THE BEST ROSES FOR AMERICA 
With Which Is Combined the Fifth Edition of Oor Booklet “How to Grow Roses” 
CONTENTS 
“How to Grow Roses’* — Page 
Rose Lover’s Calendar of Operations . . 6 
Where to Grow Roses. 6 
How to Plant Roses, When to Plant, 
Manures, etc. 7 
How to Prune each different class .... 8 
Enemies of the Rose, Insecticides. 8 
How to Select Your Roses. 9 
Everblooming Roses— 
(The following will bloom from 
spring until frost, but require winter 
protection in the latitude of Pennsyl¬ 
vania.) 
★ Size and Tree Roses.io,ii 
Everblooming Roses, continued Page 
Novelties — From American and 
European Raisers.I 2 , I 3 
Our Reliable Collection and Other 
Sets.14-16 
Tea Roses.17-19 
Hybrid Tea.20-24 
4 sets—10 Best for North, for South, 
Bedding and Fragrance.25 
Polyanthus.26 
Bourbons and China Roses.27 
Climbing Roses of the “Everblooming 
Class”.28-30 
COMPLETE INDEX 
Summer-blooming Roses — Page 
(Which make a glorious show in 
“Rose Season," and are entirely hardy 
even in the North). 
Wichuraiana or Memorial Roses.31 
Hardy Climbing Roses and Ramblers for 
covering archways, trellises, fences. 
banks, walls and buildings. 32, 34 
Rugosa Roses (very rugged).35 
Moss, Briar, Scotch, Provence.36 
Green, Blue, Striped Roses, and Roses 
Extraordinary. 37 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses.38—40 
Made-up Collections of Choicest Kinds.41 
Colored Cover Page Offers.98 
Abbreviations Used.—T., Everblooming Teas; H.T., Hybrid Teas; B.C., Bourbon, Bengal and China 
Hardy Hybrid Perpetuals; C.T., Climbing Teas; C.N., Climbing Noisette; H.C., Hardy Climbing; M., 
Rug., Rugosa; W., Wichuraiana or Memorial; H.R., Hybrid Rugosa; C.H.T., Climbing Hybrid Teas; 
S.B., Scotch Briar; A.B., Austrian Briar. 
,; Cl.B.C., Climbing Bourbon, Bengal and China; H.P., 
Moss; T.P., Tea Polyantha; P., Polyantha or Fairy; 
N., Noisette,; Hy. Briar, Hybrid Briar; D., Damask; 
CLASS 
Page 
i-yr. 
2-yr. 
VARIETY 
CLASS 
Page 
ji-yr 
2-yr. 
cts. 
cts. 
1 Cts 
Cts. 
H. T. 
20 
45 
AGiant of Battles. 
H. P. 
39 
IS 
40 
H. T. 
23 
25 
50 
Gloire de Dijon. 
C. T. 
30 
15 
40 
T. 
19 
15 
35 
Gloire de Margottin. 
H. P. 
39 
15 
35 
T. 
19 
10 
30 
AGloire Lyonnaise. 
H. P. 
39 
20 
40 
AGlory of Mosses. 
M. 
20 
40 
T. 
18 
10 
30 
Glory of Paris. 
H. P. 
38 
IS 
40 
H. R. 
35 
25 
50 
Golden Gate. 
T. 
18 
IS 
35 
H. P. 
39 
IS 
40 
AGolden Rambler. 
C. T. 
28 
IS 
35 
T. 
18 
15 
35 
Grace Molyneux. 
H. T. 
24 
20 
45 
T. 
15 
35 
Green Rose. 
B. C. 
37 
I.s 
40 
T. 
17 
10 
30 
Gruss an Aachen. 
P. 
13 
T. 
18 
ro 
AGruss an Teplitz. 
H. T. 
42 
15 
35 
H. T. 
21 
15 
35 
■AHarrison’s Yellow. 
A. B. 
36 
50 
H. T. 
21 
2S 
50 
AHector Mackenzie. 
H. T. 
14 
25 
SO 
H. C. 
*i 
Helen Good. 
T. 
17 
20 
40 
AHelen Gould. 
T. 
IS 
20 
45 
H. C. 
28 
25 
SO 
AHenry Martin. 
M. 
39 
20 
40 
T. 
19 
10 
30 
Henry M. Stanley. 
T. 
17 
10 
30 
H. T. 
21 
20 
40 
AHermosa. 
B. C. 
27 
IS 
40 
T. 
18 
15 
35 
AHermosa Crimson. 
H. T. 
42 
IS 
35 
C. T. 
30 
15 
35 
-AHiawatha. 
H. C. 
34 
15 
40 
T. 
17 
IS 
35 
Hugh Dickson. 
H. P. 
39 
25 
SO 
H. C. 
34 
25 
50 
Isabella Gray. 
