BOBBINK & ATKINS 
RUTHERFORD 
NEW JERSEY 
Rose Species 
Scotch Rose (Rosa spinosissima) 
Rosa filipes. One-inch, fragrant, creamy 
white flowers. Climbing habit. 
Rosa Friedlanderiana. Medium, single, 
light pink. 
Rosa gallica. Single, dark pink to crimson 
flowers 2 to 3 inches across. Dwarf, 
erect bush. Parent of the Gallicas or 
French Roses and through them one 
ancestor of the Hybrid Perpetuals. 
Rosa gallica Conditorum. Rather large; 
tawny pink flowers of utmost fragrance. 
Rosa gallica splendens. A horticultural 
variation of R. gallica, similar to the 
type in habit but somewhat taller. 
Rosa gallica versicolor (Gloria Mundi). A 
striped Gallica much like York and 
Lancaster. 
Rosa Gentiliana. A semi-climbing shrub. 
Small white, fragrant flowers. 
Rosa gigantea. Large white flowers. Not 
any too hardy up North. 
Rosa Giraldi. Solitary pink flowers an inch 
across. Red fruits. 
Rosa gymnocarpa. Pale pink flowers, 1 inch 
across. Small scarlet hips. 
Rosa Helenae. Fragrant white flowers, 13^2 
inches across. Red fruits. Climbing 
habit. 
Rosa hibernica glabra (R. spinosissima 
hibernica). A similar sort with small, 
pointed leaflets and smooth leaf- and 
flower-stalks. Rare. 
Rosa hibernica Gravesi. Salmon-pink 
flowers, 2 to 234 inches across, with 
white centers fading blush. 
Rosa Hugonis. Light yellow flowers, 1 34 
to 2 inches across, borne profusely along 
the slender branches. Red canes with 
fern-like foliage. One of the finest 
garden shrubs. 
Rosa humilis. Clear pink flowers, 2 to 
inches across. 60 cts. each. 
Rosa inermis Morletti. Boursault. Pur¬ 
plish rose; large, flat, showy. Thornless. 
A form of R. pendulina ( alpina ). 
Rosa Jacki. White flowers, 1 34 inches 
across; red fruits. 
Rosa laxa. See R. coriijolia Frcebeli. 
Rosa Lheritierana. The Boursault Rose. 
Semi-double, dark purple-crimson flow¬ 
ers. Common old-fashioned shrub. 
Rosa lucens erecta. Semi-double; blush- 
pink. 
Rosa lucida. Bright pink flowers, 2 
inches in diameter. Shining red fruits. 
60 cts. each. 
Rosa lucida alba. Flowers white and 
very pretty. 
Rosa macrantha. Rather large, thorny 
shrub with big, pale pink flowers. 
Rosa mollis. Deep pink flowers, 2 to 3 
inches across. 
Rosa montacola. Splendid pink flowers. 
Rosa morica. Light pink flowers, followed 
by very large, ornamental fruits. 
Rosa moschata. The Musk Rose. 
Small single white flowers. Small 
red fruit. 
Rosa moschata abyssinica. A rather 
more prickly form of the Musk Rose 
from Abyssinia. Flowers small, white, 
in great clusters. 
Rosa moschata alba. A garden hybrid of 
R. moschata X R . canina, bearing large 
white flowers in clusters. 
Rosa moschata floribunda. A semi-climb¬ 
ing shrub with big clusters of white 
flowers. 
Rosa moschata grandiflora. White flowers 
with many beautiful golden stamens. 
Medium-sized fruit. 
Rosa moschata japonica. Japanese Musk 
Rose. 
Rosa moschata nivea. A hybrid of the 
Musk Rose. Large white flowers. 
Rosa Moyesi. Blood-red flowers about 2% 
inches across; gray anthers and brown¬ 
ish filaments. 
Rosa multibracteata. Soft pink flowers, 
1J4 inches across. 
Rosa multiflora cathayensis. Small, single, 
bright pink flowers with lighter centers. 
Rosa multiflora platyphylla. Seven Sisters 
Rose. Flowers fairly large, double, deep 
pink. 
Rosa nutkana Halliana. Large; pink. 
