SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
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ROSES AT TEN CENTS EACH. 
To meet competition in cheap Roses we have reduced the price of our superior high grade stock to ten 
oents each. Of coarse, small weak plants can be grown at a profit at ten cents ; but our strong, healthy, wells 
rooted stock is worth more; however in oflering our plants at that price we have the consolation of knowing 
that our loss will be our customers’ gain. 
The Rose is the emblem of beauty and true worth ; the 
Bose-bud of innocence and purity. At all times and in all 
places the Rose has ever been the acknowledged Queen of 
flowers. The maiden of two thousand years ago adorned 
herself with chaplets and garlands of Roses as does the 
maiden of to-day. The use of Roses is now more universal 
than ever. We cannot get along without Roses for pillars 
and hedges and bedding. They are indispensable for vases, 
or for fine cut flower work, while no other flower is as popu- 
Sar for wearing or table decoration. Every family ought to 
grow them in abundance, for never in the history of the 
world have Roses been as low in price as now. and never as 
beautiful. The Rose has been brought to such a state of 
perfection as regards size, shape and color of flower, that it 
seems impossible for further improvement. 
The secret of having good Roses is to begin with good, 
healthy plants, and not weak, sickly things, or those with 
Stunted growth. The growth of many Roses is stunted be¬ 
fore they are sent but, by leaving them too long in the cut¬ 
ting bed or in small pots, hence the weak growth and poor 
, blossoms which follow. We furnish strong, vigorous, well- 
1 rooted Roses, ready to grow and bloom at once, and it is for 
this reason more than any other that our plants produce 
such an unusual large amount of the finest flowers. We have 
revised our list of varieties over and over again, until we 
know that these here offered are the very cream of more than 
a thousand known kinds. We do not believe that the list 
could possibly be improved. It embraces many recent nov¬ 
elties, as well asall the fine old sorts of tried and true merit. 
Our complete system of mailing Roses and other plants in 
strong wooden hares, insures their carrying to the remotest parts 
I of the Union in perfect order. 
r fea, or EVerDlooipiqg Po’ses. 
The most pomilar for bedding. Blooms when very small, 
and if well carea for flowers continuously the whole season. 
Tea Roses are of great substance, with remarkably long, 
handsome buds and shell petaled flowers of most exquisite 
soft shades and distinct tea-like fragrance. Largely grown 
in pots for winter blooming. Give winter protection by 
banking with earth, or covering with evergreen boughs. 
Bridesmaid—A lovely new Rose of large size and perfect 
form. Exquisite soft sea-shell pink with a satin lustre. 
Catherine Marmet — The perfection of form while the color 
is exquisite bright pink, with shadings of paler pink. 
Duchesse de Brabrant Exceedingly robust and fragrant 
and one of the freest of all in bloom. The color is a deli- 
rate and peculiar shade of rose, richly shaded. 
Etoile de Lyon— One of the best outdoor Roses grown and 
the hardiest of all the yellow varieties. A free bloomer, 
flower large, of a rich creamy yellow, and finely cupped. 
Gen. Robert E. Lee— Enormous bloomer; exquisite buds 
borne on long graceful stems. When fully open it is 
perfectly double to the center. Beautiful soft yellow. 
Golden Cate— a magnificent Rose with large, full, finely 
formed flowers; buds long and beautiful. Color, rich 
creamy white tinged with golden yellow and clear rose. 
Hermosa-Long a favorite and will be a hundred years 
from now. Unusually hardy, and bears great quantities 
of medium sized, shell-like flowers of the loveliest pink. 
Marlon Dingee A beautifully cupped flower of exquisite 
beauty, and a most profuse bloomer. Deep crimson. 
Madame de Watteville —Often called the Tulip Rose. One 
of the best fancy Roses, an indescribable blending of 
cream and carmine, each shell-like petal outlined with 
bright pink. Its distinct fragrance is very pleasing. 
Marie Cull Hot— One of the finest outdoor White Roses. 
Very free, perfect and beautiful. 
Marshal Nell— The finest known yellow Rose, but a rank 
grower and requires lots of room. Fine for greenhouses. 
Mlphetos The grandest of all white indoor Roses, particul¬ 
arly free blooming during the winter. Long, pointed, 
snowy-white buds (.hat no other Rose can equal. 
Papa Oontler— Fine for either garden or house. Large 
flowers of great substance and verv fragrant. Color, a 
rich, dark carmine. A glorious Rose. 
Perle des Jardlns -Almost an exact counterpart of the 
famous Marshal Neil Rose, but very robust and of dwarf 
growth. Fine either for pots or open ground. 
Queen’s Scarlet—An extra good Rose. Always in bloom, 
and the color an un usual one among everoloomers, be- 
ing a dark rich satiny crimson. No better dark Rose. 
Rainbow— A charming new Rose, showing several different 
colors in the same, flower. 
Snowflake— A new white Rose, with lovely waxen blooms, 
•unset —A rich golden amber, or old gold, elegantly tinged 
and shaded with ruddy copper. Flowers and buds are 
extra large, full, finely formed and deliciously perfumed. 
