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buds pinched off until winter, and then give all the sunlight possible. Keep youi plant 
clean and growing. About 60 degrees is the best temperature for it. 
What Varieties to Plant. — The everblooming or monthly roses are the only really 
constant bloomers we have. They begin to bloom early in the season or almost as soon 
as planted, and continue all through the summer and autumn months until stopped by 
freezing weather. They bloom and flourish luxuriantly in all parts of the country from 
Canada to Mexico. The flowers are of beautiful form, are full and delightfully fragrant, 
and embrace all the lovely shades and colors that roses ever assume. 
Hardy Roses. — This section includes the Hybrid Perpetuals, Mosses and Climbers, 
and while they are not as constant bloomers as the Teas, Bourbons, Noisettes and Chinas, 
they make a gorgeous display of deep, rich colors in May and June, far excelling the ever- 
blooming class in size of flower and brilliancy of color. Most of the Hybrid Perpetual 
class give a second crop of bloom in September and October, and in many cases finer 
flowers than those produced in June. 
Tea Roses, Everblooming. — Tea roses are celebrated for their delicious fragrance, 
and the exquisite forms and rich, charming tintsof their flowers. They form the largest and 
most popular section of the everblooming roses, producing an endless succession of 
flowers in a favorable climate, and even at the north blooming from the time they are 
planted until stopped by freezing weather. Teas should be planted in a rich, warm soil, 
where they will be constantly growing, for they bloom as they grow. Where they con- 
tinue to grow year after year without being checked by hard freezes, they form immense 
masses of foliage, covered with flowers of the largest size, and produced in the greatest 
abundance. 
NEW ROSES. 
THE R AINBOW (California’s New Rose). This grand new rose was originated by a 
florist in San Francisco, but it has been so generally commented upon by the press 
that it is already famil- 
iarly known all over the 
United States. It deserves 
to be thus known and to be 
very generally introduced 
as it assuredly will be, for 
its merits are pronounced 
and of the sort to induce 
culture in many parts of 
the country. It is as robust 
a grower and as constant a 
bloomer as its parent, Papa 
Gontier. In color it is a 
lovely shade of deep 
coral-pink, which is striped 
and mottled in the most 
unique manner, with in- 
tense glowingcrimson, and 
elegantly colored with rich 
golden-amberat centerand 
base of petals. It makes 
beautiful buds, and its flow- 
ers are extra large, very 
sweet, and of great depth 
and substance. Its wonder- 
ful combination of colors 
seems to render the name 
Rainbow very appropriate, 
and its many other excel- 
lent qualities strongly 
commend it to flower 
lovers everywhere. In or- 
der to induce all to grow 
this superb novelty we 
offer strong plants at 25 
cts. each. 
Do not order things not in this Catalogue. 
the rainbow. 
AVABAN. A sport from 
Catherine Mermet, with 
which it is identical except 
in its color, which is an 
exquisitedeep, bright pink. 
50 cts. each. 
