W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX CO., VIRGINIA. 
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OUR ROSES FROM 21 / 2 -INCH POTS WILL BLOOM THIS SUMMER. 
Price from 2'/,-lnch pots, postpaid, 5 cents; from three-inch pots, postpaid, 10 cents; two-year-old from 
^ house, by express, 20 cents; by mail, 25 cents. 
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MARIE VAN HOUTTE 
(Tea.) 
Mae;nlficent in the open s;round. Extra large, full, 
double flowers. Canary-yellow, passing to creamy- 
white, shaded rose. 
MRS. B. R. CANT 
(Tea.) 
A beautiful Rose on the stylo and color of Papa 
Gontier. It is a free grower and free bloomer. This 
is a Rose that will become a standard variety. We 
think very much of it. 
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD 
(China.) 
It is quite hardy, and possesses that delicious old- 
fashioned rose fragrance so much sought after in ah 
ever-blooming variety. For a pot Rose it has no e<iual. 
THE RAINBOW 
(Tea.) 
Color a lovely shade of deep coral-pink, striped, mot- 
tled in most unique manner with intense carmine, ele- 
gantly colored with rich golden-amber at the cenMr 
of base of petals; makes beautiful buds; flowers extra 
large, sweet, and of great depth and substance. 
LA PRINCESS VERA 
(Tea.) 
Without doubt this is a grand Rose for general 
planting, particularly for bedding in the open ground. 
The color is rich ivory-white, shaded and veined with 
coppery-yellow, and delicately penciled with pale blush. 
A truly grand and beautiful Rose. 
CLOTHILDE SOUPERT 
This Rose originated with Messrs. Soupert & Net- 
ting, of I.uxemburg, Belgium. It is strong, vigor- 
ous grower. The flowers are large, double and beauti- 
ful in form, with style of the beautiful Rose Ball of 
Snow. They are borne in sprays, and the color blends 
from a soft shell-plnk to a pure satiny-white. Roses 
with both these colors are borne on the same plant 
at the same time. No other Rose approaches it in 
flowering qualities. 
MLLE. FRANZISCA KRAUGER 
A strikingly handsome Rose, one of the very best 
for open ground culture. It would be hard to name a 
better or more satisfactory Rose. It is especially 
adapted to bedding or massing. Holds its foliage under 
all sorts of adverse conditions. The flowers are dee.ply 
shaded coppery-vellow in color, and are of large size. 
A strong and vigorous grower and a good and con- 
stant bloomer. 
MADAME DE VATRT 
(Tea.) 
Big, clean buds of great beauty 
crimson-scarlet. 
SNOAVFLAKE 
(Tea.) 
Pure white; does not pink. 
COQUETTE DE LYON 
(Tea.) One of the Best Yellow Boses. 
This exquisite variety is so well and favorably known 
that a detailed description is hardly required. It is 
unquelitlonably one of the *a 
cultivation for open ground culture. The coloj is a 
pure canary-yellow. 
DUCHESSE DE BRABANT 
A bright China Rose, with ooppery-yellow o^ter, 
ends of petals suffused with carmine. A charm^ing, 
beautiful combination of coloring, as ench colOT blends 
nicely with the other. This variety ranks with the 
best, and is a Rose of decided merit. 
fine flowers; rich 
COUNTESS EVA STARHEMBERG 
(Tea.) 
The bud is long in form, opening a fine double flower 
of great beauty and heavy texture. Color creamy- 
yellow, shading to ochre at the center, borders of the 
petals touched wi*^h rose. 
PAPA GONTIER 
(Tea.) 
A fine forcing Rose, also fine for field planting. We 
sell immense quantities of this fine Rose. It has a 
fine bud. open flower, semi -double. Color dark car- 
mine flushed crimson. 
QUEEN’S SCARLET 
(China.) 
This is. without doubt, the very best of all red Roses 
for bedding. It can be planted anywhere, being en- 
tirely hardy. The flowers are of large size and of fiery 
scarlet, a color seldom seen in Roses. Indeed, a bed 
of this Rose produces a mass of red equal to a bed of 
Geraniums, 
SAFRANO 
A Fine Old Tea Rose. 
This splendid old-time Rose has not been superseded 
by any newcomer of its class or color. It is a variety 
of great value, particularly tor outdoor planting. It 
grows vigorously and has the vitality necessary to 
produce a continuous crop of flowers from early sum- 
mer until late in autumn; quite hardy. It is valued 
very highly for its beautiful buds and handsome flow- 
ers. The color is a bright apricot-yellow, changing 
to orange and fawn, sometimes tinted with rose. Very 
fragrant. 
WHITE BOUGERE 
(Tea.) 
Blooms of great substance; pure white; strong stems 
and a great bloomer. 
HERMOSA 
(China.) 
An old favorite. It is always in bloom and always 
beautiRil. The flowers are cupped, finely formed and 
full. Color the most pleasing shade of pink, soft, but 
deep. The best market Rose grown. 
MARION DINGEE 
(Tea.) 
A very good red Rose, but we think it has been 
much overrated. 
VIRIDIFLORA 
(Green China Rose.) 
Moderately large, quite double; pure deep green, 
valuable as a curiosity. 
BURBANK 
A Perfect Hardy, Ever-blooming Tea Rose. 
This Rose is the only rival that the famous variety 
Champion of the World has. The color is cherry-crim- 
.son; it is, in other words, the very deepest and bright- 
est pink Rose in cultivation.' It is peculiarly adapted 
for both outdoor planting or for blooming indoors. 
LE PACTOLE 
(Tea.) 
I-ight yellow, changing to almost white. 
PRINCESS SAGAN 
A strong-growing Rose, with small, closely-set, dark 
foliage and medium-sized flowers of the brightest scar- 
let and velvety texture. 
MARQUISE DE QUERHOENT 
(Tea.) 
Long pointed bud, stiff upright stem; color a beau- 
tiful China rose, copper, salmon and golden-yellow; ex- 
tremely free. 
