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EDWARD GIL LETT’S CATALOGUE. 
Pillll Neyroil—This is a hardy Hybrid Perpetual, with very large deep 
rose flowers. A strong grower, and with very few thorns. The buds are 
especially desirable. 50 cents each. 
Rubiginosa (English Sweet Brier)—A very hardy rose, 4 to G feet, with 
shining leaves which have a refreshing fragrance, and many small, pink, single 
very fragrant flowers. Fruit orange crimson, and quite showy. Fine for 
hedges. Field grown. Strong. 25 cents each, $1.50 per dozen. 
Persian Yellow—Perfectly hardy, with bright, golden yellow flowers. 
40 cents each. 
ROSA RUGOSA— ' Fhese Japan roses are very hardy, rapid growers, attain¬ 
ing a height of 5 or (j feet, rendering them available for impenetrable, 
ornamental hedges, for which purpose they are unexcelled. The foliage is 
rather thick in texture, and of the most glossy, luxuriant green. The flowers 
are large, single, and most perfect in form, followed by the large, bright red 
or golden apples, which are very showy. 
RtlgOSU rilbra —Flowers very iarge, pink in color; the fruit is brilliant- 
crimson. 50 cents each. 
Rtlgosa alba —Lovely pearly-white flowers and bright golden fruit. 50c. each. 
CRESTED MOSS —Deep pink colored buds, with mossy fringe and crested. 
A beauty. Fine plants. 75 cents each. 
Fairy or Miniature Roses —Beautiful miniature roses, seldom exceeding 
1 1 4 inches in diameter. They are borne in dense clusters, often 30 flowers in a 
cluster. They are quite hardy, and flower the whole season. I offer the fol¬ 
lowing beautiful variety. 
Perlc (For —Color of the buds beautiful nankeen yellow with lighter center. 
Very double. 25 cents each. 
Climtiing Roses. 
Baltimore Belle —White, very double, flowers in large clusters. The 
buds are slightly tinged with pink. 50 cents each. 
Crimson Rambler (The Hardy Japan Climbing Rose)—This rose was 
introduced in 1803, and has proved a decided novelty. It is a vigorous grower, 
making in some cases 15 feet in a season. The flowers are small, but grow in 
large glowing crimson bunches, measuring from 6 to 9 inches from base to tip. 
300 blooms have been counted on one shoot. The flowers remain along time in 
flue condition. It seems to be well adapted to the entire country, and should be 
in every collection. 50 cents each. 
Multiflora — A very vigorous sort, making a heavy bush, with beautiful 
pendulous branches, which are hidden in the masses of creamy-white flowers. 
A rose of the very first merit, and worthy of general use as a ciimber or shrub- 
50 cents each. 
Russels Cottage—Dark crimson, very double and full. 50 cents each. 
WiCllUrailia (New Japan Creeping Rose)—A low trailing species, its 
stemscreeping on the earth as closely as an ivy and forming a dense mat of 
very dark green lustrous foliage. It is a rapid grower. The flowers are rather 
small, pure white with golden yellow stamens, and very fragrant. It is per¬ 
fectly hardy, and very desirable for creeping over walls or covering unsightly 
places. It is also desirable as a climber. 25 cents each. 
HARDY VINES AND CREEPERS. 
AMPEL0PSIS qiiiiiflaefolta (Vir ginia Creeper) — A well-known climber, 
very hardy, and greatly used for climbing on stone. Forms a beautiful green 
covering, and in autumn is beautifully colored. It can also be used to cover 
dry places on the soil, it forming there great mats. Fine roots. 20 cents each, 
$1.50 per dozen. 
Ampelopsis Yeitchii (Boston Ivy)— A beautiful hardy climber of Japan 
origin, clinging firmly to a smooth surface, covering it with small overlapping 
leaves, which form a beautiful sheet of living green, changing to brightest shade 
of crimson and yellow in the autumn. Hardy and very popular. 25 cents each. 
