64 Hardy Roses 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO 
Rosa Rugosa Rubra. 
Rosa Rouletti 
Swiss Rock Garden Rose 
This altogether 
charming little rose was 
once popular in the Al¬ 
pine gardens of Switz¬ 
erland ; but like other 
favored flowers, disap¬ 
peared. It has recently 
regained cultivation, 
and comes now to us as 
a welcome addition to 
our rockery and edging 
plants. Grows 6 to 7 
inches high; dense, 
small foliage; % inch 
double, rose-pink flow¬ 
ers continuous from early summer until frost. 
From pots; 75c each; 3 for $2.10 ; 6 for $4.00. 
Rosa Sctigera. 
RUGOSA ROSES 
A valuable perfectly hardy type much used in landscape work, 
agreeable to location in partial shade; the heavy wood and shrubby 
formation adapting it to hedges and hardy borders, or to mixed shrub¬ 
bery groups. The foliage is lustrous, dark green, usually corrugated, 
and is impervious to attacks of insect pests. Fine landscape subjects. 
Rugosa Type 
its Hybrids 
DDirp Except as noted, Each; or 
riUbb by mail, postpaid, J** 
3 for 
$1.35 
Gravereaux. 
Medium, double, 
fragrant flowers in 
small groups all sum¬ 
mer ; dark purplish 
red. 
Belle Poitevine. 
Every tip laden 
with pink bouquets. 
Conrad Ferdinand 
Meyer. Double; 
delicate silver-pink. 
F. J. Grooten- 
dorst Typical 
foliage and habit, 
of compactly bushing, 
moderate growth; 
blooms in clusters of 
over-sized, fairly 
double red flowers re¬ 
sembling the Crimson 
Baby Rambler. 
Pink Grooten- 
dorst Habit and 
character like above, 
but the color of the 
fringy clusters is a 
clear light shell-pink. 
Max Graf. Large, 
single, shining pink 
flowers freely produc¬ 
ed in season. Plant is 
prostrate and trail¬ 
ing, with glossy, 
wrinkled foliage. 
Rosa rug'osa alba. Pure white. 
Rosa rug'osa rubra. Flowers deep rose, single or semi-double; 
followed by showy, very large orange-scarlet fruits. Dwarfer 
growing than its hybrids. 
Postpaid, 35c each; 3 for $1.00. Special, by express: $3.00 per 
10 ; $25.00 per 100. 
New Hybrid Rugosa Roses 
* Newest, and the only Rugosa showing a yellow color. Al- 
Mgnes so sweet scented ; with a profusion of early summer flow¬ 
ers extra large for this class. Coppery yellow buds and flowers, 
maturing to amber-yellow. 
Erkpner^ e newest notable addition to this class, par- 
EC *' ener ticularly adapted to specimen shrub use, either 
solitary or grouped. The cup-shaped flowers are of good size, 
distinct from the others in its delightful color, luminous buff- 
pink, with golden suffusion. 
Both: 70c each; 3 for $2.00, postpaid. 
Native and Shrub Roses 
Pretty single flowers, and large, bright-colored berries which 
cling far into the winter. They are largely utilized for planting 
among shrubs and to cover waste ground and fences. 
Pink Grootendorst. 
PRICE F S i ‘ 
50c 
3 for $1.35 
6 for $2.50 
Blanda. (Meadow Rose). To 6 feet. Slender, reddish purple 
branches, almost thornless, with pale green, oval foliage. Bright 
rose, May-flowers. 
Carolina, (Swamp Rose). Hardy in either wet or dry soil. 
Shrubby growth, pretty pink flowers. 
Multiflora japonica (Japanese Rose). A thrifty, rounded bush 
freely covered with clustered, small, very double flowers ; inter¬ 
mingled petals of shell-pink and white. 
Rubrifoiia ( Red . lea . f Rose). An attractive, shrubby bush type 
furnishing valuable foliage display of dark bronze- 
red leaves. When in bloom, it is brightly spangled with a pro¬ 
fusion of small single rose-pink flowers. 
Setlgera (Prairie Rose). Useful for massing in picturesque 
—l . “ hillside brambles; as borders to wildwood drives; 
as filling for dead corners ; and with equal harmony, as a con- 
genial mixer with shrubs and in single specimens. Setigera is a 
good fence and trellis climber, or occasional clipping will make 
a satisfactory bush. Large single flowers of rose-pink. 
SWEET BRIAR 
Rubiginosa. A shrubby type with fragrant foliage, and charm¬ 
ing light pink, single flowers. 70c each; 3 for $2.00, postpaid. 
