ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
TEA ROSES, EVER BLOOMING. 
Tea Roses are celebrated for their delicious fragrance, the exquisite forms and rich charming 
tints of their flowers. They form the largest and most popular section of the Ever Blooming Roses, 
producing an endless succession of flowers in a favorable climate, and even at the North blooming 
from the time they are planted until they are stopped by freezing weather. Teas should be planted 
in a rich warm soil, where they will be kept constantly growing, for they bloom as they grow. 
Bon Sib 1 ne. Noted for the great size and beauty of its buds; color deep rose. This rose is used 
largely in floral work, and is highly esteemed for its rich dark color and beauty of form. 
Catherine Mermet. Bright flesh color, large, full, and of beautiful form; a fine winter bloomer in 
conservatories. 
Duchesse de Brabant. Few roses equal this in freedom of flowering; none surpass it in either 
fragrance or vigor; color rose, heavily shaded with amber or salmon. 
Duchesse of Edinburgh. A very desirable novelty; flowers of good size, moderately full, deep crim- 
son in the buds, becoming brighter as they expand; good for winter flowering. 
Glorie of Dijon. Yellow shaded with salmon and rose; large, full, and distinct. 
Madame de Watterille. Also known as Tulip Rose on account of the beautiful feathery shadings 
of bright rose around the edge of each petal. A strong, vigorous grower, with handsome foli 
age. Color white, shaded with salmon; very fragrant; flowers large and beautiful shape. 
Perle desJardins. A beautiful straw color, sometimes deep canary; very large, full, and of fine 
form; stiff shoots or stems, and very free flowering. 
Princess Beatrice. A magnificent yellow Tea Rose. The flowers, which are carried on long stiff 
stems, are of perfect form and a lovely shade of golden yellow, with a slight tint of pure rose. 
Sunset. Large size, fine full form, very double, and deliciously perfumed. The color is a remark- 
able shade of rich golden amber, elegantly tinged and shaded with dark ruddy copper. 
Safrano. Bright apricot yellow, changing to orange and fawn, sometimes tinted with rose; valued 
highly for its beautiful buds; fragrant. 
Ttfte Bride. This is decidedly the most beautiful white Tea Rose. The flowers are very large and 
double, on long stiff" stems, of fine texture and substance, and last a long time in a fresh state 
Cter being cut, making it one of the best varieties for corsage wear or bouquets. 
P^ONIAS. 
TREE AND HEBACEOTJS. 
These are all showy, beautiful flowers, perfectly hardy, easy to cultivate; flowering early 
in the season, before rose They deserve a place in every garden. 
HERBACEOUS CHINESE P.EONIAS. August Tan (ieert. Deep crimson, slightly tipped blush. 
Belioatissima. Double, delicate rose, fragrant and fine. 
Officinalis Malabills. White, carmine center. 
Rosea Fragrans. Deep rose, double, large and fragrant. 
Striata Rosea. Blush white, large and full; inside petals fringed and clouded with rose. 
Victoria Tricolor. Outside petals pale rose, mottled with pink; center canary white; petals 
edged with red; a superb flower. 
TREK P.EONIA [Arborea). Very double, deep blush with purple center; showy and fragrant. 
CASSIA. 
American Senna (. Marilonetica ). A splendid herbaceous plant, three to four feet high; flowers 
pea shaped, bright yellow in auxiliary clusters; July and August. 
YUCCA, SPANISH BAYONET. 
These have a grand appearance; the stem is three feet above the ground, covered with large 
bell-shaped flowers on laterals, forming a perfect pyramid. 
Filamentosa (Adam’s Needle). Thread leaved, creamy white, three to four feet; July. 
