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A. B. DAVIS &» SON, PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA. 
Everbloorrjipg Ros«s. 
A select list of new and standard varieties, including none but the best ; all are sure to give satisfaction. 
Price, 10 cts. each, except where noted, for strong plants, grown In two and one-half and three-inch pots 
We can furnish each variety in this list from 3-inch pots. 
Francisca Kruger. (See page 9 .) 
Bon Silene. (Tea.) Deep 
salmon-rose, illumined with 
carmine ; a very free-blooming 
Rose. Plants fromd-inch pots, 
15 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 35 cts. 
Bougere. (Tea.) Bronzed 
pink, tinged with lilac. Large 
and full. 
Camoens. (Hybrid Tea.) 
A magnificent Rose; flowers 
very large and full; china- 
rose, suffused with pale yel- 
low, passing to white, and 
flushed with carmine; very 
fragrant and fine. 
Catherine Mermet. (Tea.) 
The name is a synonym for all 
that is delicate and beautiful 
in a Rose. The buds are inimi- 
table, faultless in form, and 
charming in their every shade 
of color, which ranges from 
the purest silvery rose to the 
exquisite combination of yel- 
low and rose which illumines 
the base of the petals. 2 -year- 
olds, 40 cts. 
Charles Rovolli. (Tea.) A 
lovely shade of brilliant car- 
mine. 
Chromatella, or Cloth-of- 
Gold. (Climbing Tea.) A 
grand Roseforthe South ; clear 
bright yellow, very sweet and 
beautiful. It blooms rather 
sparingly, but makes up for 
this deficiency by its extraor- 
dinary beauty. 
Clement Nabonnand. 
(Tea.) Coppery rose, tinged 
with crimson. 
Comtesse de Labarthe. 
(Tea.) We have here, in one 
Rose, almost all the desirable 
qualities — exquisite perfume 
and beautiful coloring— a soft, 
light rose, with heavy shad- 
ing of amber and salmon. 
Strongplants from 4-inch pots, 
15 cts. 
Adam. (Tea.) Bright, fresh salmon rose, extra 
large and double. 
Adrienne Cristophle. (Tea.) Shaded with apri- 
cot, citron and fawn. PI ants from 4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
Agrippina. (Bengal.) Rich, velvety crimson. A 
grand bedder. 
Aline Sisley. (Tea.) Violet rose; a fruity, pleas- 
ant fragrance. 
America. (Climbing Tea.) An old Noisette Rose 
of strong and vigorous growth, very large and double; 
creamy to coppery yellow. Plants from 4-inch pots. 
15 cts. 
American Beauty. (Hybrid Tea.) Very large 
double flowers of a deep crimson color, and highly 
fragrant; the cut blooms always brings high price. 
Strong plants, 20 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 50 cts. 
Andre Schwartz. (Tea.) Beautiful crimson; a 
free-flowering variety. 
Archduchess Isabella. (Tea.) Rosy carmine, 
changing to amaranth. Plantsfrom4-inchpots, 15cts. 
Archduke Charles. (Bengal.) Brilliant crimson 
scarlet, shaded with violet. Plants from 4-inch pots, 
15 cts. 
Bella. (Tea.) Pure snow-white; long, pointed 
buds; tea-scented. 
Comtesse Riza du Parc. 
(Tea.) Copper-rose, softly tinged. Plants from 
4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
Coquette de Lyon. (Tea.) We have no yellow 
Rose that blooms so freely as this canary yellow ; 
delicious perfume; fine form. Plants from 4-inch 
pots, 15 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 35 cts. 
Cornelia Cook. (Tea.) The buds are of immense 
size, and are borne high up on massive stems; their 
round, full, heavy form carries an air of grace and 
dignity quite unusual. The flowers are of clearest, 
snowiest white. 2-year-olds, 40 cts. 
Chas. de Thezillat. (Tea.) Robust, hardy and 
very vigorous in growth. Flowers large, finely 
formed, globular and imbricated; superb creamy 
yellow, center shaded with silvery chamois. Plants 
from 4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
Devoniensis. (Tea.) A large creamy white Rose, 
not very double but very free-blooming. It forms 
long, creamy buds, with the most delicate blush on 
the edge of petals. Plants from 4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
Douglas. (Bengal.) Dark cherry red, rich and 
velvety; large and full. 
Ducbesse de Brabant. (Tea.) Soft, rosy flesh, 
changing to deep rose. Plants from 4-inch pots, 
15 cts. 
Uncle Sam’s mail-bag will bring our beautiful plants to your door. 
