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plants. Put the powdered sulphur in a piece 
of burlap and sift it as evenly as possible all 
over the foliage. 
Aphis or Green Flies are the little sucking 
insects that attack the new soft wood. They 
are usually kept in check where the plants are 
sprinkled daily with a strong stream of water. 
If this cannot be done, remove as many as 
possible when they first appear and sprinkle 
the plants well with tobacco water in which 
a little whale-oil soap has been dissolved. 
They multiply with wonderful rapidity, so it 
may be necessary to repeat the treatment two 
or three times. 
DESCRIPTIONS 
Varieties are first divided into classes. The 
characteristics of each class are fully explained 
under the respective headings and of course 
apply to all the varieties in that group. Classes 
are arranged according to number of varieties 
included, as follows: 
Hybrid Tea 
Tea 
Hybrid Perpetual 
Pernetiana 
Polyantha 
Noisette 
Hybrid Sweet Briar 
Moss 
Cherokee 
Irish Single 
Miscellaneous 
At the end of the Rose division will be found 
an alphabetical list of all varieties described 
showing the group in which each sort is in¬ 
cluded. 
After names of varieties we give name of 
originator or disseminator and year of intro¬ 
duction, whenever these are known. In all 
cases the color of the open flower is the first 
thing mentioned, as we believe this plan will 
be found most convenient for customers in 
searching for suitable varieties. If bud color¬ 
ing is particularly different, that is also given. 
We have tried to make all descriptions fair 
and conservative; every variety cannot be 
“one of the very best.” 
Our assortment is continually changing. 
We are testing and adding new varieties all 
the time and dropping those in least demand 
to keep assortment within a reasonable num¬ 
ber. Many of the following are the very 
latest introductions as we write, but as we 
expect this edition to last four or five years, 
we do not separate them as new sorts. The 
year of introduction will prove a good clue. 
HYBRID TEA ROSES 
A class of comparatively recent origin and 
today the most important of all. The rapidity 
of development can be appreciated from the 
fact that while our price list for 1905 included 
only twelve varieties of this class out of a 
total of about two hundred and fifty, approxi¬ 
mately five per cent, the following list doesn’t 
fall far short of embracing half of all varieties 
described. 
They were originated by crossing the Tea 
with the Hybrid Perpetual class, but since 
varieties have become so numerous many of 
the new ones are seedlings or results of 
♦Varieties starred are climbers. 
crosses within the class. They show a blend¬ 
ing of the beauty, delicacy and perpetual 
blooming habit of the Teas with the vigor and 
great hardiness of the Hybrid Perpetual group. 
Many have the tea scent very strongly devel¬ 
oped, while the fragrance of others suggests 
the Hybrid Perpetuals. As a class they are 
much hardier than the Teas and generally 
bear their flowers on longer stems, making 
them better, as a rule, for cutting. 
Antoine Rivoire. (Pernet-Ducher, 1S96.) Silvery 
flesh with salmon or even carmine center. Medium 
to large. Buds short pointed. Outer petals reflexed 
when open. Very double; fragrant. Growth is 
moderate, stems long, production good. Excellent. 
Augustine Guinoisseau or White La France. 
(Guinoisseau, 1889.) White, faintly suffused flesh 
pink. Generally like La France, but paler. Ex¬ 
ceptionally fragrant. 
Avoca. (A. Dickson, 1907.) Crimson-scarlet. 
Buds long and pointed. Fragrant. Growth very 
vigorous. Free blooming. A splendid variety with 
magnificent color. 
Baldwin or Helen Gould. (Lambert. 1899.) Rosy 
crimson. Flowers medium to large, full and borne 
freely. 
Bardou Job. (Nabonnand. 1S87.) Velvety scar¬ 
let, shaded black. Very free blooming. Flowers 
semi-double and opening widely. A magnificent 
hedge rose or can be allowed to grow up as a 
climber. 
Belle Siebrecht or Mrs. W. J. Grant. (A. Dick¬ 
son, 1895.) Bright rosy pink. Flowers la'rge, well 
formed and sweetly perfumed. Buds are long and 
tapering. Grows vigorously and blooms freelv. A 
thoroughly fine variety. 
Betty. (A. Dickson, 1905.) Coppery rose over¬ 
laid with ruddy gold. Buds long and pointed; mod¬ 
erately double; petals unusually large and con¬ 
spicuously veined. Stems long. Fragrance rich. 
Altogether a fine sort that quicklv secured high 
rank. 
Bianca. (Paul, 1913.) Creamy white tinted 
peach or sometimes carmine. Moderate size, buds 
short pointed, double. Fragrance faint. Growth 
and production very good. Stems long and flowers 
mainly come singly. 
British Queen. (McGredy. 1912.) Pure white. 
Buds are short pointed and flushed peach, but this 
tint usually disappears as flower opens. Comes 
the nearest to a pure white of any Rose in this 
class, being without any tinge of yellow. The open 
flowers are particularly well formed, center pointed 
and outer petals strongly reflexed. Growth vig¬ 
orous, but very slender. 
Captain Christy. (Lacharme, 1873.) Delicate 
flesh pink, medium to large. Petals have a satiny 
texture. Often included in the Hybrid Perpetual 
section, but as one of its parents was Safrano, it 
certainly belongs here. 
Charles J. Grahame. (A. Dickson, 1905.) Crim¬ 
son with a slight suggestion of orange. Large, 
finely formed and very fragrant. Color is particu¬ 
larly good 
Chateau de Clos Vougeot. ( Pernet-Ducher, 1908.) 
Crimson center with fiery scarlet tips. Magnificent 
coloring, which does not readily fade. Fully de¬ 
veloped flowers have high center with short, re- 
flexed outer petals. Foliage is very dark green, 
heightening the color effect of flowers. Stems long. 
Free bloomer. 
Chrissie MacKellar. (A. Dickson, 1913.) Orange 
pink, veined carmine. Difficult coloring to de¬ 
scribe. Free flowering and richly scented. Semi¬ 
double with pointed buds. 
Clara Watson. (Prince, 1894.) Silvery flesh with 
deep pink center. Resembles Miss Kate Moulton. 
Buds are very long pointed; flowers are semi¬ 
double to double and open beautifully with very 
strongly roflexed outer petals. Bears moderately 
in spring, but in utmost profusion in fall. 
♦Climbing Belle Siebrecht or Climbing Mrs. W. J. 
Grant. (Paul, 1899.) Bright rosy pink. It fre¬ 
quently happens that climbing forms are inferior 
to their bush prototypes, but this magnificent 
climber considerably surpasses the bush variety. 
The flowers are colored the same as the beautiful 
Belle Siebrecht. but are considerably fuller and far 
larger; in fact, it is among our largest roses. 
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