THE E.G.HILL COMPANY 
MME. LEON PAIN. 
Robust growth, smooth wood, handsome plum- 
colored foliage, flowers large, full and free in open¬ 
ing; silvery salmon, center orange yellow, reverse, 
bright red and yellow. 
REINE MARGARET DTTALIE. (H. T.) 
(Soupert & Notting.) 
Of bushy growth, foliage dark green, buds long 
and pointed, flower large and full, color glossy car¬ 
mine scarlet lightened with Vermillion; extremely 
free; very sweet; one of the best novelties of recent 
years, especially as a red garden rose. 
Two New Moss Roses 
(See also page 5.) 
LA NEIGE. 
Pure white; very free; a seedling from Blanche 
de Moreau; an unusually vigorous grower. $20 per 
100 . 
VENUS. (N. Welter.) 
Color fiery red; flower large and full, nicely 
rounded in form; one of the finest of the moss 
family. $20 per ICO. 
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Ready after March 1. 
GRAFTED BRIDE, MAID AND 
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$10 per 100; $100 per 1,000. 
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Florists' Roses for Forcing 
OWN ROOT STOCK, OF 
Strong, healthy plants, 2-inch pots, $3 
AMERICAN BEAUTY. 
This variety, after March 1. $6 per 100; $50 per 
1 , 000 . 
BRIDE. 
The most widely grown of all white forcing va¬ 
rieties. Simply indispensable. 
BRIDESMAID. 
The most widely grown of all the pink forcing 
varieties, and the best seller. 
GOLDEN GATE. 
Creamy white, flushed pink; very strong grower; 
very profuse in bloom. 
IVORY, OR WHITE GOLDEN GATE. 
Ivory is like a White Golden Gate; a sport from 
that variety. 
JOSEPH HILL. 
This fine rose, raised by M. Pernet-Ducher, is 
the grandest “fancy” rose yet introduced; it has 
glossy, leathery foliage (like Perle des Jardines), 
makes long, heavy breaks, with reddish plum col¬ 
ored young growths. The flower is enormous, the 
bud very long and pointed; color pink, shaded sal¬ 
mon, outside of petals copper pink. $8 per 100. 
KILLARNEY. 
Bright carmine pink, marbled in creamy white; 
petals extremely large, and of a texture that makes 
it one of the most lasting of roses; this variety has 
the longest bud on the stiffest stent that we have 
ever seen; it is a fine grower, with beautiful foliage: 
very free in producing strong ground shoots; a 
THE FOLLOWING SORTS. 
per 100; $25 per 1,000, except as noted. 
favorite with customers wherever it is known; every 
general florist should grow it. Ranks with Kaiscrin 
and the two Cochets for summer blooming, and with 
Bride and Maid for winter. $5 per 100. 
KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA. 
Pure ivory white. In addition to its other good 
qualities, it is the very finest of all the summer 
blooming varieties. $30 per 1,000. 
MME. CHATENAY. 
Grand pink forcing variety, with long stiff stems 
and pointed buds of very bright color. 
MISS KATE MOULTON. 
A rose in two tones of pink, the outside of the 
petal very bright, the form long and cupped and of 
fine size; stems excellent, foliage very fine; a fine 
keeper and very productive. $10 per 100. 
RICHMOND. 
The best red rose yet produced, a perfect forcing 
variety that thrives under the same conditions that 
suit Bride and Maid. Easy to root, easy to grow, 
of strong free habit, the most productive in the 
forcing list, this is the red rose for the grower. 
The shipper finds it invaluable because it can be 
cut as tight as Am. Beauty for shipment; stem, 
foliage, color, all are ideal for a quick-opening, free- 
flowering, fragrant red rose; of the Liberty type, 
but producing four fine buds to Lib rty’s one. 
ROSALIND ORR ENGLISH. 
Like Mine. Chatenay, from which it is seeded, it 
sends up splendid canes, producing a good per- 
