W U1ESISTIBLE GOLLEGTIOH KS! GARDEN BOSES. 
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TN THIS COLLECTION we have grouped together nine of the finest Garden Roses for summer blooming. Our aim has 
been to combine the sorts which would give the greatest general satisfaction, and for this reason we have selected the 
very cream of the new and rare varieties, giving due consideration to having a wide range of color, so that buyers of the 
“IRRESISTIBLE” COLLECTION of Roses may feel assured that they are obtaining the best that it is possible to procure in 
the number offered. They are numbered 1 to 9, and described below. We will send FREE with each collection our pamphlet 
on the “Garden Culture of the Rose.” 
no. i. 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 standard. 
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 popularity. 
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. 2. Souvenir De Pierre Notting. 
This grand new Rose has been well tested in this country, 
showing that it is well adapted, to our climate. It is of 
strong, bushy habit, with splendid, deep green foliage, strong 
and healthy, so that it is almost immune against disease. 
The flowers are very full, large and extraordinarily lasting, 
keeping .over a week when cut. The buds are very long, of a 
most beautiful shape and stand proudly erect on long, straight 
stems. The color is yellow with very delicate Chinese pink and 
saffron-yellow shadings; the centre of the flower is a very rich 
golden-yellow. It is delightfully fragrant. 
In its abundance of blossoms this grand new variety sur¬ 
passes all other Roses of every type; plants of a few months’ 
growth are never without buds or blossoms throughout the 
season. While the first flower-buds are developing on top new 
growths appear below bearing another crop, and this is suc¬ 
ceeded by others. 
Price, 1st size, 75c. each, $7.50 per doz.; 2d size, 50c. each, 
$4.50 per doz.; 3d size, 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 
no. a. Genera! McArthur. 
We have pleasure in offering this fine Rose, confident that 
it will please. It has had a thorough test the past season in the 
hands of numerous experienced Rose growers, and been placed 
before critical judges who fail to find the slightest defect in it 
as an all-round garden Rose. It has been thoroughly tested 
by us the past year, both outdoors and in greenhouses, and we are 
fully convinced that it is a grand improvement in the class of 
ever-blooming hardy red Roses. In color, it is the brightest 
amongst all the Roses, being a vivid crimson-scarlet. Of free- 
branching habit of growth; very vigorous and healthy, every 
shoot producing a flower; and hardy enough to withstand our 
severe winters. 
Price, 1st size, 75c. each, $7.50 per doz.; 2d size, 60c. each, 
$6.00 per doz.; 3d size, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. 
no. 4. Cardinal. 
“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 past severe winter. 
Price, 1st size, $1.00 each, $9.00 per doz.; 2d size, 75c. 
each, $7.50 per doz.; 3d size, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz. 
no. s. Ivory. 
This beautiful new Rose is a sport from the variety “Golden 
Gate,” which has attained such popularity the past few years 
as a first-class sort for winter blooming. 
“Ivory” has the same strong, sturdy habit as the parent, the 
same large fragrant flowers, the same long, heavy-flowering 
stems, the fine buds and elegant form as the parent; but is a 
soft white in color. This Rose is certain to have a prominent 
osition in the list of best varieties for either summer or winter 
owering. 
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. e. Mad. Jean Dupuy. 
A lovely high-class Rose recently introduced from Europe; 
color, fine creamy-rose, with golden-yellow centre; outer petals 
edged with red, large, fully double and very sweet; a constant 
and abundant bloomer, almost thornless. 
Price, 1st size, 75c. each, $7.50 per doz.; 2d size, 50c. each, 
$4.50 per doz.; 3d size, 25c. each, $2.25 per doz. 
no. 7. Rosemawr. 
A very effective bedding Rose, perfectly hardy and very 
vigorous. It is abnormally healthy and free-blooming, never 
sick under ordinary conditions, and never out of bloom. The 
color is rich reddish-carmine, changing to a brilliant pink as 
the flowers age. 
Price, 1st size, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz.; 2d size, 40c. each, 
$4.00 per doz.; 3d size, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 
no. s. C. P. Strasheim. 
A very valuable summer-blooming Tea Rose. It is distin¬ 
guished among the many new and meritorious Roses we offer 
this year for its healthy, vigorous habit and its great freedom 
of bloom. From the time the little plants were first in bloom 
in the open ground in May it was never out of flower and not a 
sick plant appeared. The color is a very delicate shade of 
primrose-yellow with a tint of fawn, the latter shade being 
quite pronounced in the centre of the flowers. As the flower ages 
the color lightens toward the ends of the petals to a light sul¬ 
phur-yellow, almost white, making a charming contrast with 
the darker portions of the flow^er, giving a very finished and 
unique appearance to it. Like all of the ever-blooming monthly 
Roses, it is at its best during the cool days of spring and fall. 
It will need winter protection at the North. The finish of the 
petals is like a Camellia, smooth and crystalline. Very rich 
Tea Rose fragrance. 
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. 
“Dwarf Perpetual-Flowering Crimson Rambler 99 
no. 9. Madame Norbert Levavasseur. 
One of the most remarkable Roses of the period. A seed¬ 
ling from “ Crimson Rambler” but of dwarf, very compact habit. 
The flowers are of the same shade of rich crimson and are borne 
in wonderful profusion from the time the plant is large enough 
to bear a flower until the close of the season. It will be in¬ 
valuable for beds and borders and for cemetery purposes it 
cannot be excelled as it is hardy and ever-blooming. 
Price, 1st size, $1.00 each, $9.00 per doz.; 2d size, 75c. each, 
$7.50 per doz. ; 3d size, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz., $25.00 per 100. 
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