SELECT MONTHLY ROSES. 
^LTHOUGH wc do not offer as long a list of varieties of 
Roses as some, yet our stock in quality, condition and 
extent is unequaled, and we contend that our customers are 
safer in selecting from our list of CHOICE TESTED 
VARIETIES than if we offered a long list, which would 
of necessity contain many inferior sorts. 
Antoine Verdier. Brilliant dark pink. 
American Banner. Striped pink and white. 
Alba Rosea. White, tinged rose. 
Anna Oliver. Blush, shaded carmine. 
Comtesse Riza du Parc. Rose, shaded crimson. 
Chat, des Bergeries. Pale canary-yellow. 
Devoniensis. White, pink center. 
Dr. Grill. Coppery-yellow. 
Etendard de Jeanne d’Arc. Ivory-white. 
Ferdinand Batel. Pale rosy-flesh on a yellow ground 
shading to yellowish-nankeen-orange. 
Isabella Sprunt. Light canary-yellow. 
Jeanne Guillamez. Yellow, apricot center. 
La Detroit. Beautiful shell-pink shading in the center 
to a soft rose-pink. The reverse is creamy-flesh. 
La Phoenix. Red, shaded crimson. 
La Tulip. White, tinged lilac. 
Lady Castlereagh. Pale rose, shaded yellow. 
Mme. Bravy. Creamy-white and pink. 
Mme, Denis. White, yellow center. 
Mme. Joseph Schwartz. White, tinted rose. 
Mme. Lombard. Rose, tinged buff. 
Mme. de St. Joseph. Deep pink. 
Mme. de Vatry. Dark pink. 
Mme. Schwaller. Bright rosy-flesh. 
Mme. Rivoy. Crimson-scarlet, pink shadings. 
Mme. Elie Lambert. Rosy-flesh and white. 
Mme. Caroline Kuster. Yellow, tinged pink. 
Mme. Husson. Nankeen-yellow and white. 
Pearl Rivers. White, bordered rose. 
Princesse de Sagan. Brightest scarlet-crimson. 
Robt. E. Lee. Rich yellow, tinted light rose. 
Sombreuil. Creamy-white, often tinted pink. 
Souv. d’Un Ami. Splendid pink ; free-blooming. 
Souv. de Victor Hugo. Rosy-pink and blush. 
The Queen. Pure white. Grand bedding Rose. 
Prices: 1st size, 50c. each, $4.50 per do/.; 2d size, 30c. 
each, $3.00 per doz. ; 3d size, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz. 
Hybrid Rugosa Rose, NEW CENTURY. 
A cross between “ Clothilde Soupert” and 
“ Rosa Rugosa Alba. ” The flowers are double, 
delightfully fragrant; rich carmine-rose, with 
bright red center. 
Price, 1st size, 60c. each; 2d size, 40c. each; 
3d size, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 
MME. DEREPAS MATRAT. 
Known also as “ Yellow Cochet.” A pure 
Tea Rose, very free-growing and hardy in 
character. The color is a good sulphur- 
yellow, blooms very large, perfectly double, 
splendid form and freely produced. 
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. 
SUMMER GARDEN COLLECTION ROSES. 
THE FAMOUS “SUNSET” ROSE. 
This exquisite variety is one of the finest Tea Roses grown. 
The flowers are large and double, deliciously fragrant and 
free-flowering. The coloring is rich in the extreme, a 
strong orange-yellow, with rich orange and chrome- 
yellow in the center. 
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. 
POLYANTHA or “BABY” ROSES. 
Of great value for bedding and pot culture in the 
house. They are of dwarf habit, and are continuously 
in flower during the entire season. They bloom in 
clusters, single flowers being about 1 to H inches across. 
George Pernet. This variety is the best of its class. 
Color, bright pink with coppery-yellow at the base. 
Little Dot. Delicate flesh-pink, changing to white. 
Mignonette. Dark pink; grand Rose for cemeteries. 
Mme. Cecil Bruner. Delicate rose color; a pretty shade. 
Perle des Rouges. A pretty variety, deep red flowers. 
Snowball. Dwarf, compact habit, and a bounteous 
blooming quality which is really wonderful. The 
flowers are pure white, produced in large clusters, literally 
covering the plant, and emitting a sweet, delicate odor. 
(See cut.) 
Set of 6 Polvantha Roses, 1st size, $2.50; 3d size, 50c. Single 
plants, 50c. and 10c. each. * 
In this unique offer we group sixteen 
summer-blooming Roses of established 
merit, and send them, free by mail , for 
$1.00. As they are growing in pots 
they can be sent at any time, and 
may be kept in a sunny window, in 
pots, until time to plant out in the gar¬ 
den. Our pamphlet, “Garden Culture 
of the Rose,” will be sent free to those 
applying for it. This tells how to treat 
the plants when received and how to 
care for them thereafter. We give the 
names of the varieties, but should stock 
of any sort named become exhausted, 
we reserve the right to send another of 
similar character and equally desirable 
in place of it, without further notice. 
The varieties are all of the “Monthly” 
class. 
The 16 Roses, free by mail, for $1.00. If by express (buyer to pay charges), 
we can send them with all the soil on the roots; a great advantage. 1st size 
plants by express, the full collection for $6.00. 
LIST OF VARIETIES. 
Ada Cook. Li^ht pink, pointed buds, very free. 
Agrippina. Rich crimson; bounteous bloomer. 
Bon Silene. Brilliant carmine, fine buds. An 
old favorite. 
Baronne Berge. Flesh-pink. 
Catherine Mermet. Delicate pink. A delight¬ 
ful Rose. 
Chas. Rovolli. Carmine and rose. A fine bedder. 
C. de Noue. Rich carmine-rose. 
Douglas. Deep ruby-red. 
Golden Gate. Light yellow, edged with pink. 
Ivory. A grand white rose. Large flowers, 
strong stems. 
Marie Van Houtte. Yellow shaded, bright rose. 
Mrs. Degraw. Deep pink. A hardy ever-bloom¬ 
ing Rose. 
Mosella. Light yellow, shading to white. 
Malmaison. French white, distinct blush center. 
Princess Bonnie. Rich crimson. 
Safrano. Buff, tinted apricot. 
