THE ROSE, QUEEN OF FLOWERS 
1 he autumn season, after the first of October, is especially favorable for transplanting the hardy roses. 
The plants should be dormant ; that is, the growth should be finished and the plants have dropped their 
leaves, or at least the leaves should have been removed from the hard and ripened wood. In this condition 
there can be no drooping of the plants, and all wounds tend to callous and heal over quickly, and possibly 
even to make some new roots before cold weather sets in, and the plants are ready to start off into new 
growth at the earliest opportunity in the spring. In setting the plants remove with a sharp knife any portions 
of injured roots, leaving a smooth cut surface. Be sure and plant in deep-spaded, mellow, and well-enriched 
soil, where no water will lie. Early in the spring the tops should be cut back sharply, leaving only some six 
or eight inches of stem. After planting draw some soil up into a mound around each plant and then cover 
the ground with a good thickness of stable litter, leaves or evergreen boughs if they can be had. 
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES 
The Hybrid Perpetual class is entirely hardy. The flowers are of large size, and of the most beautiful colors. Through 
their blooming season they give us a show of brilliant colors uncqualcd by any other plants. The following are only a few of the 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses we cultivate, but they form a good collection. 1 hose who leave the selection to us shall have our best 
efforts to serve them. 
TWO-YEAR PLANTS. The varieties in the following list can be supplied in extra strong two-year plants, each 
35 cents; 83.50 per dozen, except where noted. 
ON E-YEA R PLANTS We can supply one-year green plants of all H. P. Roses at 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen, excepting 
Clio, Marchioness of Londonderry, Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford, Anna Alexieff, Francois Michelon, and Margaret Dickson. 
Rose, Anna Alexieff. Flowers very double and full ; freely 
produced ; noted for their clear bright pink color. 40 cents. 
Archduchesse d’Austriche. Bright satiny pink. 
Anna de Diesbach. Beautiful shade of carmine ; fine. 
Caroline Marniesse. Pure (or slightly creamy) white, 
double and sweetly tea-scented. A perpetual bloomer. 
Clio. Flesh color, shaded in center with rosy pink; vig¬ 
orous grower and handsome. Each 50 cents. 
Coquette des Blanches. Pure white, sometimes deli¬ 
cately tinged with pink. 
Rose, Francois Levet. Large flower of fine form, on 
straight stiff stems ; bright clear rose color ; a splendid 
variety. 
Francois Michelon. Deep carmine-rose; very large,full, 
and of globular form ; fragrant, and a free bloomer. A dis¬ 
tinct, choice sort; excellent late in June or July, when 
other varieties are gone. Each 50 cents. 
General Jacqueminot. Rich, crimson-scarlet, very bright 
and velvety ; much admired and in great demand. 
John Keynes. Dark velvety crimson ; large, fine form. 
La France. Silvery rose, changing 
to pink ; beautiful both in flower and 
bud. A constant bloomer. 
La Reine. A beautiful, clear, bright 
rose ; full form ; very fragrant. 
Madame Plantier. Summer bloomer; 
pure white. 
Margaret Dickson. Best white 
Hybrid Perpetual; has the fragr.nce 
of the finest Tea Roses. Each 40 cents. 
Magna Charta. Color a beautiful 
bright pink suffused with carmine. 
G. Sharman Crawford. 
Color white at base of petals, shading 
outward to a deep rosy pink, and the 
outer petals a pale flesh color. Each 
50 cents. 
Mrs. John Laing. Delicate pink ; 
large ; fine form ; very fragrant. 
Flowers continuously in the open 
ground. 
Marchioness of Londonderry. 
White flowers of great size ; perfectly 
formed. Each 50 cents. 
Peonia. Bright clear red; very sweet; 
one of the finest. 
Paul Neyron. Flowers very large, 
in fact the largest of all Roses ; deep 
rose color; full, fragrant, and a free 
bloomer. 
Prince Camille de Rohan. Rich, 
dark, velvety crimson, shading to 
maroon ; very double and sweet. 
Vick’s Caprice. Ground color soft 
satiny pink, distinctly striped and 
dashed with white and carmine; 
beautiful in bud form. 
Victor Verdier. Bright rose, crim¬ 
son center. 
NEW HARDY YELLOW ROSE, SOLI EL D’OR 
