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A. B. DAVIS <5* SON, PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA. 
Polyaptba Roses. 
chafing potplants emeteiy 1>lantlng ’ as they arc r> erfectly hardy and need no protection. They also make 
Price, lo cents each. 
Gloire des Polyanthas. A beautiful dwarf variety, 
with quite small floVers, which are prettily cupped. 
A real “Fairy Rose” ; bright pink, with a red ray 
through each petal ; quite distinct. 
Little Red Pet. Bright red ; fine. 
Mile. Cecile Brunner. Larger flowers than any 
of the other Polyanthas ; perfectly double and delight 
fully fragrant ; color rosy pink, on rich, creamy white 
ground. 
Mignonette. Soft rose; finely formed. 
Paquerette. White ; open form ; a beauty. 
Perle d’Or. Nankeen-yellow; very attractive. 
Hardy Clirpbers. 
Price, dS cents each. 
Baltimore Belle. Pale blush, variegated with 
carmine, rose and white ; very double. 
Greville, or Seven Sisters. Flowers in large clus- 
ters ; varying in color from white to crimson. 
Prairie Queen. Flowers very large and of pecu- 
liar globular form; bright rosy red, changing to 
lighter as the flowers open. 
Pride of Washington. Bright amaranth, shaded 
rose center; large clusters ; very double; fine. 
Russell’s Cottage. Dark, velvety crimson, very 
double and full; a profuse bloomer; strong grower; 
desirable. 
Tennessee Belle. Flowers bright, beautiful pink ; 
plant more slender and graceful in growth than any 
of the other varieties. 
lovely beyond description. The miniature flowers 
are of perfect, graceful form, and droop in heavy clus- 
ters from dainty stems clothed with myrtle-like foli- 
age. They are Lamarque reduced to diminutive pro- 
portions, but grow as Lamarque never could. A 
French writer tells us of a tree at Toulon which cov 
ered a wall 75 feet in breadth and 15 to IS in height, 
and which had 50,000 flowers in simultaneous bloom’ 
The flowers are pure white and fragrant, with an 
odor almost indistinguishable from that of violets. 
10 cts. each. 
Beauty of Glazenwood, or Fortune’s Double 
Yellow. Large flowers, borne in greatest profusion ; 
a rich bronze-yellow; plant long in bloom; should be 
planted along a fence or where it will not need to be 
trimmed. 
White Banksia. Banksia Roses will live any- 
where south of Washington, D. C. To people who 
have never seen them we can only say that they are 
Cherokee Rose. A hardy, continuous flowering 
variety, with fine, velvety green buds, and pure white 
flowers in clusters; foliage small, dark green. 
EVEBBL00W6 HARDY 
CLUBBERS. 
Caroline Goodrich. This new hardy 
climbing Rose has very double, finely 
formed flowers, and its fragrance is most 
delightful ; the color is the same as that of 
the well-known Gen . Jacqueminot. It makes 
a growth of from 12 to 15 feet in a season, 
and flowers freely till fall. Also known as 
Running General Jacqueminot. 15 cts. 
Mary Washington. A hardy, perpetual 
blooming climber. Its flowers are large, 
pure white, perfectly double to the center, 
sweet, and borne in endless number all sum- 
mer. It is a vigorous and rapidgrower, the 
most valuable Rose for outdoor culture. 
One plantof Mary Washington will produce 
more flowers than a dozen Tea Roses. Its 
fragrance is tinged with the old-fashioned 
musky odor, so much liked in olden times. 
Strong plants, 20 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 50 cts. 
White Microphylla, The Whiteand Red 
Microphylla Roses aro hardy, vigorous and 
bushy, suitable for cemeteries, old walls, 
mounds, rock- work, etc. They have small, 
glossy, green foliage, and are nearly ever- 
green inhabit; the flowers are semi double, 
very pretty and sweet. 10 cts. 
Red Microphylla. Similar to the above 
variety in all the more prominentcbaracter- 
istics, but not such a general favorite; 
flowers red. 10 cts. 
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