DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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equal to General Jacqueminot. It is delightfully fragrant and is the most 
popular forcing rose of its color. 
PERLE des JARDINS— Very large and full, bright straw color; some- 
times canary color; very fragrant; one of the best Tea Roses. One of the 
most popular forcing roses. 
PRESIDENT — A lovely rose, fresh, carmine pink, extra large size; very 
double and full; free bloomer; delicious tea scent. 
QUEEN — A beautiful, pure white, free blooming Tea Rose, producing an 
abundance of well formed buds and flowers the entire blooming season. 
RAINBOW — An elegant new striped Tea Rose, of strong, healthy growth 
and exceedingly free flowering habit. The buds are large, on strong, stiff 
stems. Color a beautiful shade of deep pink, distinctly striped and mottled 
with bright crimson, elegantly shaded and toned with rich amber. It makes 
beautiful buds and flowers of large size, with thick, heavy petals, very frag- 
rant. A useful variety for cut flowers. 
SAFRANO — An old favorite. Bright apricot yellow, changing to orange 
and fawn, frequently tinted with rose. Desirable for outdoor planting and 
much prized for its fragrance and nicely shaped bloom. 
SENATOR McNAUGHTON— (White Perle des Jardins)— A sport from 
Perle des Jardins; it resembles that grand old rose, excepting in color, which 
is a delicate creamy white; the flowers are very large and full, the buds beau- 
tifully shaped; foliage dark and glossy. 
SOUVENIR de la MALM AISON— One of the choicest roses we offer and 
one that will give entire satisfaction for either garden or pot culture. The 
color is a creamy flesh, bright and clear; the flower large and double; very 
fragrant. 
SUNRISE — The most gorgeous rose of its class yet introduced. It has 
made a sensation in England, and taken first honors wherever shown. In the 
close bud form it shows the high, brilliant colors seen only in the Austrian 
Copper rose, scarlet and yellow. As it opens the colors deepen, the scarlet 
turning darker red, the yellow' to orange and copper, the inside of the petal 
golden yellow. The open rose is large, perfectly double, and of grand form. 
The foliage is glossy and thick, the new growth being the darkest and most 
beautiful found among roses; the form and color of bud, its freedom and 
growth of bloom, will give Sunrise a high place among forcing roses. A nov- 
elty is earnestly wished for by cut flower growers, and here is a novelty of 
the highest quality. 
VISCOUNTESS FOLKSTONE— The flow'er is delicately tinted flesh, al- 
most w'hite and lustrous as satin; when in full bloom it is like a fine white 
Paeony, but without a suggestion of stiffness. 
SUNSET — A fine novelty, a sport from Perle des Jardins, which it strongly 
resembles except in color, which is a remarkable shade of rich golden amber, 
