Superb Hardy Hoses 
REID’S NURSERIES, UPLAND, OHIO 
American Beauty Roses. 
ROSES OF SPECIAL MERIT. 
Dozen rates are ten times the price at single rates. 
EMPRESS AUCUSTA VICTORIA. This beautiful 
Rose has not only a royal name, but is a royal Rose as well. 
We have white Roses that have elegant buds, but when full 
blown are not all that is desired. Then, again, we have white 
Roses that are elegant when full blown, but have poor buds. 
This Rose combines both these good qualities. It is a con- 
tinuous bloomer, producing successive crops of buds and 
flowers in greatest profusion ; the buds are very beautifully 
formed, with largo petals of best substance. They show no 
center when fully open; color pure, snowy white; and when 
you add a rich perfume coupled with a vigorous growth, what 
more could you ask ? This Rose is an easy winner over all 
competitors in its color, and we predict that more of it will be 
planted than of all other white Roses combined. 15 cts. each- 
large 2-year-ohl plants, .10 cts. each. 
EMPRESS OF CHINA. Blooms continuously for over 
( months of the year. When it first opens the flowers are a 
beautiful red, but soon turn to a lovely light pink, and it blooms 
so profusely as to almost hide the plant. It is perfectly hardy, 
and is a vigorous grower. Large plants, 35 cts. each; medium,’ 
25 cts. each. 
LA FRANCE. Delicate silvery rose, shaded with cerise- 
pink, often silvery pink with a peach shading. Very large, 
double, and of superb form. It flowers continuously through- 
out the season ; in fragrance, incomparable; in form, perfect. 
2-year, 25 cts. 
AMERICAN BEAUTY. The leading Rose 
of flower it resembles the Hybrid Perpetual class. 
in the cut-flower market ; color deep rose. In foliage and size 
It is as fragrant as any of the hardy Roses, and this, together 
with its vigor, large size, beautiful eolor, long stems and con- 
tinuous bloom, places it at the head of winter-blooming Roses. 
The half-blown buds are magnificent. 35 cts. 
MRS. JOHN H. LAINC. This Rose begins to bloom 
early in the season, and continues to bloom profusely until late 
autumn. Color soft delicate pink, with a satin sheen; very 
fragrant. Often during dry summers when other Roses fail 
completely, or give only small and imperfect blossoms, this 
one gives great, perfect flowers most lavishly. 1-year, 20 
cts.; 2-year, 25 cts. 
Mrs. John Laing. 
