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HARRIS’ RURAL ANNUAL FOR i897. 
HARDY ROSES. 
LARGE 2-YEAR-OLD PLANTS AT 
LOW PRICES. 
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Everyone who ban a garden or lawn should have a few Hardy Hybrid Perpetual Roses. Everyone admires a beautiful rose, but few appreciate how 
easily they can be raised and what a pleasure it is to have an abundance of magnificent, large, fragrant roses on their own grounds. We have a large 
number of rose bushes on our grounds that require very little care and are the admiration of all who see them. 
In our experience we have found that the only really satisfactory plants to set out are good, strong out-door grown plants of varieties classed as 
“ Hybrid Perpetual#.” The small, greenhouse-grown plants offered by most dealers do not as a rule amount to much, and even if they live do not flower 
the first season. Monthly or ever-blooming roses cannot be grown in the open ground in the Northern States with any degree of satisfaction by the ordi¬ 
nary gardener. Hybrid Perpetual roses are all perfectly hardy and flower in June and July and again in September and October, and the flowe 
very large and beautiful, much superior to the old “June roses.” 
• CUT/CUllE ,—First obtain good, strong out door grown plants. Set them out earljj 
in the soring (or in the autumn) in good rich soli in a sunny situation. The plants 
should be set three feet apart each way. Prune the plants severely before setting out 
(when sent by mail we prune them ready to set ouu. After they are through flower¬ 
ing in July cut back the new growth to induce a second flowering A dressing of a 
mixture of equal parts nltrateof soda and superphosphate applied in the spring and 
worked into the soil for a foot all around the plants lias a wonderful effect on their 
growth arid flowers. Use a good handful to each plant. The first year after set- 
ting outlt is best to bend the plants down in the fall Just before the ground freezes, 
and cover them with leaves and a Jlttle earth. Tills is easily and quickly done and 
will insure a good, healthy growth in the spring. 
HARDY HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. 
THE BE8T VARIETlE8. 
We have selected the following varieties of hardy roses, boLh new and old, lor 
their merit. J. he list is not Jong but It contains the ereeim of the hard // rosea and every 
one will give the best of satisfaction. Weespeclaily recommend the varieties printed 
In capitals: 
ANNE DE DIE8BACH— A vigorous grower; bright carmine, 
flowers very large, fragrantand well shaped. 
Baronne Provost -Bright rose color; a very vigorous grower; flowers very large, 
full and fragrant; perfectly hardy. 
Bolle of Normandy—HU very rose color; very large and full; a beautiful rose. 
MARGARET DICK80N -A new while roue of great beauty. The flowers are of the 
handsomest form; large and deliciously fragrant; perfectly hardy and a profuse 
bloomer. 
Madam Plantlor Pure white. A profuse bloomer; a veru hard// white rose; needs 
no protection. Blooms only In June. 
ULRICH BRUNNER a new rose of great beauty; flowers large, full and of a 
beautiful shade of bright red. One of the best. 
GENERAL JACQUEMINOT— Flowers brilliant crimson, large and very fragrant; 
a strong grower and perfectly hardy. On the whole, the very best and most popu¬ 
lar red rose, 
BARON BON8TETTEN A very dark crimson rose; large, full and very beautiful. 
La Rolno A beautiful pink rose; flowers very large and double. 
an exquisite color; 
MME. GABRIEL LUIZET. 
MARGARET DICKSON. 
Comtosso do Soronye— A beautiful flesh-colored rose; very double. 
^^fonn^°* 0rnl5 ^°* or 11 beautiful shade of carmine; flowers of large size and fine 
MME. GABRIEL LUIZET —A now rose of great beauty; color silvery pink The 
lowers are large and full, with curled petals. One of the most beautiful'of all 
hardy roses. 
Prineo Camille do Rohnn-Ono of the darkest of all red roses; petals have a 
beautllnl volvoty texture; very fragrant. 
PAUL NEYRON - Dark rose color; flowers enormous in size, of fine form and 
very double; one of the finest of the perfectly hardy, vigorous-growing roses. 
PPIC ,^. OF . ABOVF ROSES.—Wo offer extra fine, large, 2-year-old 
plan 1 Hof the above varieties. 'I hose plants are from the open (/round, and when 
set early In the spring will flower the first season. These nlants must not 
bo confounded with the little hot-house grown plants sold by most dealers Such 
p ants do not flower the first year and are not satisfactory' in many ways All the* 
p ants wcolTcr are grown on their own roots, and will not, therefore, revert to t he 
wild stock, as do budded or grafted planLs. 
PLANTS BY MAIL or ev press prepaid. Any of the above varieties 35c. each; 
au.y 0 for $1.50, or one plant each of the whole 14 varieties for $3.25. 
PLANTS BY EXPRESS not prepaid. Per dozen $2.50, or one plant each of 
the above 14 varieties for$2.8o, or any greater number at 20e. each. 
CLIMBING ROSES. 
Very useful for scrconRor to cover the side of a house or piazza. They will 
often gmyv 10 or 15 feet In a single season. 1 * 
CRIMSON RAMBLER -A new hardy climbing rose that has created a great 
sensation. 1 he flowers are a brilliant crimson and grow in *'rcat clusters A 
largo plant when In full bloom Is a gorgeous sight, i-year-old dormant plants 
from open ground 60o. each. 3 plants for S1.00, postpaid. 1 
Ba r!"J° r ° BoMe 1>a, ° b,ush * almost white; very pretty. 2-year-old plants 35c. 
QU 3^ n ?u f c t h e Pra,r, °“** r, 8 llt ' rose color. A very rapid grower. 2-year-old plants 
