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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 
NEW YORK 
Hardy Hybrid Roses 
Hardy Roses for Fall Planting 
Price, 25 cts. each; S 2.50 per doz. 
Roses of this class produce the largest 
aad most beautiful flowers, and the varieties 
offered below are perfectly hardy, and when 
thoroughly established they bloom very 
freely at the usual season, June and July, 
and at intervals throughout the balance of 
the summer and fall. They should invari¬ 
ably be planted in the open ground, being 
adapted for outdoor cultivation rather than 
for house culture. 
American Beautg. The largest, sweetest 
and best of all hardy roses; color a rich 
ro£y crimson, shaded and veined in the 
most charming fashion, and in fragrance 
not surpassed by any rose we know. 
Cafrrice. Ground color, soft, satiny pink, 
distinctly striped and dashed with white 
and carmine; most distinctly marked, 
Coquette des Blanches. Pure white; very 
free blooming. 
Gen. Jacqueminot. The most popular of 
all roses of the hybrid perpetual class; 
color, rich crimson; of fine shape and 
exquisite fragrance. 
tlellen Kellar. Of such extraordinary beau¬ 
ty that failure to please everyone seems 
impossible; color a clear bright pink; 
flowers large and finely made; petals 
shell-shaped and of great substance. 
John flower. Flowers are large, very regu¬ 
lar and full; color brilliant rose changing 
to bright glowing pink, shaded with rich 
crimson; profuse bloomer. 
Hmc. Planticr. The best hardy white rose; 
a profuse and continuous bloomer; splen¬ 
did for cemetery use. 
Mme. Gabriel Luizet. A beautiful, elegant¬ 
ly formed rose, full and fragrant; color 
an exquisite shade of coral rose suffused 
with lavender and pearl. 
Marchioness of Lome. A remarkably free- 
llowering variety of an exceedingly rich 
rosy color, slightly shaded in the center 
with vivid carmine. 
Margaret Dickson. Perfectly hardy and 
of magnificent form; color a pure waxy 
white, without spot or blemish; the beet 
white rose yet introduced. 
Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford. Deep rosy 
pink; outer petals tinted pale flesh in 
quite a new and unique shade, base of petal 
white; large and of perfect form. 
Paul Neyron. Bright shining pink, clear and 
beautiful; no collection complete without 
this grand rose 
Prince Camille dc Rohan. Handsome fra¬ 
grant (lowers of a deep rich velvety crim¬ 
son, passing to intense maroon shaded 
black ; so dark in color is this variety that 
it is popularly known as the “Black Rose.” 
charming new rose climbs rapidly, is en¬ 
tirely hardy, produces immense clusters 
of pure white llowers, perfectly double 
and of delightful fragrance. 
Yellow Rambler (Aglaia). It is identical with 
Crimson Rambler, except flowers, which 
are deep golden yellow and very fragrant. 
Wichuraiana (Memorial Rose). 
A Japanese variety which creeps on the 
earth after the habit of Ivy. The flowers 
grow in profusion in clusters at the ends of 
the branches. Flowers pure white, with yel¬ 
low stamens, and very fragrant. Valuable 
for use in cemeteries, and covering rockeries, 
etc. Hardy, two-year plants, ea. 35 cts., 
three for $1.00. 
Crimson Rambler 
Hardy Climbing Roses 
For Outdoor Planting 
This class is so well known that it is not 
necessary to devote space to a long descrip¬ 
tion of these wonderfully beautiful 
and useful hardy climbers. They 
are suitable for training on walls, 
verandas, trellises, arbors and pil¬ 
lars, and as specimen pot-plants 
for winter forcing. Flowers are 
well-formed and, though small, are 
produced in so great profusion as to 
present an immense mass of bloom. 
Price, 35 cts. each ; three for $ 1 . 00 . 
Crimson Rambler. A rapid grow- 
er, frequently making shoots 10 
to 15 feet in one season. The 
flowers are produced in trusses, 
and fairly cover the plant with a 
mantle of vivid crimson, which 
remains for many weeks. 
Pink Rambler (Euphrosyne). This 
rose is as charming as any of its 
rivals, embracing all their good 
qualities of hardiness, vigorous 
growth, profuse blooming and 
delightful fragrance. 
White Rambler (Thalia). This 
