- ROSES- OUR SPECIALTY 
selected varieties that have been thoroughly tested in our gardens. Our J 
far superior to those budded or grafted on wild stock. 
Our assortment this season includes the very best of the old favorites and the newest introductions, 
the Novelties; only those that we have found to be of especial merit and suitable for outdoor culture. 
We have for years made Roses our leading spec¬ 
ialty, and pay particular attention to their culture, 
so that our Roses are famed for their thrifty con¬ 
dition ; besides we offer nothing but the very best 
Our Roses are grown on their own roots and are therefore 
We do not offer all 
THE FAMOUS BABY RAMBLER ROSE 
(MADAM LEVAVASSEUR, OR DWARF CRIMSON RAMBLER.) 
This is decidedly the greatest rose-novelty introduced in recent years; a seedling of the 
well-known Crimson Rambler with which it is identical in all but habit of growth and 
blooming, being a pronounced dwarf, very quickly reaching a mature growth of eighteen 
inches to two feet which it rarely exceeds; as a bedding or border plant it is incompar¬ 
able ; a superb, rich, crimson in color, blooming in as immense clusters as its parent, the 
Crimson Rambler. The Baby Rambler is, in addition, a more continuous bloomer than 
the tender Tea Roses, bearing its wealth of flowers from early spring until frost. 
Grownasapotplant.indoors.it is always in bloom. Strong Plants by mail, lgc. 
each; 3 for 30c.; 6 for 55c., postpaid. 
SENSATIONAL ROSE NOVELTY 
ETOILE DE FRANCE. 
A grand, new, velvety 
crimson Rose, hardy and 
everblooming. Raised by 
the most famous rose-grow¬ 
er of France, this new va¬ 
riety has come to us with 
the most enthusiastic en¬ 
dorsement that Europe 
could give. At an Interna¬ 
tional Exhibition at Turin, 
Italy, it captured the Gold 
Medal, the highest award, 
and was given the coveted 
“Certificate of Merit" by 
the National Horticultural 
Society of France, an honor 
bestowed on Roses only of 
pre-eminent merit. Vigor¬ 
ous in growth with dull, 
bronze-green foliage; of 
strong", upright habit; bear¬ 
ing continuously a wealth 
of rich crimson flowers, 
perfect both in bud and 
bloom, it may safely be said 
to be the best Rose of its 
class. Strong Plants, 
12c. each; 3 for 30c., 
postpaid. 
LADY GAY 
A new, perfectly hardy Climbing Rose of Ameri¬ 
can origin. Clear, deep pink in color and in foliage 
and habit of growth and bloom, very much on the 
order of the well-known Crimson Rambler; of 
which it is a seedling. Trained on posts, arches, 
or verandas, it is a handsome sight. No collection 
should be without it. Strong Plants, 13c., 
each ; 3 for 30c., postpaid. 
HIAWATHA 
Flowers of a strikingly intense crimson with 
white centers ; the blossoms are single and so freely 
produced as to cover the plants completely. The 
single flowers give a most unusual and artistic ef¬ 
fect. This is probably the most popular Climbing 
Rose now grown in England, where it was first 
brought out. Strong Plants, 13c. each; 3 for 
30c., postpaid. < 
MIININEHAfTA 
A companion to Hiawatha, but a double Rose of 
a clear, satiny pink ; quite distinct from other 
shades and a most attractive Rose. The foliage 
is glossy and healthy. Strong Plants, 13c. 
each ; 3 for 30c. postpaid. 
On© of each of the above for 30©.. postpaid. Lady Gay. 
Ftoile l>e Prance. 
TWO NEW HARDY RED ROSES 
PROM IRELAND. 
HUGH DICKSON ^The most remarkable addition to 
the list of Hybrid Perpetual Roses in many a year. A*vigor- 
OU8 grower with handsome foliage, deep red on the young 
shoots, and turning todeep green with age ; a free, perpetual 
bloomer ; color, brilliant crimson shaded with scarlet; very 
large and of exquisite form; fine fragrance. Strong 
(Plants, 15c. each; 3 for 35c., postpaid. 
J. I*. CLARK—Has been exhibited with flowers 7 Inches 
™ ammeter and 5 inches deep. Think of it ! Not only won¬ 
derful in size, but in coloring is of a rare intense deep 
to blackish-crimson. Strong Plants, 
215c. each ; 3 for 35c., postpaid. 
Climbing Frau Karl Druschki. 
THREE 
NEW 
CLIMBING 
ROSES. 
Imagine a Rose 
as fine in size and 
shape as Ameri¬ 
can Beauty; of the 
color of Bride or 
Kaiserin without 
the slightestsug- 
gestion of green 
.or cream to mar 
jt§ wax-like pe¬ 
tals ; a true per¬ 
petual bloomer, 
perfectly hardy, 
•and a climber, and we have more than unusual; we achieve what has heretofore been 
considered a floral impossibility. The list of hardy Climbing Roses up to this time has in¬ 
cluded only varieties blooming once in a season; the Climbing Frau Druschki is almost 
identical with the original Frau Karl Druschki whose superb qualities earned for it the 
■descriptive name of White American Beauty or Snow Queen. While not as rampant a 
grower as the Ramblers, the climbing variety makes a charming pillar rose. Druschki, w^ 
consider to be the very best hardy white Rose in cultivation, and the climbing habit of the 
newer variety gives it an added charm. Strong Plants, 18c. each ; 3 for 50c., postpaid. 
The liiiby Rambler Rose. 
Climbing 
Frau Karl Druschki. 
