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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y 
Hybrid perpetual Hoses. 
Though the Hybrid Pcr- 
petuals do not. bloom as free¬ 
ly as the Teas, they produce 
the largest and tlnest (lowers 
the perfume of which is ex¬ 
quisite. They bloom consid¬ 
erably during the summer 
and fall, but their greatest 
season of beauty is June, 
when every plant will be 
loaded down with such a pro¬ 
fusion of buds and blossoms 
as t o resemble a mass of solid 
color. They are perfectly 
hardy, t hriving from year to 
year with but little care or 
attention. Our list comprises 
the best varieties of this class 
of Boses to be found in this 
country. 
Anna de Dlesbach, dazzling 
crimson, very large. 
Baron Nathaniel de Roths¬ 
child, lluwers extra large, 
full and double; color, 
bright carmine, passing 
at centre to clear pink : 
petals delicately edged 
with white; exquisitely 
perfumed. 
Alfred Colomb, justly cele¬ 
brated as one of the very 
finest Hybrid Perpetual 
Boses; extra large, round 
flowers, very double and 
full; color, clear, cherry 
red, passingto bright rich crimson; very fragrant. 
Coquette des Blanches, pure snowy white, sometimes 
faintly tinged with pale rose: blooms in large clusters; 
flowers medium size, full and pretty, and slightly fra¬ 
grant; blooms tlie first, year ami all through the season. 
Due de Cazis, blackish violet purple, large and line. 
Fannie Pitzold, line rosy blush, edged violet. 
Cen'l Jacqueminot, intensely velvety scarlet; extra fine. 
John Hopper, brilliant rose, large and full. 
Souv. de Duchere, asuperb Hose: extra large, compact flow¬ 
ers, very full, double and sweet; color beautiful brilliant 
scarlcl, deepening to dark glowing crimson; very rich anil 
handsome. 
Madame Charles Wood, bright crimson, purple shaded: 
profuse bloomer. 
Madame Chlinrd, iH-autilul clear pink; magnificent. 
Magna Charta, rosy pink, flushed with crimson. 
Perfection des Blanches, pure while, strong grower and 
profuse bloomer, very sweet: extra fine. 
Paul Neyron, the flowers are immense; it is probably the 
largest. Bose grown, and on • of the finest: bright shining 
pink, very elearand beautiful; very doubleandfull,flnely 
sccntcd: blooms t he first season and all summer. 
Madame Masson, an excellent. Hybrid I’erpetuni. noted for 
constant and profuse bloom; the flowers are large; color 
clear bright, rose, highly perfumed; one of the best for 
general planting. 
(71in>biifg Hoses. 
Climbing ur<* wry bountiful for trellises, fences, old j 
trees, arbors, or training over doors or windows. 'Pheir How- 
era are lunre and showy and l>orn<; in jrreat profusion. They 
grow rapidly and are perfectly hardy everywhere. 
Baltimore Belle, pale blush, profuse bloomer: very line. 
Com of the Prairie, bright crimson; ext ra line. 
Tennesee Belle, A St rung, vigorous climber and tree 
bloomer, bright rosy blush; large, full and fragrant, one 
Of tlie Ix-st. 
Seven Sisters, in lurgeclusters, no two alike; white to crim- 
Queen of the Prairie, clear bright pink, large and full; ■ 
blooms in large clusters. 
Hybrid Tea Roses. 
A new class of Hardy Monthly Boses, producing flowers as 
htrgcnnd fragrant ns tlie Hybrid Perpetuals, with thedelicate 
colors and free flowering qualities of the Teas. They are very | 
flue indeed. 
Countess of Pemoroke, soft satiny pink, elegantly shaded 
with rosy peach. A strong, vigorous grower: very sweet. 
La France, pale pencil, with flue rose centre, a constant | 
bloomer; extra line. 
Mad. Etienne Levet, intense glowing crimson; a constant. ] 
bloomer: very- sweet. 
.Doctor Pasteu r, a splendid novelty, imported from Paris 
and highly recommended. lixtra hmg-pointed buds, with | 
line large globular flowers. Color brilliant carmine rose, 
shading lo bronze red. very rich and handsome. 
MVURIO TEA ROSE, 
Duchess of Connaught, large, very full and finely formed; 
color, delicate silvery rose, with bright salmon center: n 
charming Bose of excellent quality; very highly scented 
and distiiict. 
Madame Schwaller, blooms in large clusters; large globu¬ 
lar flowers: color transparent salmon rose; very delicate 
and lender: petals finely edged with violet carmine, highly 
perfumed; plant is a vigorous grower, good habit, and 
profuse bloomer; very flue. 
Polyaptbiis Rose. 
The Polyanthus or Fairy Boses are about the size of a25 
cent piece, and borne in such clusters that the whole plant 
seems a mass of flowers. They are very sweet-scented, and 
bloom profusely from early summer to late fall. The plants 
are compact, bushy and quite hardy. 
Cecil Bruner, rosy pink, passing to white. 
Little Cem, creamy white; very free and perfect in form. 
Mignonette, etear pink; very sweet and beautiful. 
Pasquerette, tine white, large clusters. 
Perle d’Or, tine coppery gold color; elegant bud and very 
sweet. 
Miniature, a new Poiyantba Bose, the finest of ils class. 
Flowers very double and borne in immense clusters. The 
plant appears to be smothered with blooms, so great is ils 
profusion. Color delicate rose, changing to pure while, 
so that both colors are represented in the same cluster, 
giving it a novel nud beautiful appearance. 
Moss Roses. 
1‘ricc SO cents each ; four for $1.00. 
The Moss Bose Bud is tlie most exquisitely beautiful of all 
Itoses. It is the Queen of Queens. Moss Boses are perfectly 
hardy, and grow in any soil as freely us ordinary Boses, 
livery garden should have a few at least. 
Captain Ingram, brilliant carmine; large and mossy. 
pure 
Moss 
blooms 
