WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
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Flowering Plants 
ROSES 
Roses of this class produce the largest and most beautiful flowers, and the varieties offered below are all thoroughly hardy 
Two-year-old plants 40 cts. each, $4.00 per doz., by express, at purchaser’s expense. 
HYBRID PERPETUAL VARIETIES 
American Beauty. The largest, sweetest and best of all hardy 
Roses; color a rich rosy crimson shaded and veined in the 
most charming fashion, and in fragrance not surpassed by any 
Rose we know. 
Anna de Diesbach. Clear, bright carmine pink, very large, full 
and finely shaped; fragrant and a free bloomer. 
Baron de Bonstetten. Velvety blackish crimson; very large, 
double, fragrant flowers; a strong grower. 
Baroness Rothschild. A superb Rose, of pale, satiny-rose; very 
large. 
Frau Karl Druschki. This is the ideal hardy white Rose, pure in 
color, perfect in form; strong grower and remarkably free¬ 
llowering; superb in every way. 
General Jacqueminot. Brilliant scarlet-crimson; an old favorite 
and one of the best known Roses in cultivation; does well 
everywhere. 
Gloire Lyonnaise. White, tinted with yellow; large, full and of 
good shape; very distinct and pleasing. 
Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford. Deep rosy-pink, outer petals 
shaded with pale flesh. A beautiful rose in every respect. 
Mrs. John Laing. Soft pink, of beautiful form; exceedingly fra¬ 
grant and remarkably free-flowering. Always does well and 
stands very close to the top among line Roses. 
Paul Neyron. Dark rose, of enormous size; perhaps the largest 
of all. 
Prince Camille de Rohan. Deep velvety crimson-maroon, shaded 
scarlet; a magnificent dark Rose. 
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria 
Rodocanaclii. A beautiful transparent rose color, shaded pink, 
large, full and very fragrant. 
Ulrich Brunner. Bright cherry-red; flowers large and full; a 
good strong grower and always does well. 
EVERBLOOMING ROSES 
This seclection is made up of Tea or other monthly bloomers, 
and will produce a mass of Roses the entire season. 
Clothilde Soupert. One of the freest-flowering Roses in our col¬ 
lection, producing in large clusters beautiful perfectly double 
flowers of a .French-white, deepening to rosy-blush in the centre. 
Duchesse de Brabant. Probably the most deliciously scented Rose 
grown; bright silvery pink, always in bloom. 
Etoile de Lyon. A splendid rich yellow, beautiful in the bud as 
well as in the flower. 
Francisca Kruger. A fine bedding Rose, color coppery-yellow, 
shaded with peach; large and full. 
Hermosa. The old reliable favorite, bright rich pink; always in 
bloom. 
Maman Cochet. An extra strong grower, producing its large buds 
and flowers in the greatest profusion; color deep rose-pink, 
inner side of petals silvery-rose; borne on long, stiff stems; 
very double and exquisite in bud or when full blown. 
Marie van Houtte. White, tinted with yellow, the petals often 
edged with rose; large, full and of fine form. 
Mrs. B. R. Cant. A comparatively little known variety, but one 
of the best bedding Roses in our collection; a strong, vigorous 
grower and very free-flowering; large, full flowers, of rich, 
glowing carmine. 
Queen’s Scarlet, or Agrippina. Bright crimson-scarlet; very free- 
flowering. 
Safrano. An old favorite; saffron yellow; still one of the best 
of its type for outdoor planting. 
Souvenir de la Malmaison. Rich flesh color, beautifully formed; 
large, double flowers. 
White Maman Cochet. Identical with Maman Cochet. 
EVERBLOOMING HYBRID TEA ROSES 
Antoine Rivoire. An h al bedding Rose of large size, exquisite 
form and coloring, which is soft peach-flesh with deeper shad¬ 
ings; the base of the petals yellow. 
Belle Siebrecht. A superb Rose of a brilliant pink color; the 
flowers are large, of good form; buds long and tapering, and. 
a most prolific bloomer. 
Caroline Testout. Bright satiny-rose, with brighter centre, full 
and globular; very free and sweet; one of the most valuable 
Roses in the collection. 
Gruss an Teplitz. This, the reddest of all red Roses, is a Rose 
for everybody, succeeding under the most ordinary conditions. 
In color it is of the richest scarlet, shading to a velvety-crim¬ 
son as the flowers mature; it is of good size, very fragrant, a 
free, strong grower, and a most profuse bloomer, 
Killarney. One of the most popular of our garden Roses, and 
also one of the leading varieties for winter cut flowers. It is 
perfectly hardy in this latitude; in growth it is strong and 
robust, and as free-flowering as any Rose we know. In color 
brilliant pink; the blooms are large, the buds long and pointed, 
the petals very large and of great substance. 
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. Soft pearly-white, tinted with just 
enough lemon in the centre to relieve the white; remarkably 
fragrant, beautifully formed flowers on long, graceful stems; 
a strong, free, healthy grower, with bold, handsome foliage. 
La France. An old favorite, and probably the most popular rose 
the world over. A model garden Rose in every way; flowers 
clear satiny-pink; large, very full and of perfect form. 
Mildred Grant. Blush-white, edge of petals when first opening 
shaded with pink, the flowers are of large size and of great 
substance, lasting in good condition a long time. A grand 
Rose in every way. 
Mme. Jules Grolez. A beautiful satiny china-rose color, very 
bright and attractive; flowers of large size, very double, of 
good form and remarkably free-flowering; a distinct and pretty 
Rose, which should be planted extensively. 
Richmond. A most valuable variety of brilliant crimson-scarlet. 
Very free-flowering. 
Souvenir du President Carnot. A Rose that pleases everybody; 
fine in form, of large size and delicate in color; a soft rose 
shading to white, buds long and borne on good stiff stems. 
First-class in every way. 
Viscountess Folkstone. A large, full flower of creamy pink, shad¬ 
ing to deep salmon-pink at the centre; very floriferous. 
HARDY CLIMBING ROSES 
Two-year-old plants, each 50 cts., doz. $5.00. 
Crimson Rambler. A vigorous grower and when in bloom com¬ 
mands admiration by the gorgeous display of its brilliant 
crimson clusters of blossoms. 
Dorothy Perkins. Soft shell-pink, flowering profusely in large 
clusters; very fragrant and lasting; a grand Rose in every way. 
Lady Gay. A most desirable new variety of remarkable, vigor¬ 
ous growth, with flowers of a delicate cerise-pink, passing to 
soft-tinted white. The effect of a plant in full bloom with 
the combination of the soft white flowers, cherry-pink buds, 
and the deep green of the foliage is indeed charming. 
Baltimore Belle. Blush, flowers in clusters. 
Grevillea, or Seven Sisters. Flowers in clusters, opening a light 
rose color, changing to pure white. 
Prairie Queen. Deep rose, hardy and desirable. 
Reine Marie Henriette. Cherry-crimson; one of the finest. 
W. A. Richardson. A peculiar shade of orange-yellow, very dis- 
. tinct; requires protection. 
Yellow Persian. A beautiful hardy golden yellow. 
