THE HARDY 
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THE ACCOMPANYING ILLUSTRATIONS 
SHOW ITS VARIED USES, j* j* j)t jf. 
F OR USE IN CEnETERIES.—It is difficult to 
conceive anything more appropriate, beautiful 
and enduring for covering graves and plots in 
cemeteries than the Hardy Memorial Rose. It creeps 
along the ground almost as closely as an Ivy, growing 
ten feet in one season and forming a dense mat of very 
dark green, lustrous foliage. 
The Flowers are produced In lavish profusion, in 
clusters, on the ends of the short side branches, after 
the June Roses are past, from the first week in July 
throughout the month, and sparingly for the rest of 
the season. They are single, puro white, with a 
golden yellow disc, live to six inches in circumference,, 
and have the strong fragrance of the Banksia Roses. 
The contrast between the satiny white of the petals 
and the golden yellow disc is sharp and pleasing, and 
is one of the distinctive charms of the beautiful Hardy 
Memorial Rose, and they fairly cover the entire plant 
when in bloom, a mass of great snowflakes with the 
rich, dark green showing hero and there. 
But its use is not confined to Cemeteries. — 
Planted in the Rose garden, alone or among other 
Roses, and trained upright to a stake, it may bo had 
from three to six feet high, as desired, and it will send 
sprays of flowers drooping downward, making the 
prettiest sight imaginable. Trained over a gateway 
it forms a perfect bower, or it can be trained to a fence 
or house with equal success. As a pot plant it is 
unique and beautiful, in short it is the most useful and 
unique of all Roses. It has been largely used through* 
out the famous park system of Boston for covering 
rocky slopes, embankments and such places as it was 
'desirable to cover quickly with verdure. It quickly 
[ adapts itself to all conditions of growth, whether bar¬ 
ren soil, rocky ledge, fertile garden, shady nook or 
sun-kissed slope, and no more fitting place can be 
found for It than running through the grass. 
Note the Reduced Prices for this Season. 
1st size plants, 30c. each, 4 for $1.00, 9 for $2.00, 12 
for $2.50; smaller plants, 15c. each, 4 for 50c., 9 for 
$1.00, 12 for $1.25; extra selected plants, 50c. each, 
$4.50 per doz. 