Rosa omeiensis chrysocarpa. Graceful 
shrubs with ferny foliage and white, 4- 
petaled flowers followed by bright yellow 
fruits on yellow stalks. Hardy. 
Rosa omeiensis pteracantha. Like R. 
omeiensis in flower. Superb crimson, 
broad-winged thorns. 
Rosa oxyodon. Fragrant, vivid pink 
flowers. 
Rosa palustris. Bright rose-pink flowers in 
corymbs. 60 cts. each. 
Rosa pendulina (R. alpina ). Flowers 
bright red. Fruit narrow, red. 
Rosa pisocarpa. Pink flowers, 1 inch 
across, in corymbs. 
Rosa Pissardi (narrowater). Large white 
flowers in big trusses. 
Rosa polyantha grandiflora (R. moschata 
grandiflora). Large, single white flowers. 
Rosa pomifera. Flowers pink, 134 to 2 
inches across. 
Rosa Roxburghi. A branching, bushy 
shrub with odd bark and 234 -inch, pale 
pink flowers followed by bristly fruit. 
Distinctly different. 
Rosa rubella. Red flowers and scarlet, 
pendulous fruit. 
Rosa rubiginosa. See page 21. 
Rosa rubrifolia (A. jerruginea). Intensely 
pink, starry flowers. 
Rosa Ruga. Shell-pink to flesh- or blush- 
white; semi-double; in large clusters; 
fragrant. 
Rosa rustica. Straw-yellow and gold with 
apricot toward the center; outer petals 
citron-yellow. 
Rosa saturata. Dark red flowers, 2 inches 
across, with purple anthers. 
Rosa sempervirens. Small white flowers 
and bright red fruit. 
Rosa sericea. White flowers, 134 to 2 
inches in diameter. 
Rosa sericea pteracantha. Lemon. Spines 
very, strong and prominent. Foliage 
striking and effective. 
Rosa setigera. Prairie Rose. Large, bright 
pink flowers. 60 cts. each. 
Rosa sinica Anemone. Large pink flowers, 
which fade to a blush-pink. 
Rosa Soulieana. White flowers; yellow 
stamens. Vigorous plants. 
Rosa spinosissima. See page 20. 
Rosa spinosissima altaica. See page 20. 
Rosa spinosissima fulgens. See page 20. 
Rosa spinosissima hispida. See page 20. 
Rosa spinulifolia. Hybrid between R. 
tomentosa and R. pendulina, with pink 
flowers. 
Rosa spinosissima sulphurea. See page 20. 
Rosa Sweginzowi. Small pink flowers. 
Long red fruits. 
Rosa Theano. Double; soft pink. A hy¬ 
brid of R. californica. Bushy, compact 
growth. 4 ft. 
Rosa villosa. Large red fruit which is used 
for preserving. Pink flowers. 
Rosa Watsoniana. Miniature light pink 
flowers in rather large panicles. 
Rosa Watziana macrantha. A rare sort 
unrecorded in the botanies, which came 
to us from the Arnold Arboretum some 
years ago. 
Rosa Webbiana. Large, pink flowers and 
ovoid fruit. 
Rosa Wichuraiana. Pure white flowers in 
large clusters. Plant is trailing. 60 cts. 
each. 
Rosa Willmottiae. Small, purple-rose flow¬ 
ers. Bright red fruit. 
Rosa Woodsi. Flowers 134 inches across, 
pink. 
Rosa Woodsi Fendleri. Pink, rarely white, 
flowers, 134 inches across. 
Rosa xanthina. Beautiful, golden yellow, 
double flowers 2 inches across, literally 
cover this line Shrub Rose in early spring 
and last for a long time. The bushy 
plants are about 7 feet tall with attrac¬ 
tive fern-like foliage and are perfectly 
hardy. As a specimen plant on the lawn 
or in the shrubbery border it is unsur¬ 
passed. 
Rosa xanthina, Allard. Similar to R. 
xanthina with very pretty, double, pure 
yellow flowers. 
Rosa xanthina normalis. The true wild or 
single form of R. xanthina. Flowers 
bright yellow. 
Rosa Roxburghi as a specimen will please you 
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