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ALPHA NURSERY, Alpha, Illinois 
Climbing Roses 
Hardy Climbing- Roses need only a foothold, and the long trails will twine "'nd cling 
to any little trellis assistance and spread charming clusters over yards of wall j^pace. 
Climbing roses bloom the second year. They bloom on the wood that is one year old, 
so don’t trim off last year’s growth. They like a sunny place, and good rich soil. Spray 
with Black Leaf 40 for the rose bugs and lice. 
j A HEDGE TYPE ROSE ' 
j F. J. GROOTENDORST 
/ (A baby rambler Rugosa Rose) 
/ This rose has rugosa foliage, / 
/ compactly bushing, moderate / 
growth, but revealing its baby 
rambler cross in form, color which / 
I is double crimson in clusters. , 
This is an excellent rose to be used i 
I, as a shrub, but more especially 
I, rose hedges. If you always want- 
(i ed a rose hedge, here is the plant i, 
ii to buy. I 
S 2 yr. No. 1 plants. 45c each t 
S $4.00 for 10 plants t 
2 yr. 
Each 
3 Plants 
5 Plants 
Plants 
40c 
$1.10 
$1.75 
r.4l I/S SCARLET CLIMBER (Scarlet)— Win 
ner of gold medal as best new climbing 
rose, at National Rose Society’s Exhibition. 
Flowers are scarlet, shaded crimson; large, 
semi-double. Corresponds with Climbing 
American Beauty, Dr. Van Fleet, etc., as to 
size, shape, and habit. Blooms very long, 
holding a llower after many June bloomers 
have dropped their petals; a wonderful rose 
for trellis or pergola use. 
EXCELSA (Blood Red) —An intense crimson, 
with the eelges of the petals a little light¬ 
er. Produced in immense clusters, very 
similar to Crimson Rambler, but much 
superior in color and in gloss, disease 
resistant foliage. 
AMERICAN BEAUTY CLIMBING (Rich Car¬ 
mine) —The moderately fragrant rich car¬ 
mine, 3 to 4 inch flowers are produced in 
great abundance. It will succeed in almost 
any situation, and after becoming estab¬ 
lished, makes a very vigorous growth. 
CRIMSON RAMBLER (Crimson) —An extre¬ 
mely popular rose, great masses of crimson 
semi-double flowers are borne by the vig¬ 
orous plant. Desirable pillar and porch 
plant but foliage gets rusty in late sum¬ 
mer. 
OR. VAN FLEET (Deep Pink) —Probably 
the best climbing rose in cultivation. Per¬ 
fectly formed long pointed deep pink buds 
on long stems with several in a cluster, ex 
panding to about 4 inches. It is a vigor¬ 
ous grower, with abundant dark green, 
glossy, disease resistant foliage, that is a 
delight to the eye all summer. 
DOROTHY PERKINS (Pink)— One of Ameri 
ca’s notable climbing roses, clear pink, 
slightly fragrant flowers, boi-ne in great 
profusion, and lasting a long time. The 
plant makes a very strong growth, as much 
as 20 ft. in a season. Foliage is glossy, 
bright green, and persists until cold 
weather. 
GARDENIA (Yellow) —Has lovely golden yel¬ 
low buds, that open with a shade of white 
when fully expanded, has attractive, glossy, 
dark green, disease resistant foliage. One 
of the most dependable yellow climbing 
roses. 
