Fine One-Year-Old Plants, 20c each; your choice; 4 for 70c, 12 for SI .75 
Large Two-Year-Old Plants, 40c each; your choice; 4 for Si .50, 12 for $3.95 
These are highly valued because of their ex¬ 
quisite dainty coloring and delicious tea fragrance, 
together with their remarkable free blooming 
qualities, flowering profusely as they do from 
June to November. They are less hardy than the 
Hybrid Teas and need careful protection in cold 
climates. 
ALEXANDER HILL GRAY—Color is a deep lemon- 
yellow which intensifies as the blooms develop; flowers 
large, of great substance and perfect formation; it has a 
high-pointed center from which the petals gracefully 
reflex. We recommend it highly. 
BLUMENSCHMIDT—Pure citron yellow, outer petals 
edged tender rose. Very full, double flowers; remarkably 
vigorous grower. 
CLOTILDE SOUPERT—Color a French white, deepening 
► to a rosy blush in the center. Its greatest value lies in its 
t compact, vigorous habit and wonderful profusion of 
bloom. 
ETOILE de LYON—-Flowers are very large and double; 
buds are long and pointed. Color, beautiful chrome yellow, 
deepening at the center to pure golden yellow. Unusually 
rugged grower, proving hardy in quite severe climates. 
HELEN GOOD (Beauty Cochet)—Delicate yellow, suf¬ 
fused with pink, each petal edged deeper; very chaste 
and beautiful. Remarkably free flowering, particularly in 
late fall. 
MARIE GUILLOT—This beautiful Tea Rose continues 
in popular favor, and still maintains its position as one 
of the best white Roses of its class; flowers of an unusual 
style, entirely double to the centey; very sweet scented. 
Souv. de Pierre Notting 
SOUVENIR de PIERRE NOTTING 
—The bloom is very large, perfectly 
full, elegant form; has a beautiful long 
bud; the colors are very bright, dis¬ 
tinct and clear and have no unpleas¬ 
ant tones—orange-yellow, bordered in 
carmine-rose. 
Hardy Polyantha or (Baby Roses) 
Fine l-Yr.-Old Plants, 20c ea.; your choice; 4 for 70c, 12 for $1.75; except where noted 
Strong 2-Yr.-Old Plants, 40c ea.; your choice; 4 for $1.50, 12 for $3.95; except where noted 
ROSA ROULETTI 
Rapidly gaining popularity as a Miniature 
Rock Garden Rose and an Edging Plant in front 
of Rose Beds—Very dwarf and perpetual bloom¬ 
er. Found originally in the mountains of Switzer¬ 
land. The tiny bud is a deep rose color opening 
into a'clear pink. Said to be the tiniest rose in 
the world. Hardy. Strong one year plants, 
25c; Two year plants, 50c. 
These are delightful for massing in beds, 
or as edges for borders. They are most 
profuse and continuous bloomers and their 
small, neat flowers are produced in large 
clusters. 
BABY DOLL (Tip Top)—Exquisite for cutting 
and ideal for bedding purposes. The tips of the 
petals are vivid scarlet, shading into pink, saffron 
and gold, a very pleasing combination. Flowers 
are miniature in size, but are produced in the 
greatest profusion. Small, dainty foliage of dark, 
lustrous green. 
ELLEN POULSEN—-Brilliant pink in color—out¬ 
standing in its color and fragrance of its flowers. 
ETOILE LUISANTE, OR BABY HERRIOT—Its 
color is shrimp-pink with intense coppery-yellow 
suffusion, the base of the petals golden-yellow 
which intensifies and lightens up its high colors. 
Plant is of free growth and floriferous. 
GLORIA MUNDI (Poly.)—Neat full well formed 
flowers of the most brilliant scarlet orange color. 
A wonderful addition to list of polyanthas. No 
other color like it. Bound to prove very popular. 
One year plants, 25c each; Two year 
plants, 50c each. 
GRUSS AN AACHEN—Yellowish rose colored 
with salmon-pink and red shadings; full, strong, 
free blooming and disease proof; erect and of 
moderate growth. Owing to the size and beauty 
of its flowers and its symmetrical growth, this 
variety is highly recommended for low, bright 
massing. 
LAFAYETTE—A variety for massing, or wonder¬ 
fully effective as a single specimen. A decidedly 
distinct type as the brilliant cherry-crimson flow¬ 
ers of immense size are produced on great branch¬ 
ed trusses (as many as forty flowers on one 
branch). The largest flowering Polyantha yet 
produced. 
MLLE. CECILE BRUNNER (Sweetheart)—The 
most charming of all the exquisite Polyantha 
Roses, frequently called “Sweetheart” by flower 
lovers. The full, double flowers are borne pro¬ 
fusely; the color is a soft blush pink, deepening 
to rose. 
MISS EDITH CAVEL (Bright Crimson)—Show¬ 
iest of Baby roses. Flowers rich, bright crimson 
with white eye, exquisitely formed. Bud and flow¬ 
ers are both handsome. Foliage small and of a 
deep, glossy green. 
ORANGE KING (New)—Bud small; flower small, 
double, deep orange-yellow, in large clusters. 
Bushy, free bloomer. 
ORLEANS—Of good size, flowers double, brilliant 
geranium red with white center, very free and 
reliable. 
7 HARDY JUNE ROSES (Hybrid Perpeluals) 
one each of the $ 
list below in 1 yr. old 
.00 
Postpaid 
They are not as the name implies, perpetually in flower, but produce in their 
one great burst of bloom, a lavish display of gorgeous, large, fragrant, showy 
flowers. They are extremely hardy and vigorous, growing 3 to 5 feet high, 
dependable in all parts of the United States. 
Fine One-Year-Old Plants, 20c each. Set of 7 for $1.00 
Large Two-Year-Old Plants, 40c each. 
Set of 7 for $2.50 
Frau Karl Druschki 
AMERICAN BEAUTY—Known the world over for its magnificent large growing crimson 
flowers. Foliage large; leathery; it produces a constant profusion of massive, rich fragrant 
bloom. 
FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI or WHITE AMERICAN BEAUTY—This is undoubtedly one of 
the grandest pure white Roses ever introduced. Makes splendid buds and immense flowers 
four to five inches across, perfectly double and delightfully fragrant, large, thick petals, 
very double and handsome. 
GENERAL JACQUEMINOT—-Buds and flowers are models of perfection, unequalled in 
beauty of form, brilliant intensity of color and elegant velvety richness of texture. A fine 
deep crimson. 
F. J. GROOTENDORST—A cross between Rosa Rugosa and Baby Rambler, retaining all 
the vigor, hardiness, and healthy foliage of the Rugosa. Fine red blooms. The only hardy 
and everblooming hedging or massing Rose, and for these purposes it is ideal. 
MAGNA CHARTA—A bright, clear pink, flushed with crimson; very sweet, flowers extra 
large, with fine form and very double. 
NEW CENTURY—Bright, rosy pink, with red center, with petals widely bordered with 
creamy white. A popular Rugosa type. 
PAUL NEYRON—A beautiful clear rose-pink, immense in size, sometimes measuring six 
inches across. A strong upright grower and abundant bloomer. 
HUGONIS 
The Golden Rose 
from China 
First Rose to bloom in 
the spring. Every branch 
of the previous year’s 
growth becomes lined on 
all sides to the very tip, 
with closely set, wide- 
open flowers like dainty 
yellow hollyhocks. 
One year own root 
plants, 20c each; 4 
for 70c; two year pot 
plants, 40c each. 
GEO. H. MELLEN, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 
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