OLD-FASHIONED ROSES 
CRoseS by Bohhink&Alhins 
The French Rose 
Rosa gallica 
Nobody knows when the French Rose was first brought into gardens. It is a native of 
all Europe. The outstanding characteristic of this group of Roses is their tendency to 
produce striped, mottled, and spotted flowers. The old authorities tell us that the French 
Roses should be thinned out in the spring and that the shoots should be pruned back to 
four or five eyes in order to obtain the finest flowers. 
These Roses are $2.50 each, $20 for 10, except where otherwise noted 
Asmodee. (Vibert, 1849.) Bright red, peony-shaped 
flowers of great attractiveness. 
Assemblage des Beautes. (Leroy, 1823.) All 
shades of red, from scarlet to purple. 
Baronne de Stael. (Vibert, 1820.) A brilliant pink 
Rose striped or stippled with a lighter shade. 
Belle Isis. (Parmentier.) Large, double flowers of 
pale flesh-pink. 
Boule de Nanteuil. (Introducer unknown.) A hand¬ 
some variety once well known. Flowers full, large, 
rich crimson-purple, varying in different seasons. 
Cardinal de Richelieu. (Laffay, 1840.) Very dark, 
double flowers of medium size and extremely hand¬ 
some and rich in coloring. 
Celestial. Flesh, chastely tinted delicate pink. 
Probably a form of R. alba. $1 each. 
Commandant Beaurepaire. (Moreau-Robert, 1874.) 
Large, double flowers of bright rose-pink, streaked 
with purple-violet and marbled with white. $1 each. 
Cramoisi des Alpes. Described as having me¬ 
dium-sized, full flowers of bright red-purple. 
Desiree Parmentier. (Introducer unknown.) Flow¬ 
ers large, full, and bright flesh-pink. 
Due de Guiche. (Introducer unknown.) Large, 
double flowers of light violet-red or lilac-pink. 
Due de Valmy. (Introducer unknown.) A very 
double, large-flowered variety of vivid red, 
changing to dark rose-pink. 
Duchesse de Buccleugh. (Robert.) Flowers are 
lively crimson, tinged with lavender at the edges, 
large, full and cup-shaped. 
Du Maitre d’Ecole. (Introducer unknown.) Very 
large flowers of soft pink, changing to lilac. 
Dumortier. (Introducer unknown.) Flowers are pink. 
Hector. (Parmentier.) Shades of violet, slaty blue, 
pink, and purple, faintly striped with white. 
Hortense de Beauharnais. The soft pink, double 
flowers are dotted with a darker shade. 
Jeannette. (Descemet.) The double flowers are 
bright light red fading gradually to light rose-pink. 
La Couronne Tendre. Small, double, pompon¬ 
shaped flowers of velvety crimson. 
La Rubanee. (Vibert, 1845.) The flowers are large, 
double, cupped, and variously striped with rose, 
purple, and white. 
Lady Curzon. (Turner, 1901.) A modern addition 
to this old class, with the ancient fragrance in its 
pale pink, single flower. Almost a climber. $1 each. 
Maiden’s Blush. An old Rose difficult to classify. 
Flowers pale blush-pink and white. $1.50 each. 
Marie Tudor. Described in old catalogues as cherry- 
red or cerise, but the variety we have under this 
name is salmon-pink, blotched with rose. 
Mile. Sontag. Medium-sized blooms of soft silvery 
pink. Dark green foliage. 
Mme. Saportas. The large, full, intensely fragrant 
flowers are bright rosy red. 
Neron. (Laffay, 1841.) Handsome crimson flowers 
blotched and marbled with violet. 
Nouvelle Transparente. (Miellez, 1835.) Large, 
handsome blooms of crimson-pink or rosy crimson. 
(Eillet Flamand. (Vibert, 1845.) Pink or white 
striped with rose, like a variegated carnation. 
The very fragrant flowers open flat. $1 each. 
CEillet Parfait. (Foulard, 1841.) Very double 
flowers of pale pink, striped crimson. $1 each. 
Panachee Double. (Vibert, 1839.) Probably the 
same as La Rubanee. $1 each. 
Perle des Panachees. See La Rubanee. 
Pepita. (Moreau fils.) Very pretty soft rosy pink 
variety striped with white. 
President de Seze. (Mme. Herbert.) Deep pink 
edged with lilac; very double and well-shaped. 
President Dutailly. (Dubreuil, 1888.) Carmine- 
purple flowers of large size, heavily shaded. 
Rosa Friedlanderiana. Flowers medium size, single, 
light pink. 
Rosa gallica (Apothecaries’ Rose; Rose de Provins). 
The single dark pink or crimson flowers are borne 
on dwarf, erect bushes. Its petals were used for 
scents, simples, and conserves. $1 each. 
Rosa Mundi (Village Maid; R. gallica versicolor). 
The flowers are pale pink with irregularly striped 
and blotched petals. $1 each. 
Royale Marbree. Medium-sized, very double flow¬ 
ers of lilac and purple, marbled with pink. 
Tricolor. The flowers are lilac-pink, fringed at the 
edges, and dotted and mottled with white. 
Tricolore de Flandre. (Van Houtte, 1846.) Lilac- 
white, striped with crimson. $1 each. 
The Fairy Rose 
Rosa chinensis lawranceana 
These charming little Roses originated, evidently, on the island of Mauritius, and were 
brought into America as early as 1810. The plants are seldom more than a foot high. 
Gloire des Lawranceanas. (1837.) A dwarf variety. 
Bright purple-violet flowers. $1 each, $9 for 10. 
Lawranceana Rose (Miss Lawrance’s Rose). The 
tiny, semi-double flowers are pale pink. Plants 
are dwarf. $1 each, $9 for 10. 
Pompon de Paris (Pompon ancien). An antique 
everblooming Rose with bright pink flowers. $1. 
Rouletti. The plant is tiny, and the double rose- 
pink flowers are less than a half-inch in diameter 
and are produced in generous profusion through¬ 
out the entire season out-of-doors. Fine for rock- 
gardens and edging beds of Hybrid Teas or other 
Roses. Does best when grown as a pot-plant on the 
window ledge. 75 cts. each, $6.50 for 10. 
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