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Geo. H. Mellen Co., Florists and Nurserymen. 
CLIMBING ROSES 
New Large Flowering Types 
T HE wonderful new varieties having gorgeous flowers and ornamental insect-proof foliage. They 
are hardy everywhere (excepting the Climbing Tea Marechal Niel) and will produce an abundance 
of fragrant adorable blossoms on long stems. Particularly well adapted for covering porches, pillars, 
fences, and for screening undesirable views and buildings. 
Fine One-Year Plants, 20c each; 6 for $1.00, except where noted 
Large 2-Year Plants, 40c each; 0 for $2.00, except where noted 
Climbing American Beauty 
Rosa Rouletti 
The Rock-Garden Rose 
Rosa Rouletti 
Miniature Rock Garden Rose —Very 
dwarf and perpetual bloomer. Found 
originally in the mountains of Swit¬ 
zerland. The tiny bud is a deep rose 
color opening into a clear pink. Said 
to be the tiniest rose in the world. 
Hardy. Strong One-Year Plants, 75c. 
ALIDA LOVETT —Strong grower, free bloomer, flowers pro¬ 
duced on long stiff stems, of lively, bright shell-pink; shadings 
of rich sulphur at the base. 
BESS LOVETT —Clear bright red, which is retained as long 
as the flower lasts; full double flowers of large size are borne 
in clusters, on long, strong stems. 
CHAPLIN’S PINK CLIMBER —A prize winning new rose, 
called the “Pink Paul’s Scarlet.” Large, broad trusses of bril¬ 
liant clear pure pink which is retained from bud to full blown 
flower. An extremely vigorous, free flowering variety produc¬ 
ing a glorious color effect for a number of weeks. Fine One- 
Year Plants, 25c each; Two-Year Plants, 50c each. 
CLIMBING AMERICAN BEAUTY —Produces an abundance of 
vivid rosy-crimson flowers in June and occasionally throughout 
the season, which possess the same delicious fragrance as the 
old American Beauty. 
CLIMBING RED RADIANCE —Fills a long felt want for a 
climbing everblooming rose. Produces large fragrant dazzling 
rich crimson flowers every month of the season. Strong vigor¬ 
ous grower, throwing long canes each season. Fine large orna¬ 
mental foliage. 
CLIMBING SUNBURST —Produces intense yellow, very large 
flowers. Beautiful either in bud or open. 
DR. W. VAN FLEET —Flowers when open run four inches 
and over in diameter. Center is built high, petals beautifully 
undulated and cupped. Color is a remarkable delicate shade of 
flesh-pink on the outer surface, deepening to rosy-flesh in the 
center. Flowers full and double, of delicate perfume, buds 
pointed. 
EMILY GRAY —Most gorgeous, clear yellow color, even the 
mature flowers becoming a pleasing ecru. The growth is strong 
and robust; foliage is thick and waxy, deep crimson when young, 
changing to deep green as they age. 
EUGENE JACQUET —Handsome truss of fragrant, cherry-red 
flowers, borne evenly and uniformly in the greatest profusion. 
It holds the flower unusually long—the color improves with age. 
JACOTTE —Delightfully sweet scented, large flowers of light 
salmon-orange with golden shadings, are produced freely on 
long stems. A strong, healthy grower, with bronzy colored 
branches and rich green, glossy disease resisting foliage. Won¬ 
derfully distinct, moderate climber with blossoms as beautiful 
as any Tea Rose. 
MARECHAL NIEL —(Climbing Tea.) Universally claimed the 
most profuse bloomer of all climbers, single plants producing as 
many as two thousand blooms at one time. Color is faultless, 
the waxy petals showing rich, golden shades. (Not hardy in the 
north.) 
MARY LOVETT —Size, shape and delicacy of the most ex¬ 
quisite Tea Rose. Large double creamy white flowers. 
MARY WALLACE —Is bright rose-pink with salmon base. 
Fragrance is delightful. Buds are long and pointed, developing 
into very large semi-double, cupped flowers borne several to¬ 
gether on long stems, which have few thorns. A marvelous pil¬ 
lar rose of vigorous climbing habit. 
M»tE. GREGOIRE STAECHELIN —A remarkable climbing va¬ 
riety produced in Spain. Very large fragrant flowers of delicate 
pink, with curled petals, stained crimson outside, borne on long 
strong stems. Foliage is dark green, disease resistant. A most 
abundant bloomer producing a profusion of glorious blooms. 
One-year plants, 25c each; two-year plants, 50c each. 
PAUL’S SCARLET CLIMBER —No other rose can compare 
with it for brilliance of color, which is a vivid scarlet. The 
flowers are of medium size, semidouble. 
