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ELLWANGER & BARRY'S 
without flowers, and particularly without Roses. To such we are pleased to offer 
special inducements in the shape of Roses by mail, at half the price charged for 
the large plants, thus enabling all to provide themselves with the most beautiful 
flowers. The plants are sent post-paid at the prices named, but t he money 
must be sent with the order, as the very large number of letters received 
by each mail makes it a very laborious matter to keep open accounts with each 
customer. 
The plants sent by mail are grown in two and a half and three inch pots ; 
they are healthy young plants, well rooted carefully prepared for mailing. 
Note carefully the habit of growth as stated in the description, and you will 
not be disappointed in size of the plants ; it would be very unreasonable to ex- 
]>ect plants of Monsieur Noman as large as La Reine, or Xavier Olibo as strong 
as Jacqueminot. We have the very best quality of each kind, that it is possible 
to grow. 
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BLOOMING IN JUNE AND JULY. 
Climbing or Sarmentous Roses. 
ALL THESE ARE ON THEIR OWN ROOTS. 
AYRSHIRE ROSES. (Rosa arvensis liybrida.) These are of slender, 
rapid growth, often running fifteen feet in one season, and are used in covering 
buildings, etc. They do not require rich soil, and should be pruned very little* 
or not at all: they are somewhat less hardy and less valuable than the Hybrid 
Climbing and Prairie Roses. 
BANKS IA ROSES. (Rosa Banksice.) Most of the varieties in this class 
have small white flowers, resembling double cherry blossoms. The wood is very 
smooth, slender, and of rapid growth ; the foliage quite small. Not being hardy 
they have no great value in the North, but in the Southern States they form a 
very desirable group. 
HYBRID CLIMBING BOSES. (Rosa liybrida scandens.) This class 
takes in those sorts for which it is difficult to find a group w T here they can be 
appropriately placed. 
PRAIRIE ROSES. (Rosa rubifolia.) These are much the most valu¬ 
able of all the non-remontant climbers. The foliage is rough, large, with five 
leaflets, generally of a dark color ; for rapidity of growth they equal the Ayr- 
shires. and surpass all climbers in hardiness. The flowers are produced in large 
clusters late in the season, when other Summer Roses are gone. When it is 
desired to cover walls, unsightly buildings, etc., with Roses, none will be found 
to do the work so efficiently as varieties of the Prairie Rose. 
