellow. 
Countess £va Starhember^ — Creamy white, 
tinted deep yellow. 
Devonlensis — On account of Its whiteness 
and sweetness often called the Magnolia Rose. 
Creamy white, delicately flushed In the center 
with pink. One of the most fragrant rosea, 
and a favorite of long standing. 
Ductless De Brabant — In this variety we 
have a combination of rich and peculiar color- 
ing, delightful perfume and a remarkable pro- 
fusion of bloom and foliage; color light ros'). 
with heavy shading of amber and 
salmon. Quite hardy. 
Duchess of Albany — We wish to 
impress the fact that as a rose for 
all purposes It has no peer. It is 
identical with La France, except- 
ing in three points. These are a 
more vigorous growth, a larg<;r 
and more expanded flower, and a 
deep, even pink In color; not 
shaded, but what Is termed a solid 
color. 
Dinsmore — A true perpetual, 
flowering very freely the whole 
season; flowers large and very 
double; color deep crimson. Tho 
plant Is of a dwarf, bushy habit, 
every shoot producing a bud. 
Clotllde Soupert 
