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La France (Hybrid Tea)—This variety might 
with justice be called the “Queen of Roses.’’- In 
fact it was awarded that honor by a popular vote in 
France, where Roses are grown more generally, per¬ 
haps, than in any part of the world. We have a 
very large and fine stock of this superb Rose, which 
every year becomes more popular. Flowers large 
and beautiful, either in the bud form or when ex¬ 
panded ; peach blossom color, shaded pink and sil¬ 
very rose. It is very free blooming, every shoot 
forming a beautiful flower. The great difficulty in 
raising La France thus far has been its liability to 
“ die back,” both on its own roots and budded on 
Manetti. Our experience with it on the native 
Florida stock has been that it has been entirely free 
from “die back,” some^of the plants having been 
budded nearly five years. 
Lamarque (Noisette)—White, with sulphur 
center, sometimes pure white, very large, full flow¬ 
ers, fragrant, and makes beautiful buds. An excel¬ 
lent Rose. Well established plants bear thousands 
of its beautiful white buds. 
Louis Richard (Tea)—A superb Rose im¬ 
ported from France; extra large size• splendid, full 
form, very double, delicious tea scent; color rich 
coppery rose, changing to buff, shaded with car¬ 
mine ; center sometimes brilliant rosy crimson. 
Marechal Neil (Noisette)—A Rose so fa¬ 
mous as to really need no description. Its magnifi¬ 
cent golden-yellow buds are worn the world over, 
and floral work without Marechal Neils is usually 
regarded as lacking a proper finish. The blooms 
are the perfection of the globular form, and are 
borne in great quantities. As a climber it is un¬ 
equalled, rapid in growth, graceful and clothed with 
beautiful foliage. No collection should be without 
one, at least, of this magnificent Rose. Our stock 
of this is exceptionally fine. Good strong plants 25 
cents each. Extra large size 75 cents and $r.co. 
Madame Alfred Carriere (Noisette) 
—Extra large, full flowers, very double and sweet; 
color rich creamy white, faintly tinged with pale 
yellow; exceedingly beautiful; a strong, hardy 
grower and free bloomer, and very fragrant. Some¬ 
times called the “White Marechal Neil.” 
Madame Camille (Tea)—Delicate rosy 
flesh, changing to salmon rose, shaded and suffused 
with deep carmine, tea fragrance. A magnificent 
variety. 
Madame de Watteville (Tea)—One of 
the most remarkably beautiful Roses ever introduc¬ 
ed, besides possessing nearly all the Rose’s good qualities. 
The habit is good, and it is a good grower, the leafage is 
beautiful, the fragrance very delightful, while peculiar. 
This is the “Tulip Rose,” so called in Europe because of 
the feathery shading of bright rose around the edge of every 
petal, the body of the petal being creamy white and of 
heavy texture. 
Perle des Jardins (Tea)—This magnificent Rose 
still retains its position as the finest Rose of its color ever 
introduced, and grows into public favor year after year. 
The color is a canary or golden yellow, flowers large and 
beautifully formed, handsome in every stage of the develop¬ 
ment, from the smallest bud to the open bloom. The color, 
whether light or deep, always has a peculiar softness not ob¬ 
served in any other yellow rose, the plant grows freely and 
the foliage is a picture in itself, being beautifully edged 
with pink. Very full an' 1 highly perfumed. It is the favor- 
itj^jellow Rose. 
Papa Gontier (Tea)—Large, finely formed buds 
and flowers, full and fragrant. Thit variety will be much 
sought after, on account of its beautiful buds, for wearirfg 
and for vases. The flowers are large and long, with thick, 
broad petals of dark carmine crimson, changing to pale rose. 
A bunch of flowers, when fully opened, is almost equal to a 
bunch of Hybrids, as the inside, instead of being pale and 
faded, is a bright, rosy carmine. 
Reine Marie Henrietta (Noisette)— A. seedling 
of the Gloire de Dijon, with bright red flowers : large, full, 
and scented. This Rose partakes somewhat of the Hybrid 
Perpetual character, and in shape, form and size it is cer¬ 
tainly very distinct and beautiful. The color is a bright 
cherry-red, a pure shade. A strong, vigorous grower, and 
succeeds well all over the South. 
Sunset (Tea)—Is a “sport” from Perle des Jardins, 
which it strongly resembles, except in color. The flowers 
are of large size, fine, full form, very double, and deliciously 
perfumed. The color is a remarkable shade of rich golden 
amber, elegantly tinged and shaded with dark reddish cop¬ 
per, intensely^beautiful, and rosembling in color a splendid 
“after glow.” Sunset is a constant and profuse bloomer, 
and, taken altogether, is probably one of the finest Roses of 
later years. The foliage is identical with that of “ Perle.” 
Safrano (Tea)—Bright apricot yellow, changing to 
orange and fawn, sometimes tinted with rose; valued highly 
for its beautiful buds; fragrant; a very rampant grower, 
and exceedingly profuse in bloom; only semi-double when 
open, but informal and pretty when the bush is covered with 
the expanded blooms. We fully expected that Safrano 
would be laid aside when Sunset became known, but it is 
not so, as rose growers seem to feel that a profusion of beau¬ 
tiful buds makes up for lack of petal in the open flower, and 
the two varieties seem equally popular. 
Solfaterre (Noisette)—Fine, clear sulphur yellow; 
good form, large, full and double; very sweet and good. 
The Bride (Tea)—This is, undoubtedly, the finest 
white Rose ever offered to the public, and we take pleasure 
in recommending it to all our customers. It is a rose that 
supplies a long-felt want. A few of the white ever-blooming 
roses now in commerce have beautiful double flowers, but 
none of them compare with The Bride in the size and 
shape of the buds and half expanded flowers. The buds are 
very large and of exquisite form ; the petals are of fine 
texture and substance, and the full flower is very double, 
measuring from three and one-half to four inches in diameter. 
The color is a delicate creamy white. The blooms can be 
cut with long stems, and will last in a fresh state after being 
cut longer than any other known variety. This new Rose is 
a sport from Catharine Mermet, and is equally valuable 
either for summer or winter flowering. 
