The “Delightful” Collection of Splendid Ever-Blooming Roses 
Shown in Colors on the Opposite Page. = —■--■-■■■ = 
Our collection of ever-bloorning Roses which we illustrate in colors this year, will, we trust, find favor with our customers. 
While it contains some of the most satisfactory varieties of recent introduction, it also contains three sorts which made reputations 
for themselves as splendid bedding varieties—hardy and ever-blooming — throughout the country. As is our custom in making 
up collections for the Colored Plate, we have selected varieties showing marked contrasts in color combined with hardiness, 
vigor of growth and abundance of bloom, so that purchasers may rest assured in obtaining this collection that they procure 
sorts which, in the limited number contained in the collection, will give them a variety unexcelled in all the prime qualities of 
the best garden Roses. The numbers on the Colored Plate are a Key to the varieties as numbered below. 
Our Colored Plate Collections are famous throughout the country; they give universal satisfaction, as is evidenced by the 
number of congratulatory letters we receive annually from purchasers. Even the smallest size will, under ordinary con¬ 
ditions, give an abundance of bloom, but the larger sizes will, of course, bloom earlier and more profusely. We will send 
FREE with each collection our pamphlet on “The Graden Culture of the Rose,” which gives full detailed instructions on che 
planting and subsequent care of them. 
No. 1. The New Irish Ever-Blooming Rose, KILLARNEY. 
A very beautiful Hybrid Tea Rose. The color is an exquisite 
shade of deep shell-pink lightened with silvery-pink. The 
base of the petals is a soft silvery-white, relieved with enough 
yellow to make it more attractive. The buds are exception¬ 
ally long and beautifully formed, the open flower is graceful in 
the extreme. It is free in growth, strong, heavy shoots, which 
are crowned with buds. This has become a great favorite for 
winter flowers and is worthy of the high place it has attained. 
It has proven hardy in this climate without protection. In 
the garden the flowers are very lasting, the coloring remaining 
clear and bright to the last. It has a delicate Tea Rose fragrance. 
Price, 1st size, 75c. each; 2d size, 50c. each; 3d size, 30c. 
each, $3.00 per doz. 
2. Ever-Blooming Rose, Mile. Franciska Kruger. 
A favorite Rose for the garden and the most satisfactory 
variety in its color. It is well known that the yellow Roses 
are mostly weak in constitution, but this is exceptionally healthy 
and vigorous; it is in the front rank in that respect, growing 
freely and flowering abundantly in the open ground. The color¬ 
ing is strikingly handsome, a blending of deep yellow with 
coppery-yellow and buff shadings. Fine buds and splendid 
flowers which remain in condition a long time. 
Price, 1st size, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz.; 2d size, 30c. each, 
$3.00 per doz.; 3d size, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz. 
No. 3. A Grand Ever-Blooming Rose, MRS. B. R. CANT. 
In determining the usefulness of a Rose, the constitution, 
the habit and the continuity of the flowering of the variety, 
as well as the size, shape and color of the flowers, must be taken 
into consideration. “Mrs. B. R. Cant,” on which the Floral 
Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, of England, 
conferred an award of merit, measures up to the highest stand¬ 
ard. This variety is remarkable for its robust habit and the 
profuse manner in which it blooms from early in the summer 
until the autumn is well advanced. The flowers are of medium 
size and of a beautiful deep rose color on the outer petals, quite 
red in some cases; while the inner petals are soft silvery-rose, 
suffused with buff at the base. It is essentially a garden Rose, 
and as such it can hardly fail to attain a high degree of popu¬ 
larity. 
Price, 1st size, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz.; 2d size, 40c. each, 
$4.00 per doz.; 3d size, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 
no. 5. IT "Blooming Rose, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. 
A hybrid Tea Rose, soft pearly-white, lightly tinted with 
lemon in the center, just enough to relieve the white ; remarkably 
fragrant, a strong, healthy grower, with bold, beautiful foliage. 
The habit is free; the beautiful, perfectly-shaped flowers are 
borne in profusion on long, graceful stems, so that it will be in¬ 
valuable for cut flowers. Professional florists have been quick to 
perceive the great value of this peerless variety, and it is now 
more eagerly sought after than almost any Rose on the market. 
Price, 1st size, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz.; 2d size, 30c. each, 
$3.00 per doz.; 3d size, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz. 
No. 6. New, Hardy Ever-Blooming Red Rose , CARDINAL. 
Of all the Roses which we have introduced for years there 
is none which has measured up better to the ideal standard than 
this. Habit and bloom are beyond criticism. “Cardinal” is 
a seedling of “Liberty” hybridized with an unnamed carmine 
seedling in the third generation. This gives promise of being 
the most valuable Rose yet raised by Mr. John Cook. Color, 
a rich cardinal-red. Is a very strong grower with a heavy flower. 
Its fragrance is very strong and sweet. It has proved hardy 
in Baltimore the most severe winter. The color of the flowers 
holds good in the hottest weather; the form of the flowers is 
such that it also remains perfect during the heated term; 
the health and vigor of the plant enable it to produce flowers 
constantly during the entire season. 
Price, 1st size, 75c. each, $7.50 per doz.; 2d size, 50c. each, 
I $4.50 per doz.; 3d size, 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 
No. 7. New, Hardy Ever-Blooming Ifose, TRIUMPH. 
A grand new Hybrid Tea Rose, Gruss an Teplitz x Gen. 
McArthur, raised by E. G. Hill & Co., from whom we purchased 
the entire stock. It is a strong-growing, very free blooming 
variety, long straight stems, large and handsome foliage. The 
blooms are splendid, large, full and double, the buds are finely 
shaped, borne singly and erect on strong stems. The color 
is a beautiful shade of deepest carmine-pink with crimson tones 
and a beautiful sheen. It is valuable for either summer or 
winter blooming. The fragrance is strong and spicy; in short, 
it has all the qualities of a first-class Rose, and being an Ameri¬ 
can-raised seedling, must prove adaptable to our climate. For 
the same reason it will be welcomed into the galaxy of fine 
American Roses, many of which we have had the honor of 
introducing. 
Price, 1st size, 75c. each, $7.50 per doz.; 2d size, 50c. each, 
$4.50 per doz. ; 3d size, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. 
No. 4. Golden-Yellow Ever-Blooming Rose, [ftoilc d0 LyOFl. 
A very satisfactory variety which has been extensively 
tried and which has won well merited praises in all quarters. 
It. is a rich golden-yellow, fine firm buds and flowers, very 
sweet. The abundance of bloom is remarkable. A strong, 
healthy grower. The best and most beautiful pure yellow 
Rose for general planting. 
Price, 1st size, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz. ; 2d size, 30c. each, 
$3.00 per doz.; 3d size, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 
No. 8. New High-Class Garden Rose, Mme. Jean Dupuy. 
A lovely high-class Rose recently introduced from Europe; 
1 color, fine creamy-rose, with golden-yellow center, outer petals 
| edged with red; large, fully double and very sweet; constant 
! and abundant bloomer, almost thornless. This is one of the 
I most satisfactory of the newer Roses for summer blooming on 
account of its great substance and strong, sturdy habit of growth. 
Price, 1st size, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz.; 2d size, 40c. each, 
; $4.00 per doz.; 3d size, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 
Prices: The “Delightful” Collection 
of Eig'Ht Beautiful, Hardy, Ever-Blooming' Roses, 
First Size, $4.50 per set of ei^Ht. 
Second Size, 3.00 44 44 44 
THird Size, 1.50 44 44 44 
