CALIFORNIA NURSERY CO.,mc. NILES, CALIFORNIA 
HYBRID TEA ROSES-Contimied 
♦Climbing Captain Christy. (Dueher, 1881.) Flesh 
pink. Flowers same as in bush form. 
♦Climbing Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (A. Dick¬ 
son, 1897). or Mrs. Robert Peary (Dingee, 1S96). 
White faintly suffused lemon yellow. Identical 
with “Kaiserin” except in vigorous climbing habit. 
♦Climbing Madame Caroline Testout. (Chauvry, 
1902.) Bright pink. Identical with “Testout” ex¬ 
cept In habit. Climbs vigorously; blooms freely. 
Could not be recommended too highly. 
♦Climbing Souvenir de Wooton. (Cook, 1890.) 
Bright crimson. A strong climbing form of the 
popular Souvenir de Wooton. 
C. W. Cowan. (A. Dickson, 1912.) Carmine 
cerise about like Relne Marie-Henriette. Buds 
short pointed, opening rather flat. Flowers double, 
quite fragrant. Not of strong growth, but very 
free bloomer. Stems long and slender, carrying 
flowers erect. 
Dean Hole. (A. Dickson, 1904.) Silvery carmine, 
shaded salmon. Buds enormous and very long 
pointed, opening into a mammoth flower of great 
substance. Growth strong and vigorous. 
Dorothy Page Roberts. (A. Dickson, 1907.) Cop¬ 
pery pink suffused apricot yellow. Color shading 
very fine. Flowers well formed with very large 
petals. 
Duchess of Albany. (Phul, 1888.) Deep rose, 
nearly red. Resembles Da France except in color. 
Blooms freely. Sometimes called “Red Da France.” 
Duchess of Sutherland. (A. Dickson, 1912.) 
Bright rose pink. Buds very long pointed, borne 
on splendid strong stems carrying flowers perfectly 
erect. Very double. Petals large and very con¬ 
spicuously veined. The bush is unusually good, 
vigorous, strong and erect, with fine foliage and 
few thorns. 
Earl of Gosford. (McGredy, 1912.) Dark crim¬ 
son heavily shaded. Growth vigorous. Very fra¬ 
grant. One of the deepest colored in this section. 
Edith Part. (McGredy, 1913.) Carmine with 
chamois flushed pink. The pointed buds open 
beautifully, each petal as it expands shows a rosy 
cream upper surface, while the center is warm 
carmine, making a delightful combination. Flow¬ 
ers are medium to large, double and moderately 
fragrant. Stems carry flowers erect. A splendid 
rose. 
Edward Mawley. (McGredy, 1911.) Brilliant 
fiery red. Color particularly bright in fall. The 
opening buds are shaded velvety crimson inside. 
Moderately double. Quite fragrant. Very free 
flowering. Growth is very strong, also unusually 
erect and slender. 
Etoile de France. (Pernet-Ducher, 1905.) Vel¬ 
vety crimson with bright cerise center. Buds long 
and borne usually singly on long, strong stems. 
Flowers large and full. Thrives best in warm 
locations. 
Farbenkonigin. (TTinner. 1902.) Bright carmine 
overlaid with silvery gloss. Color deep at base, 
light toward tips. Petals two-toned. Barge and 
full. Free blooming. Very handsome. 
Florence Pemberton. (A. Dickson, 1903.) Creamy 
white suffused pink, particularly in center. Barge, 
full and beautifully formed. 
Franz Deegen. (TTinner, 1901.) Pale yellow with 
deep golden center, passing to creamy white on 
outer petals. A seedling of “Kaiserin” and pos¬ 
sessing all its merits. Medium size, fragrant. 
♦Gainsborough. (Good & Reese, 1903.) Creamy 
pink with salmon center. A climbing form of Vis¬ 
countess Folkestone. Flowers very large and 
freely borne. 
General MacArthur. (Hill, 1905.) Fiery red. In 
our last edition we said of this variety, “undoubt¬ 
edly destined to attain the greatest popularity.” 
Our confidence was well grounded and sales have 
increased every year. It has a magnificent color, 
is one of our very freest bloomers, possesses the 
richest fragrance of any rose in this section, is 
healthy, vigorous and not subject to mildew. Per¬ 
fectly adapted to our climate. 
General - Superior Arnold Janssen. (Deenders, 
1912.) Deep carmine. Flowers large, double, well 
formed and hold their shape until they wither. 
♦Varieties starred are climbers. 
Mrs. David Jardine 
George C. Waud. (A. Dickson, 1908.) Orange 
vermilion. Color hard to describe, but is entirely 
unique and certainly most pleasing. Flowers are 
very large, very full and splendidly formed. Stems 
unusually strong, carrying flowers perfectly erect. 
Fragrant. A thoroughly fine variety. 
George Dickson. (A. Dickson. 1912.) Deep scar¬ 
let shaded velvety crimson. The coloring is won¬ 
derfully rich, especially in half-opened flowers, the 
ground color red with scarlet tips, while the in¬ 
side of the expanding petals is nearly black. Barge, 
very full, with enormous petals. Fragrance is 
very rich. Growth extremely vigorous, almost like 
a climber. Moderate bloomer. Won the Gold 
Medal of National Rose Society of England. 
Gloire Lyonnaise. (Guillot. 1884.) White, tinted 
lemon. Pale yellow in bud, but nearly white when 
open. Barge. 
Grace Darling. (Bennett. 1884.) Creamy white, 
tinted peach. Shaded crimson in the fall. Flowers 
of medium size, handsome and fragrant. 
Grace Molyneux. (A. Dickson, 1908.) Creamy 
apricot with flesh center. Barge, finely formed, 
fragrant and free blooming. A lovely rose. 
Gruss an Teplitz. (Geschwind, 1897.) Rich scar¬ 
let. overlaid with crimson, particularly in spring. 
The ground color is intensely red. unsurpassed by 
any other. A wonderfully free bloomer. Growth 
extremely vigorous, sometimes classed as a climber. 
An excellent garden variety and unexcelled as a 
hedge rose. 
Helen Gould. See Baldwin. 
Hilda Richardson. (A. Dickson. 1913.) Milk 
white, flushed rosy lilac at tips. Entirely different 
from the ordinary run of roses. Flowers are small 
or medium, semi-double, opening to saucer-shape, 
with golden yellow stamens very conspicuous. Not 
at all adapted for cutting, but possessed of a re¬ 
fined, dainty elegance that with its freedom of 
bloom, unique coloring and delightfully rich fra¬ 
grance may make it very popular as a garden rose. 
His Majesty. (McGredy, 1909.) Vermilion. Has 
a large, long bud and opens rather flat. Fragrance 
very rich, suggestive of the H. P.’s. Stems long, 
flowers often clustered. Growth is vigorous and 
upright, freely branching. Might almost be placed 
in the H. P. division. 
Honorable Ina Bingham. (A. Dickson. 1905.) 
Pure pink. Very large, semi-double with enormous 
petals. Stems strong. Very effective. 
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