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J. WILKINSON ELLIOTT, PITTSBURG, PA. 
RAMBLER ROSES 
YELLOW. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
WHITE. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
PINK. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
CRIMSON. " The Gardeners' Chronicle , of London, England, 
printed an illustration from a photo of the Crimson Rambler Rose, 
which is well known for its extraordinary free-blooming character. 
According to this picture, sixteen strong stalks ornament a hedge 
twelve yards in length. Every stalk carried about fifty clusters of 
flowers. If the fact is taken into consideration that each cluster 
averages about forty open flowers, one arrives at the enormous total 
of 32,000 Roses to a single plant. The paper also emphasizes the fact 
that this variety is very hardy.” The sales of Crimson Rambler Roses 
have greatly exceeded that of any other Rose extant within the same 
number of years, and it is said that the fortunate English introducers 
of this variety have made a profit of over one hundred thousand dollars 
with it. For two or three years after its introduction I was rather 
skeptical of its merits, but I am now convinced that they have never 
been exaggerated. It is strikingly beautiful, absolutely hardy, and 
no Rose can be used for more purposes. As a climber it is unsur¬ 
passed, perhaps unequaled ; as a pot-plant for forcing the florists 
are finding it extremely popular. By keeping it cut down it makes a 
splendid bedding Rose, and a hedge of it is one of the most beauti¬ 
ful objects imaginable. I can supply a splendid stock of plants, all 
grown on their own roots, at these extremely low prices: 30 cts. 
each, $3 per doz., $20 per 100; a few extra-strong plants, 50 cts. each. 
“DOROTHY PERKINS.” This is a splendid new shell-pink 
climbing Rose. It attracted much attention at the Pan-American 
Exposition, where a bed of fourteen-month-old plants produced a 
show of bloom unequaled by any other variety, unless it was the 
famous Crimson Rambler. This new Rose is of the same strong habit 
of growth as Crimson Rambler, and the flowers are borne in clusters 
of 30 or 40, and sometimes even 50 to GO. The flowers are large for a 
Rose of this class, very double, sweet-scented and of a beautiful 
shell-pink. Raised from seed of Rosa Wichuraiana and crossed with 
that grand old Rose, Mine. Gabriel Luizet. Absolutely hardy. Mr. 
Win. Scott, the assistant superintendent of Horticulture at the Pan- 
American, says regarding the Dorothy Perkins: "This has exactly 
the habit of the well-known Crimson Rambler. It has flowered splen¬ 
didly and has been very brilliant. This seems to me to be a great 
acquisition, and I believe it to be a good forcing Rose. The individual 
flower is larger than the Crimson Rambler, but it is a beautiful shell- 
pi uk in color.” 50 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
HELENE.” Helene is a seedling from Crimson Rambler, possess¬ 
ing fully as vigorous habit as its parent, and entirely hardy. The 
flowers are larger than those of Crimson Rambler, nearly double, and 
borne in clusters of 20 to 50. The color is of a soft violet-rose, base 
of petals yellowish white. The anthers and pistils are pure yellow, 
and so numerous as to give further color to the flower. A group of 
this Rose proved one of the most effective things I had in my garden 
this spring. Extra-strong plants, 30 cts. each, $3 per doz., $20 per 100. 
“PSYCHE.” Received an award of merit from the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society of England. A cross between the Crimson Rambler 
and the Polyantha Rose Golden Fairy. In growth and habit it much 
resembles the Rambler. The flowers are produced in clusters of from 
8 to 35, and are 2 to 2 % inches across when expanded. The color is 
white, suffused with salmon-rose and pink, with yellow base to the 
petals. A real companion to Crimson Rambler. Strong young plants, 
50 cts. each. 
CARMINE PILLAR 
This splendid new single Rose is extremely effective. It is per¬ 
fectly hardy, of rampant growth, and literally covered with large, 
brilliant, single crimson flowers in June. It is the showiest Rose in 
cultivation. This Rose in some respects is better than the famous 
Crimson Rambler. Strong plants, 40 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
ROSA WICHURAIANA 
In some respects this Rose, which is also known 
as the " Memorial Rose,” is better than Crimson 
Rambler, although it lacks the brilliant color of 
its more advertised contemporary. As a climber 
for covering porches, trellises and arches, and as 
a creeper for covering steep banks or any ground 
needing covering, it is unequaled. The foliage is 
a lustrous shining green. In bloom the plant is 
literally covered with exquisitely beautiful single 
white flowers, which are followed by an abundant 
crop of bright red heps or berries, which remain 
on the plant all winter. The Rose is entirely free 
from attacks of insects or disease and is abso¬ 
lutely hardy, root and branch. Strong 2-year-old 
plants, 30 cts. each, $3 per doz., $20 per 100 ; 
strong 1-year-old plants, 20 cts. each, $1.75 
per doz., $10 per 100. . 
ROSA WICHURAIANA HYBRIDS 
UNIVERSAL FAVORITE. A free grower, 
producing long branching shoots, with bright shiny 
foliage in abundance, and soft, light pink double 
flowers, two inches in diameter; strongly per¬ 
fumed. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
SOUTH ORANGE PERFECTION. This is a 
gem, with free growth close to the ground, and 
produces multitudes of the most perfectly formed 
double white flowers about one and one-half inches 
in diameter; soft blush-pink at the tips, changing 
to white. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
MAN DA’S TRIUMPH. This is a grand hybrid 
of free growth, with fine foliage and clusters of 
from twelve to eighteen flowers on even a small¬ 
sized shoot, literally covering the plant with its 
perfectly formed double white flowers, nearly two 
inches across; beautifully imbricated; a valuable 
sort for either cut-flowers or pot-plants. It is also 
very sweet-scented. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
PINK ROAMER. This is without question a 
hybrid between the " Sweetbrier,” and carries these 
characteristics in bloom, while the growth, which 
is very rampant, partakes more of the "Wichu¬ 
raiana.” The single flowers, which are produced 
in close heads, are nearly two inches in diameter; 
bright rich pink, with almost a white center, 
which lightens up the orange-red stamens, pro¬ 
ducing an effect which, combined with the fra¬ 
grance, makes it one of the most valuable Roses 
in cultivation. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
