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A. B. DA1TIS & SO IV, PURCELLYILLE, VIRGINIA. 
Francisco Kruger. 
Duchesse de Brabant. (Tea.) Soft, rosy flesh, 
changing to deep rose, io cts.; 4-inch pots, I5cts.; 
2-year-olds, 35 cts. 
Edward Gontier. (Tea.) We cannot praise this 
Rose too highly. It is beautiful and highly satisfactory 
in every way. The buds are creamy yellow, with rosy 
buff center, passing to apricot, delicately shaded with 
scarlet crimson. Pretty and sweet. 10 cts.; 4-inch 
pots, 20 cts.; 2-year-olds, 40 cts. 
Etoile de Lyon. (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. 10 cts. ; 
4-inc pots, 15 cts.; 2-year-olds, 35 cts. 
Ernest Metz. (Tea.) Large, full flowers, with long’ 
pointed buds ; clear satiny pink, edged with blush, and 
flamed with crimson. 15 cts. 
Esther Pradel. (Climbing Tea.) Lovely pure white 
buds ; flowers of medium size, full and sweet ; a pro- 
fuse 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 
copper yellow it stands unique and distinct from 
all other Roses ; the flower, when open, is of 
good size and very symmetrical. To induce 
everyone to buy this grand novelty we offer 
extra-fine large plants at only 10 cts.; 4-inch 
pots, 15 cts. 
Grace Darling. (Tea.) One of the most 
elegant Roses in cultivation. The plant is a 
strong, vigorous grower ; flowers porcelain-rose, 
elegantly shaded with a rich, decided crimson, 
that never quite obscures the ground of yellow-; 
the colors seem to stand out separate and dis- 
tinct. Very sweet ; a beauty. 15 cts. 
Golden Gate. (Tea.) This beautiful Rose 
is the product of Safrano and Cornelia Cook, 
tw-o 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 w r ith clear rose. 15 cts. ; 
4-inch pots, 20 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 40 cts. 
Gloire de Dijon. (Climbing Tea.) Noted 
for the great size of its flowers, its delicate tea 
scent, and its exquisite shades of color, being a 
blending of amber, carmine and cream ; one of 
the finest Roses. 15 cts.; 2-year-olds, 40 cts. 
Golden Chain (Reve d’Or). A beauti- 
ful Tea Rose ; for pillars, being a strong 
climber; orange - yellow or deep saffron. 
10 cts. 
Henry M. Stanley. (Tea.) This fine 
new Everblooming Rose was raised from 
Mad. Lambard and Comtesse Riza du Parc, 
and is recommended as a charming variety 
of unusual beauty and permanent value. 
The color is a rare shade of amber-rose, 
delicately tinged with apricot-yellow to- 
ward the center, reverse of petals clear 
buff-rose. The flowers are of good sub- 
stance, extra large, finely formed, and very 
full and fragrant. 10 cts.; 4-in. pots, 15c.; 
Hermosa. (Bourbon.) An old and well- 
known favorite pink Rose. 8 cts. 
Homer, (Tea.) Soft, clear rose, with 
a salmon shade; splendid. Sets. ; 4- inch 
pots, 15 cts. 
Isabella Sprunt. (Tea.) Equal in al 
respects to Safrano, from which it is a sport; 
luxuriant in growth, and gives its long 
lemon-yellow buds in profusion. 10 cts., 
4-inch pots, 15 cts.; 2-year-olds, 35 cts. 
J. B. Varrone. (Tea.) A strong vig- 
orous grower, with double flowers of good 
form; in varying shades of china-rose and 
bright, silvery carmine tint, with center of 
soft yellow. A charming flower. 10 cts. ; 4-inch pots, 
15 cts. ; 2-year-olds, 35 cts. 
Jeanne Guillaumez. (Tea.) A beautiful new Rose, 
of medium to large size, with broad, shell-like petals ; 
well filled to the center. Color pale, coppery yellow 
or old gold,, beautifully toned with canary and suffused 
with delicate blush ; reverse of petals orange-red. A 
fine variety. 10 cts. 
James Sprunt. (Climbing Bengal.) A grand Rose ; 
deep cherry red ; medium size, full, very double and 
sweet ; a strong grower and profuse bloomer. 10 cts. 
Jean Fernet. (Tea.) Light yellow, suffused with 
salmon; beautiful buds. A magnificent variety. 10c. ; 
4-inch pots, 15 cts. 
Letty Coles. (Tea.) One of the loveliest Roses 
grown, without exception. It is very double and 
cupped, forming a magnificent, full, open Rose of soft, 
creamy white, with very bright, rosy carmine center. 
This variety is a splendid grower, and is, as it deserves 
to be, a universal favorite. 10 cts. ; 4-inch pots. 20 cts. ; 
2-year-olds, 40 cts. 
Order Early— “ First Come, First Served.’’ 
