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HARDY ROSES 
VICK’S GARDEN AND FLORAL GUIDE 
ROSE, CRIMSON RAMBLER 
CLIMBING ROSES 
The hardy Climbing Roses grow with great rapidity, and will cover an old 
building or wall in a very short time. They bloom after the Hybrid Perpet- 
uals, and produce their flowers abundantly in large clusters. Each, 15 cents; 
per dozen, $1.50. Two-year plants, 35 cents each, or two for 60 cents. 
Baltimore Belle. Pale blush, nearly white. 
Queen of the Prairies. Rosy red. Fine. 
EVERBLOOM1NG CLIMBERS 
Each, 15 cents ; the set for 50 cents. 
Empress of China. The best of the large-flowering varieties. Flowers 
bright pink. After the plants have become established, it blooms continu¬ 
ously throughout the summer. Hardy. One of the best. 
James Sprunt. Flowers deep cherry-red, medium-sized and full, very double 
and sweet. A strong grower and profuse bloomer. 
Mary Washington. Flowers pure white, of medium size, perfectly double, 
and borne on long stems. Fragrance tinged with a musky odor. Rapid, 
vigorous grower. Hardy. Perpetual bloomer. 
Climbing White Pet. Very rapid climber, making a wonderful growth, 
often ten to fifteen feet the first year. Blooms profusely. Flowers pure 
white, of medium size, very double, ever-blooming, and fragrant. Hardy. 
Bound to become a great favorite. 
SET OF RAMBLER ROSES 
The Ramblers have grown in favor so rapidly and are so well-known that it 
is not necessary to devote space to a long description of these wonderfully 
beautiful and useful hardy climbers. They are suitable for training on walls, 
verandas, trellises, arbors, and pillars, and as specimen pot plants for winter 
forcing. The flowers are well formed and, though small, are produced in so 
great profusion as to present an immense mass of bloom. Many of our cus¬ 
tomers report that single plants when in bloom showed thousands of flowers. 
Crimson. White. Yellow. Pink. 
Each, 15 cents ; set of four for 50 cents. 
Two-year plants, each 35 cents ; set of four for $1.00. 
H E L E N E 
A seedling from Crimson Rambler. This is a Rose novelty that we can 
strongly recommend. It is of very robust growth, throwing up canes ten to 
fifteen feet high in a single season. The foliage is similar to that of Crimson 
Rambler, being of the same thick, leathery texture, and glossy appearance. I ts 
flowers are borne in large clusters, a well-grown bush producing them in amazing 
profusion. The individual flowers are larger than those of Crimson Rambler, 
nearly double, of good substance, and remaining on the bush for a long time. 
The color is a pure soft violet-rose, almost blush; base of petals yellowish. 
The numerous anthers and pistils arc pure yellow, giving further color to the 
flowers. The buds arc carmine, finely ciliated or mossed, and are borne in 
clusters of from twenty-five to fifty. Perfectly hardy. 
Strong young plants, each, 15 cents; per dozen, $1.50. 
Strong-two year plants, each, 35 cents; per dozen, $3.00. 
SPLENDID NEW CLIMBING ROSE 
Dorothy Perkins 
This valuable variety has been produced from seed of Rosa Wichuraiana 
crossed with pollen from that fine old Rose, Mmc. Gabriel Luizet. It i s 0 f 
quite upright habit of growth, but retains the remarkable vigor of the seed 
parent, often making a growth of from ten to fifteen feet in a single season 
In the important point of hardiness, nothing more could be desired, two 
unusually severe winters having failed to injure even young plants, although 
during one of them the temperature went as low as twenty degrees below zero 
and there was not the usual snowfall to protect them. In its foliage, growth* 
and habit of blooming in immense clusters, it is remarkably like Crimson Ram¬ 
bler, but the flowers are more double and of a beautiful shell-pink color and 
hold a long time without fading; even after they commence to fade the color 
is still pleasing, being then a lovely deep rose. The petals are very prettily 
rolled back and crinkled. The buds arc remarkably handsome, being pointed 
in shape and of just the right size for the button-hole. The flowers arc very 
sweetly scented, a characteristic not possessed by most other Roses of the 
Rambler family. 
Strong young plants, each, 25 cents ; per dozen, $2.50. 
NEW CLIMBING MOSS ROSE 
Cumberland Belle 
The only climbing variety in existence. This is the forerunner of a new race 
of Roses, a grand true Climbing Moss Rose. It is of American origin, having 
been found growing in a private garden in the historic Cumberland Valley— a 
sport from that pretty Moss Rose, Princess Adelaide, itself a strong vigorous 
grower, which characteristic is wonderfully developed in the offspring, the 
original sport the first season having attained a height of over fifteen feet, and 
had one hundred and eighteen buds and flowers on it at one time. The past 
season, planted side by side with Crimson Rambler and other rampant growers 
it fully equaled them in vigor of growth. In color it is identical with the parent 
a bright silvery rose, very double, the buds nicely mossed and exquisitely fra. 
grant. Altogether a most unique and desirable acquisition. 
Strong 2-year plants, each, 50 cents ; per dozen, $5.00. 
HYBRID WICHURAIANAS 
EVERGREEN SET OF MEMORIAL ROSES. 
A new and distinct type of Hardy Roses. The growth that these Roses 
make in a season is remarkable. They make shoots in one season of from 
twelve to twenty feet iu length, completely covering the ground with their 
bright, glossy foliage, and showy, fragrant flowers. These Roses are ever¬ 
green. The flowers arc produced freely, are of large size and very fragrant. For 
trailing, or covering the ground, or for covering stumps and trees, walls, and 
trellises, they are uncqualcd. 
Strong young plants, 15 cents each ; the set for 50 cents. 
Two-year plants, 30 cents ; the set for $1.00. 
Manda’s Triumph. Flowers large, double, in clusters, pure white and 
fragrant. 
Pink Roamer. Flowers single, a clear pink, and delightfully fragrant. 
South Orange Perfection. Flowers blush-pink, changing to white ; double; 
medium-sized. An elegant plant, and a profuse bloomer. 
Universal Favorite. A robust grower ; splendid deep green foliage; abun¬ 
dant, large, double, fragrant flowers, of a deep rose-color. 
WICHURAI AN A —Memorial Rose 
A Japanese variety of value and distinction. Its stems creep on the ground 
after the habit of Ivy. The flowers grow in profusion, In clusters, at the ends of 
the branches. Flowers pure white', with yellow stamens, and very fragrant. 
Valuable for use in cemeteries and covering rockeries, etc. Hardy. 
Each, 15 cents ; per dozen, $1.50. 
Two-year plants, each, 35 cents; per dozen, $4.00. 
NEW FAIRY ROSES 
The Fairy Roses are the most floriferous of all Roses. They commence to 
bloom when wee, tiny plants, and will literally hide the plant with their beauti¬ 
ful flowers. Nothing is sweeter or prettier than these little fairies. 
Each, 15 cents; the set of four for 40 cents. 
Etoile de Mai. Blooms in clusters ; full; nankeen-yellow, changing to pale 
yellow. Free flowering. 
Mrs. E. A. Nolte. A lovely shade of chrome-yellow ; a new color in Polyan- 
thas. Very beautiful. 
Petite Leonie. Flowers small, full, imbricated ; outer petals porcelain-white, 
center carmine-lake. 
Princess Marie Adelaide. Of beautiful habit. Large clusters of small double 
flowers ; bright rose. 
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