W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA 
HARDY HYBRID TEA ROSES 
These arc by far the most valuable and popular of all the Roses. They bloom con- 
tinuously throughout the summer and frequently until late in the fall, and arc practi- 
cally hardy in any climate. There are many varieties in all colors, shapes and sizes of 
bloom, and all have a delightful fragrance. The assortment that I offer is not so large 
as that of some growers, but I have tested all the varieties thoroughly, and have con- 
fined my list to those which are the most satisfactory in profusion and quality of bloom, 
foliage and habit of growth. I have discarded many varieties because 1 have others of 
the same class of greater merit. I believe this list embraces all of the worth-while sorts. 
Any plants listed at 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. ; 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. ; 40 cts. 
each, $4 per doz.; SO cts. each, $5 per doz.; 60 cts. each, $6 per doz. Mailing- 
size plants are one year old, from 3-inch pots. All on their own roots except 
the three-year-old plants, which are budded plants. 
American Beauty. Crimson. Largest, 
sweetest and best of all hardy Roses. It is 
a genuine, hardy, evcrblooming Rose. 
For immensity of size, rich color, exquisite 
form and delicious fragrance, it stands 
without an equal. It is a quick and bushy 
grower and a continuous bloomer, makes 
magnificent buds and large, deep, double 
flowers, and is valuable both for house and 
garden culture. Color a rich, rosy crim- 
son, shaded and veined in the most charm- 
ing fashion; very fragrant. Price, 15 cts.; 
larger size, 25 ets. ; 2-year plants, 35 ets. 
Antoine Rivoire. Pink. A vigorous 
grower, with fine-shaped buds and flowers; 
Cardinal Roses 
color salmon-flesh in center, the edges of 
its petals shading to a creamy white, with 
a delicate pink tinge. Price, mailing size, 
10 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts. 
Bessie Brown, White. F'lowers pro- 
fusely in the open ground all through the 
summer. The color is pure white, some- 
times faintly flushed pink; petals enor- 
mous and well shaped. Price, mailing size, 
15 cts.; 2-year plants, 35 cts. 
Betty. Yellow. Color a coppery rose, 
overspread with golden yellow. Its blooms 
are extremely large, fairly full and of 
glorious form. Vigorous, erect and free- 
branching habit; flowers all season and is 
deliciously perfumed. Price, mailing size, 
15 cts.; 2-year plants, 35 cts. 
Cardinal Can be recommen- 
' ded as better than Lib- 
erty, and, in the open ground, equal to 
Meteor. It is a strong, robust grower, 
with large and massive flowers, deliciously 
fragrant, full and double to the center. 
Of easy culture and extremely free flower- 
ing. Price, mailing size, 15 cts.; strong, 
2-year plants, 40 cts. 
Clara Watson. Pink. The flowers are 
very graceful and are produced in remark- 
able profusion. The buds are beautiful, 
and are supported on long stems, making 
it desirable for cutting. The color is salmon 
pink, difficult to describe. Price, fine, 
mailing-size plants, 10 cts.; strong 2-year 
plants, 25 cts. ; heavy 3-year plants on 
own roots, 50 cts. 
Dean Hole. Pink. An intense salmon- 
pink, with bud of extraordinary length 
opening into a mammoth bloom of splen- 
did substance. An English gold-medal 
Rose that ranks with the best. Price, 
10 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts. 
Duchess of Wellington. Yellow. 
The color at first is an intense saffron- 
yellow, stained with crimson, which, as 
the flowers develop, changes to a deep 
coppery yellow. The blooms resemble 
those of Killarney in shape, but have 
larger and finer petals. Delightfully fra- 
grant and very free flowering. Price, one- 
year mailing size, 15 cts.; strong 2-year 
plants, 40 cts. ; extra 3-ycar plants, 60 cts. 
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