C. T. 
30 
15 
35 
H. C. 
33 
IS 
35 
Isabella Sprunt. 
T. 
19 
IS 
35 
H. C. 
33 
20 
45 
Ivory. 
T. 
18 
10 
30 
B. C. 
27 
10 
30 
James Sprunt. 
C. T. 
29 
15 
35 
T. 
r? 
IS 
35 
*-J. B. Clark. 
H. P. 
39 
20 
40 
T. 
H. T. 
24 
35 
75 
A Jeanette Heller. 
T. 
17 
25 
50 
H. T. 
12 
50 
Jean Liabaud. 
H. P. 
39 
IS 
35 
H. T. 
15 
25 
50 
A John Hopper. 
H. P. 
40 
IS 
40 
H. T. 
12 
$i 
John Keynes. 
H. P. 
40 
15 
40 
H. T. 
21 
25 
50 
Jonkheer, J. L. Mock .. 
H. T. 
12 
35 
75 
T. 
18 
15 
35 
Jubilee. 
H. P. 
40 
IS 
40 
H. C. 
28 
IS 
35 
Juliet. 
H. B. 
12 
1.50 
T. 
18 
IS 
35 
AKaiserin Aug. Victoria.. . 
H. T. 
IS 
15 
35 
T. 
17 
10 
30 
Kaiserin Aug., Climb. .. 
C. H. T. 
28 
15 
40 
H. T. 
IS 
20 
40 
Kaiserin Goldifolia. 
H. T. 
22 
25 
SO 
T. 
IS 
IS 
40 
AKillarney. 
H. T. 
20 
25 
50 
P. 
26 
10 
35 
KiUarney, Climbing. 
C. H. T. 
28 
25 
50 
H. T. 
12 
$I 
AKillarney, White. 
H. T. 
42 
25 
SO 
H. P. 
39 
15 
40 
Lady Alice Stanley. 
H. T. 
13 
50 
«i 
H. W. 
31 
IS 
40 
★Lady Gay. 
H. C. 
32 
IS 
35 
W. 
33 
25 
SO 
ALady Hillingdon. 
T. 
42 
35 
60 
H. C. 
IS 
35 
ALadv Roberts. 
T. 
42 
20 
40 
Lady Ursula. 
H. T. 
21 
20 
40 
H. T. 
22 
25 
SO 
ALa France. 
H. T. 
20 
20 
40 
H. T. 
22 
20 
40 
ALa France, Red. 
H. T. 
20 
IS 
40 
H. C. 
28 
25 
50 
La France, Striped. 
H. T. 
20 
15 
40 
T. 
18 
IS 
35 
ALa France, White. 
H. T. 
20 
15 
40 
H. P. 
39 
15 
40 
La France, Yellow. 
H. T. 
20 
15 
40 
H. P. 
38 
25 
50 
Lamarque. 
C. T. 
30 
10 
30 
ALa Reine. 
H. P. 
40 
15 
35 
H. T. 
24 
IS 
35 
ALa Tosca. 
H. T. 
21 
20 
45 
T. 
19 
25 
50 
Laurent Carle. 
H. T. 
33 
20 
40 
H. T. 
21 
IS 
40 
Lena. 
T. 
19 
20 
45 
H. W. 
31 
IS 
35 
ALeonie Lamesch. 
P. 
37 
20 
45 
T. 
19 
16 
30 
Leopold Premier. 
H. P. 
40 
15 
35 
H. P. 
39 
20 
40 
Letty Coles . 
T. 
17 
10 
35 
H. T. 
14 
20 
45 
Leuchtfeuer. 
d. T. 
13 
25 
50 
T. 
19 
10 
30 
Liberty. 
d. T. 
33 
20 
40 
H. T. 
23 
35 
6S 
Lncollui. 
B. C. 
37 
10 
30 
Ada Carmody. 
Admiral Schley. 
Amppina. 
^Alba Rubrafolia. 
★Alberic Barbier. 
Alfred Colomb. 
ArAlice Aldrich. 
AAlister Stella Gray. 
Al’nce, Franco-Russe..., 
-AAmerican Beauty. 
AAmerican Beauty, Cl. 
AAmerican Pillar. 
AAnna de Diesbach. 
Anna Oliver . 
Anny Muller. 
Archduke Charles. 
Aurora. 
ABaby Dorothy. 
ABaby Rambler, Crim. 
ABaby Rambler, Pink.... 
•ABaby Rambler, White . . 
ABall of Snow. 
Baron de Bonstetten.... 
Baroness von fttersum.. 
Baroness Rothschild.... 
Beaute Inconstante. 
Beauty of Rosemawr.. . . 
Belle Normandy. 
ABessie Brown. 
Betty. 
Betty Berkeley. 
ABirdie Blye. 
Blanche Moreau. 
ABlue Rose. 
ABlumenschmidt. 
