General Catalogue of Plants. 
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Hybrid Perpetual Roses. 
Price, IS cents each, except where noted; or any 10 of those priced at IS cts. for $ 1 . No further discount on this Offer. 
If delicacy describes the Teas, grandeur is a term appropriate to the Hybrid Perpetuals. The flowers are 
larger than those of the tender Roses, and the color is darker and richer than any found among Teas, while in 
growth the Hybrids are decidedly stronger and more vigorous. Their habit is erect and stiff, rather than bushy 
and branching, and they are perfectly hardy in all parts of the country. It should be well understood that these 
Roses do not, as a rule, bloom continuously. In May and June they present a magnificent appearance, the 
plants being fairly loaded with large, double flowers— a burst of bloom seldom seen on any of the dwarf Teas. 
In September and October most of the varieties, under good treatment, produce a second crop, not nearly so 
liberal as the first one, but often including individual flowers of greater perfection. Some kinds bloom almost 
as constantly as Teas or Bourbons. 
Anne tie Dies badl. Flowers clear rose, very 
large ; a showy, deep cup form. 
Antoine Mouton. Fiowers bright clear rose, sil" 
very reverse ; very large, full, and of good form ; a 
strong, upright grower. 
Ball of-Snow. (Boule tie Neige.) In this variety 
we have a hardy Everblooming Rose of great value. 
The flower is of large size, perfectly double, exquisitely 
fragrant, and pure white. Being entirely hardy, it is 
invaluable for cemetery planting, or where white 
flowers are desired, as it blooms freely all summer. 
Belle Normandie. Rose, shaded and clouded 
with carmine and lilac. 
Baroness Rothschild. The form of this Rose is 
absolute perfection ; it is globular, with petals incurved 
and of waxen texture. Though perfectly double, there 
is no crowding of petals; the flowers are large, with 
satiny finish, and of a very pleasing shade of delicate 
pink. 25 cts. 
Captain Christy. Delicate flesh color, deepening 
toward the center. A lovely Rose. 
Comte de Paris. A new hardy Rose of great 
promise ; bright, vivid, poppy crimson when first open, 
becoming darker and delicately shaded with violet as 
the flowers expand. Very large and full ; petals of 
good substance and very sweet. A magnificent Rose. 
20 cts. 
Charles Dickens. This we regard as a wonderful 
Rose. It is vigorous in growth, the leafage is large and 
fine, and the flower startles all who see it bv its great 
size and loveliness. The color is a rich, glossy car- 
mine, tinged with bright crimson ; large, globular 
flowers, full and sweet. 20 cts. 
Dinsmore. (Everblooming.) The flowers are 
large, perfectly double, ol a dazzling scarlet-crimson 
color, and have the rich, spicy fragrance peculiar to 
the best Hybrid Roses. We have proved Dinsmore to 
be entirely hardy, and can recommend it as the finest 
garden Rose ever offered. It blooms incessantly, and 
is one of the most beautiful of all bedding Roses’ 20c. 
Emperor of Morocco. This is a grand, dark vel- 
vety maroon Rose. It is beautiful in bud, and the 
flower is very large, full and double to the center. A 
regal Rose in every respect. 20 cts. 
General Jacqueminot. Brilliant crimson ; large 
and fragrant ; the finest Rose of its color. 
Giant of Battles. Deep fiery crimson ; very 
brilliant. 
General Washington. A grand Rose, with a 
first-class American name, and an old-time favorite of 
20 years’ standing. It is beautiful in form ; the color 
is soft scarlet, sometimes glowing crimson. 
Gloire Dyonnaise. This grand Rose is the only 
yellow Hybrid Perpetual we have ; it cannot be called 
deep yellow, but rather a pale shade of chamois or 
salmon yellow, deepest at center, and sometimes 
passing to rich creamy white, finely tinted with orange 
and fawn ; the flowers have all the beauty of Tea 
Roses, and are large and full, and delightfully sweet. 
Da France of 'Hi). Declared by all noted French 
rosarians to be the most remarkable Rose of late years. 
Its elegant buds are often 2 or 3 inches long, while the 
expanded flowersareof immensesize. Another strong 
point is its bright color, which is very nearly scarlet, 
sometimes lined and bordered with pure white ; still 
another point in its favor is its fragrance— a precious 
trait ill the Rose. A flower of enchanting beauty, sure 
to please every lover of this most beautiful and satisfy- 
ing of flowers. 20 cts. 
Magna Charta. Pink suffused with carmine ; 
very fine buds. 
Mad. Charles Wood. Flowers rosy crimson, 
large ; a constant bloomer— almost as free as a Tea 
Rose. 
Mad. Georges Bruant. This variety retains the 
heavy, thorny canes and glossv, leathery leaves of 
Rugosa, while the flower is dazzling white, positively 
untinted and semi-double. The bud is long-pointed, 
like Niphetos, the fully expanded flower being from 
4 to 5 inches in diameter, and showing a heavy, tremu- 
lous brush of yellow stamens in the center; it blooms 
in clusters, and is deliciously fragrant, thus appealing 
strongly to the senses of sight and smell. 
Mrs. John Laing. A new Hybrid Rose, the pro- 
duction of Mr. Bennett. The color is a soft, delicate 
pink, with a satiny surface, and the whole flower fre- 
quently shows a distinctly silverv tinge. The flowers 
are large, finely shaped and very fragrant. 20 cts. 
Mine. Jos. Desbois. A vigorous grower, contain- 
ing some Hybrid Tea blood ; flower flesh color, with 
salmon rose center ; very large and double. Fine 
habit, particularly noticeable ; sturdy and erect like 
Capt. Christy ; almost pure white. 
Mrs. John Laing. 
75 eta. will buy 12 beautiful Rosebuds, by mail, postpaid. 
