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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
ROSES AT TEN GENTS EACH. 
To meet competition in cheap Roses we have reduced the price of our superior high grade stock to ten 
cents each. Of course, small weak plants can be grown at a profit at ten cents ; but our strong, healthyr, well- 
rooted slock is worth more; however in oftering 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 anrl true worth ; the 
Rose-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. Wo 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¬ 
lar 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 out, 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- 
rooted Roses, ready to grow and bloom at once, and it is lor 
this reason more than any other that our plants produce 
such an unusual large amountof 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 tha n 
a thousand known kinds. We do not believe that the list 
eould possibly be improved. It embraces many recent nov- 
®lties. as well as all the fine old sorts of tried and true merit. 
Our complete system of mailing Roses and other plants in 
strong wooden boxes, insures their carrying to the remotest parts 
of the Union in perfect order. 
op EVerbloon^ii^g Roses. 
The most popular for bedding. Blooms when very small, 
®nd if well cared 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 Mermet-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¬ 
cate and peculiar shade of rose, richly shaded. 
Ktolle 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. 
Cen. 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 Gate— a magnificent Rose with large, full, finely 
formed flowers; buds long and beautiful. Color, rich 
creamy white tinged with golden vellow and clear rose. 
Mermosa—Long a favorite and will he a hundred years 
from now. Unusually hardy, and bears great quantities 
of medium sized, shell-like flowers of the loveliest pink. 
Marlon Dlngee -A beautifully cupped flower of exquisite 
beauty, and a most profuse bloomer. Deep crimson. 
Madame de Wattevi I ie— 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 nink. Its distinct fragrance is very pleasing. 
Marie C u i 11 lot— One of the finest outdoor White Roses. 
Very free, perfect and beautiful. 
Marsha I Nei I —The finest known yellow Rose, but a rank 
grower and requires lots of room. Fine for greenhouses. 
Nlphetos - The grandest of all white indoor Roses, particul¬ 
arly free blooming during the winter. Long, pointed, 
snowy-white buds that no other Rose can equal. 
Papa Gontier—Fine for either garden or house. Large 
flowers of great substance and very fragrant. Color, a 
ricli. dark carmine. A glorious Rose. 
Perle des Jard ins -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 unusual one among everbloomers, 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. 
Sunset —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 Bride— 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 clumnsof 
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 very much larger, while beautifully cupped and 
imbricated. They a.re the finest of all Roses for vases. 
Perfectly hardy in the open ground in all localities. 
Anna de Dlesbach — 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 Mowers 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. 
Dlnsmore— Always in bloom, with large, finely imbricated 
flowers of a rich bright crimson. Extra fine as speci¬ 
men Rose upon the lawn. 
Francis Levet- Extra fine Rose of large size and clear 
bright rose color. Very rich and fragrant. 
Clorle Lyonaise — 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 ^feaSo 
These combine the best qualities of both the Teas and 
Hybrid Perpetuals, of which they are a cross, giving us the 
fine coloring and large size of the Hybrid Perpetuals with 
the everblooming character’ of the Teas. This section is .also 
much hardier than the average Tea., and while of a fine, 
erect habit are much dvvarfer 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. 
Pink La France —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 t inged 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 c-reamy white color. Grand. 
Mad. Abel Chatenay — Lovely rose carmine, large and 
robust grower. 
Hoses. 
These are the “Baby” or “Fairy” Roses, wee little ros¬ 
ettes of bloom, sometimes less than an inch across, but borne 
in large panicles at the end of every shoot. IVe have coun¬ 
ted 120 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 in immense clusters. . 
Parquette —Large clusters of wee white blossoms,which are 
perfectly lovely. 
Mad. Cecil Brunner— Salmon on yellow ground; dwarf 
habit, but vigorous. 
Clorie de Polyanthus — Bright pink, rayed with red. Beau¬ 
tifully cupped blossoms in great profusion. 
George Pernet— A strong growing dwarf variety forming 
a perfect round bush. It is continually in bloom, the 
flowers being large lu'ight rose with touches of yellow, 
GIiix)bir>g Roses. 
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 Maria -Light pink changing to blush. 
Baltimore Bel le —Literally a sheet of fragrant, pale-blush 
blooming in early summer. Over 4. 0(10 buds and blossoms 
have been counted on a single vine at onetime. 
Tennessee Belle— Large, full dowers 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 sin :k en 
center, making a cup-shaped Rose of much beauty. 
