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The Elm City Nursery Co.., New Haven, Conn, 
Rosa Rugosa Alba, the purest zvliite imaginable. 
Rosa Rugosa and its hybrids. 
Rosa Rugosa in its several forms not only make an effective individual plant but is very de¬ 
sirable for hedges and generous masses. 
Agnes Emily Carmen. (Hybrid). A rich 
red hybrid of rugosa semi-double, long 
pointed bud. 
Madame Geo. Bruant. (Hybrid). One of 
the best of a new race of hybrids. In 
the bud state the flowers are long and 
pointed, when open, semi-double; pure 
white and fragrant and produced freely 
at intervals all summer. 
Chedane Guinoisseau. Flowers very large, 
color rosy red, flowers in clusters and 
continues to bloom until frost. 
Rugosa Alba. Single pure white flowers, 
highly scented; a splendid shrub-like rose. 
Rugosa Rubra. Flowers single, of a most 
beautiful rosy red, succeeded by large 
berries of a rich orange red color. 
Prices see page 55. 
7um and Moss Roses—' Very r> ardy. 
Annual bloomers in June and at th 
Blanche Moreau. (Moss.) Pure white, large, 
full, and of perfect form. 
Blanda. Single pink flowers in greatest pro¬ 
fusion followed with showy bright red 
fruits which persist throughout the early 
winter. This, together with the fact 
that te twigs are of the brightest crim¬ 
son and practically thornless, make it 
especially desirable as a shrub for mass¬ 
ing with other shrubs. 
Centifolia, Cabbage, or Provence. Rose 
color, large size; globular form; very 
fragrant. A superb variety. 
Cumberland Bell. (Moss.) A true climbing 
moss rose, of great vigor. Bright silvery 
rose. New. 
Damask. Popular old-time rose of delight¬ 
ful fragrance and delicate almost tea rose 
like delicacy to the opening buds. 
Harison’s Yellow. Golden yellow, medium 
size; semi-double. A free bloomer. 
Lucida Alba. Beautiful white form of one 
of our pretty low native roses. 
Madam Plantier. Pure white. Produced in 
great abundance. Foliage rather small, 
seven leaflets. 
Magna Charta. Pink, suffused with carmine; 
full globular. Foliage and wood light 
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t time in the greatest profusion. 
green, with numerous dark spines. Ex 
cellent rose. Valuable for forcing. 
Persian Yellow. Bright yellow, small, nearly 
full. It is desirable to grow more than 
one plant, and by pruning one this year 
in the usual way, and the other plant the 
next year, annual crops of flowers may 
be had. 
Salet. (Moss.) Deep pink colored buds, 
surrounded with a mossy fringe and crest. 
A fragrant and very beautiful moss rose. 
Scotch Rose. Dainty little roses, seldom 
getting more than 18 inches high, blow¬ 
ers light rose pink to white. This is a 
splendid little rose for naturalizing and 
will grow in very dry rocky places. 
Soleil d’Or. (Golden Sun.) This is the first 
of a new race of Roses, and the result oi 
a cross between the well-known Persian 
Yellow and the Plybrid Perpetual An 
toine Ducher. It is perfectly hardy 
Color, varying fr • 
yellow to reddish-gold, shaded with nas¬ 
turtium red. 
York and Lancaster. Produces great quan¬ 
tities of handsome large semi-doube 
blooms which are splashed and stripe 
in a most interesting manner. ■hpS 
red, white and yellowish tints. Feligi 
fully fragrant. 
see page 55. 
Rosa Rugosa is very beautiful as a hedge plant. 
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