ABon Sileno. 
ABride. 
Bridesmaid. 
ABridesmaid, Climbing . 
•ABurbank. 
Cabbage.. 
Canadian Belie. 
ACaptain Hayward. 
Cardinal.. 
Catherine Mermet. 
Cecile Brunner. 
Cecile Brunner, Climb. 
Chameleon (E. Gonin). 
ACharles Dingee. 
ACharles Wagner. 
Chateau de Clos Vou- 
geot. 
Cherokee. 
Cherry Ripe. 
Cheshunt Hybrid.... 
Christine Wright. 
ChromateUa. 
Climbing Roses 28 to 34 
ACUo. 
Cloth of Gold. 
Clothilde Soupert. 
AClothilde Soupert, Cl.. . 
CLASS 
I'age 
i-yr. 
2-yr. 
cts. 
cts. 
T. 
18 
10 
30 
H. T. 
23 
15 
35 
B. C. 
27 
10 
30 
H. W. 
31 
15 
35 
W. 
. 3.3 
IS 
40 
H. P. 
38 
15 
40 
H. R. 
3 S 
IS 
35 
C. T. 
28 
15 
35 
T. 
18 
IS 
35 
H. P. 
38 
25 
.■^o 
C. H. P. 
34 
SO 
H. C. 
42 
20 
40 
H. P. 
38 
IS 
40 
T. 
17 
15 
35 
P. 
26 
25 
45 
B. C.. 
27 
15 
35 
H. T. 
21 
20 
40 
P. 
26 
20 
40 
P. 
26 
20 
45 
P. 
26 
20 
40 
P. 
26 
20 
45 
H. P. 
38 
IS 
35 
H. P. 
39 
I.s 
40 
H. C. 
13 
$I 
H. P. 
39 
20 
SO 
T. 
17 
IS 
35 
B. C. 
27 
25 
50 
H. P. 
39 
IS 
35 
H. T. 
22 
20 
40 
H. T. 
24 
20 
40 
T. 
19 
10 
30 
H. C. 
29 
20 
40 
M. 
39 
20 
40 
H. C. 
37 
20 
45 
T. 
15 
IS 
40 
T. 
10 
15 
35 
T. 
18 
IS 
35 
T. 
17 
15 
35 
C. T. 
30 
15 
40 
C. 
27 
15 
35 
D. 
.36 
10 
35 
T. 
18 
IS 
35 
H. P. 
39 
IS 
40 
H. T. 
23 
15 
35 
T. 
17 
IS 
40 
P. 
26 
10 
35 
C. P. 
2Q 
15 
35 
T. 
18 
15 
35 
T. 
17 
25 
50 
H. P. 
39 
IS 
35 
H. T. 
23 
20 
40 
37 
15 
40 
H. T. 
23 
20 
40 
H. P. 
39 
IS 
40 
W, 
34 
75 
1.50 
C. T. 
30 
IS 
40 
H. P. 
39 
15 
40 
C. T. 
30 
15 
40 
T. P. 
26 
10 
35 
C. T. P. 
29 
IS 
35 
ACol. R. S. Williamson .. 
Comtesse Icy Hardegg.. 
Comtesse Riza du Parc . 
Comtesse Sophy Torby. . 
Comte Amede de.. 
Foras. 
Conrad F. Meyer. 
ACoquette des Alpes. 
Coquette de Lyon. 
Corallina. 
Corinna. 
Cornelia Cook. 
Countess Annesley. 
ACountess of Gosford.. .. 
Count Zeppelin. 
ACrimson Rambler Ever¬ 
blooming. 
David Pradel. 
Dean Hole. 
Devoniensis. 
ADevoniensis, Climbing.. 
Dr. Grill. 
ADr. W. Van Fleet. 
■ADorothy Perkins. 
ADorothy Perkins, White . 
Douglas. 
ADuchesse de Brabant... 
ADuchess of Albany. 
Duchess of Wellington.. 
Dutch Beauty. 
AEcarlate. 
Edward Mawley. 
Elizabeth Barnes. 
Emile Gonin. 
AEmpress of China. 
Enchantress. 
Ernest Metz. 
AEtoile de France. 
AEtoile de Lyon. 
Etoile de Mai. 
Eugene BouUet. 
AEugene Furst. 
Evangeline. 
AExcelsa. 
AFarquhar. 
Florence E. Coulth- 
waite. 
AFlorence Pemberton.. .. 
AFlower of Fairfield. 
Frances E. Willard. 
AFrancois Levet. 
AFrau Karl Dnischki. 
Frau Lila Rautens- 
traugh. 
AFr. Von Marschall. 
-A Gainsborough. 
-AGardenia. 
General Gallieni. 
AGeneral Jacqueminot.... 
AGeneral MacArthur. 
General R. E. Lee. 
George C. Waud. 
A See pages 10 and ii 
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