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A. B. Davis & Son, Purcellvillf., Virginia. 
Bud of Francisca Kruger. 
Devoniensis. Magnolia fragrance ; creamy white, 
with rosy center. 4-inch pots, 15 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 30c. 
Duchess of Edinburgh. (Tea.) Remarkable 
for its beautiful color, which is of the most intense 
glowing crimson ; lovely buds. 
Douglas. (Bengal.) Dark cheiry red, rich and 
velvety ; large and full. 
Etoile de Liyon. (Tea.) The flowers are very 
large, double and full, and deliciously fragrant; a 
beautiful chrome-yellow, deepening at the center to 
pure golden yellow ; each bud is a gem. 4-inch pots, 
15 cts.; 2-year-olds, 35 cts. 
Esther Pradel. (Climbing Tea.) Lovely pure 
white buds ; flowers of medium size, full and sweet ; a 
profuse bloomer. 10 cts. 
Francisca Kruger. This Rose is closely allied to 
Catherine Mermet, and resembles it in everything 
save color. In its shading of deep coppery yellow it 
stands unique and distinct from all other Roses ; the 
flower, when open, is of good size and very symmetri- 
cal. 4-inch pots, 15 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 30 cts. 
Grace Darling. Porcelain rose, shaded crimson 
cn yellow ground ; exquisite buds ; very sweet. 
Golden Gate. (Tea.) This beautiful Rose is the 
product of Safrano and Cornelia Cook, two noted and 
valuable varieties. The flowers are large, of good 
substance, very double and full ; rich, creamy white, 
tinged and shaded with fine golden yellow ; petals 
large and broad, and frequently bordered with clear 
rose. 2 year-olds, 35 cts. 
Golden Chain. (Reve d’Or.) A beautiful Tea 
Rose; for pillars, being a strong climber ; orange-yel- 
low or deep saffron. 4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
Henry M. Stanley. The color is a rare shade of 
amber-rose, tinged with apricot-yellow. 4-inch pots, 
15 cts. 
' Hermosa. (Bourbon.) An old and well-known 
favorite pink Rose. 4-itich pots, 15 cts. 
Homer. (Tea.) Soft, clear rose, with a salmon 
shade ; splendid. 4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
Isabella Sprunt, Bright canary yellow ; large, 
beautiful buds ; profuse bloomer. 4-inch pots, 15 cts. ; 
g-year-olds, 35 cts. ... 
J. B. Van-one. Intense scarlet-crimson, rich and 
bright, shaded with salmon-yellow. 4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
.Jeanne Guillaume*. Color clear, bright red, 
touched with salmon; center coppery red, shaded 
silver. 
James Sprunt. (Climbing Bengal). A grand 
Rose ; deep cherry red ; medium size, full, very double 
and siveet ; a strong grower and profuse bloomer. 
Jean Pcrnet. (Tea.) Light yellow, suffused with 
salmon ; beautiful buds. A magnificent variety. 
Getty Coles. Color, soft, rosy pink, shaded with 
intense crimson ; exquisite. 4-inch pots, 15 cts. ; 2-year- 
olds, 40 cts. 
Lady Zoe Brougham. Bright, tawny yellow, a 
charming color. 4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
Louis Bichard. (Tea). A delightfully tea-scented, 
rich, coppery rose, changing to buff, shaded with car- 
mine ; center sometimes brilliant rosy crimson. 
Lnciole. Unequaled in its delightful coloring and 
| size of buds; color, bright carmine rose, tinted and 
1 shaded yellow. 4-inch pots, 15 cts., 2-j-ear-olds, 35 cts. 
La Pactole. (Tea.) Elegant buds; color pale 
I sulphur yellow. 
Lamarque. (Climbing Tea.) Flowers creamy 
white ; a splendid climber under glass. 
La Florifere. Deep salmon-rose, large and showy; 
4 inch pots, 15 cts. 
La Princess Vera. (Tea.) Pale flesh, changing 
to salmon. 
Louisa de la Rive. (Tea). Flesh white, inclin- 
ing to a rose center. 
Marechal Niel. A Rose so famous as to really re- 
quire no description. Its magnificent golden yellow 
buds are worn the world over ; they illustrate the glob- 
ular form in its last perfection, and are almost massive 
in dimensions. The reports from Southern growers 
tell of single plants showing 1,000 and 2,000 blooms of 
Marechal Neil at a time. It is almost universally held 
to be the finest climber for indoors or out, where the 
climate admits of its cultivation. 4-inch pots, 15 cts.; 
larger, 25 cts. 
Meteor. A new Hybrid Tea of superb color; 
beautiful, ■ velvety crimson, glowing and rich. The 
buds are very handsome and delightfully fragrant. 
4-inch pots, 15 cts.; 2-year-olds, 40 cts. 
Golden Gate. 
Our Plants go to every State in the United States, to Canada, and to Mexico. ■ 