The Queen— This superb Rose has beautiful pointed buds 
and distinct fragrance; pure ' snowy white in color. 
The Bnde— An exquisitely lovely Rose, and very popular. 
Beautiful foliage, and perfect double flowers of the very 
largest size, and of the most snowy whiteness. 
Hybrid Perpetual. 
Hybrid Perpetuals ought to be very extensively grown 
by all. The flowers are of very great size and beauty, pro¬ 
duced in great profusion in spring, and to a considerable 
extent all summer. Their tall, erect habit fits them for 
ornamental hedges, center of large Rose beds, or clumps of 
shrubbery They furnish us with deep.rich, glowering colors, 
to be found in no other section of the family, and their flow¬ 
ers are also verv much larger, while beautifully cupped and 
imbricated. They are the finest of all Roses for vases. 
Perfectly hardy in the open ground in all localities. 
An H?. piesbach A superb flower of immense size 
Rich, dazzling crimson. 
Coquette des Blanches —Very double and perfect, bloom- 
ing in large clusters. Snowy white. 
Coquette des Alps— Fine snowy white, large and full. 
General Jacqueminot— Large velvety flowers of the most 
intense maroon-scarlet, each set in a cluster of rich green 
leaves. Blooms repeatedly through the summer and fall 
and is the most popular Rose grown; without exception. 
Paul Neyron— Immense double flowers, of a shining car- 
mine-pink. The largest Rose, known; perfectly grand. 
Dinsmore— Always in bloom, with large, flnelv imbricated 
flowers of a rich bright crimson. Extra fine as speci¬ 
men Rose upon the lawn. 
Ftancls Levet— Extra fine Rose of large size and clear 
bright rose color. Very rich and fragrant. 
Glorle Lyonalse— This is the-nearest, approach to a yellow 
In this class. A pale shade of salmon yellow with deeper 
center, changing to creamy white. 
Prince Camille de Rohan— Plenty of name and plenty of 
Rose. Flowers crimson-black, very large and velvety. 
Marshal P. Wilder - Bright cherry-carmine. Great size 
and perfectly double. Superb. 
Hybrid Teas. 
„ These combine the best qualities of both the Teas and 
Jri> or id 1 erpetuals, of which they are a cross, giving us the 
fine coloring and large size of the Hybrid Perpetuals with 
the e verb loom ing character of the Teas. This section is also 
much hardier than the average Tea, and while of a fine, 
erect habit are much dwarfer than the Hybrid Perpetuals, 
makings them extra fine for specimen plants upon the lawn, 
or as center plants for beds of Tea Roses. Splendid for pots. 
. Fr _f nce —Pale peach with silvery sheen. Grand. 
White La France -Pure snow white. A glorious flower. 
Meteor— Shows the peculiar velvety richness of the best 
dark Hybrid Perpetuals, and blooms as freely as any 
Tea, Very double and perfect; a rich, glowing crimson, 
never tinged with magenta or dull purple in hot weather 
as are some dark Roses. A grand bedding Rose. 
Kaiser Augusta Victoria Large pointed bulbs, full double 
flower, of a delicate creamy white color. Grand. 
Mad. Abel C hate nay —Lovely rose carmine, large and 
robust grower. 
Polyaqthds poses. 
These are the “Baby” or “Fairy” Roses, wee little ros¬ 
ettes or bloom, sometimes less than an inch across, but borne 
j at ^he end of every shoot. We have coun¬ 
ted IzO flowers in one cluster of Mignonette and other variet¬ 
ies are not far behind. Fine for pot culture. Compact, bushy, 
always in bloom. Hardy in open ground, and blooms from 
May to December. 
Mignonette —Tiny pale pink flowers. Very pretty and 
borne m immense clusters. 
Parquette— Large clusters of wee white blossoms,which are 
perfectly lovely. 
Mad. Cecil Brunner— Salmon on yellow ground; dwarf 
habit, but vigorous. 
Gloria de Polyanthus— Bright pink rayed with red. Beau- 
tifully cupped blossoms in great prolusion. 
George Pernet-A strong growing dwarf variety forming 
a perfect round bush. It is continually in bloom, the 
flowers being large bright rose with touches of yellow. 
GHnqbipg Poses. 
Their beautiful foliage and profusion of bloom make 
them invaluable for small trellises, old walls, arbors, sides 
of buildings, trees, etc. Perfectly hardy anywhere, and 
and rank, thrifty growers, reaching twenty feet or more. 
Anna Marla— Light pink changing to blush. 
Baltimore Belle— Literally a sheet of fragrant, pale-blush 
blooming in early summer. Over 4,000buds ana blossoms 
have been counted on a single vine at one time. 
Tennessee Belle— Large, full flowers of rosy blush. 
Seven Sisters —Large clusters of Roses shaded from white 
to crimson, no two alike in cluster. Very odd and fine. 
Queen of the Prairie— A distinct Rose, with deeply sunken 
center, making a cup-shaped Rose of much beauty. 
