CHAMPION CTTY GFEFNTTOTTSES, SPKTNOFIELD, OTTTO. 
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HARDY CLIMBING ROSES 
NEWER VARIETIES AND 
A FEW THAT ARE SCARCE 
Including the Ramblers, C1 M Polyanthas, Wichuraiana, Multifloras, 
Hybrid Noisettes, Setigera and Climbing Chinas. 
These Roses are suitable for planting where they can climb on walls, fences, galleries, porches, pillars, pergolas, arches, etc.; in 
fact, wherever a hardy climber is required. This list includes the Ramblers. Climbing Polyanthas. Wichuraianas, etc. 
AMERICAN PILLAR (Conrad, 1909.) (C. P.)—A 
single flowering variety of great beauty, which ap¬ 
peals to everyone. The flowers are of enormous size, 
three to four inches across, of a lovely shade of 
apple-blossom pink, with a clear white eye and clus¬ 
ter of yellow stamens. These flowers are borne in 
immense bunches, and a large plant in full bloom 
is a sight not easily forgotten. They last in perfec¬ 
tion a long time, and are followed by brilliant red 
hips or berries, which are carried late into the win¬ 
ter; and as the plant frequently retains its lovely 
green foliage until the end of November, it forms a 
beautiful decorative subject throughout the autumn 
months. A great Rose to grow in pots for Easter. 
AVIATEUR BLERIOT (Franque, 1910.)—Saffron-yel¬ 
low, center golden-yellow; double, flowering in 
clusters. 
CLIMBING AMERICAN BEAUTY (Hoopes Bros. & 
Thomas, 1911.) (H. N.)—Same color, size and fra¬ 
grance as American Beauty, with the addition of 
the climbing habit. Good foliage, and better bloom¬ 
ing qualitites. One plant of this new Rose will pro¬ 
duce twenty times ’as many flowers in June as the 
old American Beauty, besides blooming occasionally 
during the summer. Blooms three to four inches 
across; has proved perfectly hardy and stands heat 
and drought as well as any Rose in our collection. 
This Rose has already made its mark, and wherever 
it has been planted it has pleased until today we 
sell it by the hundreds of thousands. You lose if 
you are slow to take hold of '‘Climbing American 
Beauty/' It grows and blooms. We grew and sold 
last season upwards of one hundred thousand of 
this Rose. Going some for a new Rose. 
CLIMBING BABY RAMBLER, or MISS G. MESSMAN (Mess- 
man, 1911.) (C. P.)—This is a true ever-blooming Crimson j 
Rambler, for at this writing (August 1st) it is in full bloom 
in the garden with enormous heads of richest crimson. There 
has been a widespread demand for a Crimson Rambler that 
would bloom more than once. Here you have it. Everyone 
knows how Baby Rambler is always in bloom. This is simply 
a climbing fonn of the Baby Rambler, embracing all its 
good qualities. 
DR. W. VAN FLEET (Henderson. 1910.) (W.)—Flowers when 
open run four inches and over in diameter. The center is 
built high, petals beautifully undulated and cupped. The 
color is a remarkable delicate shade of fiesli-pink on the 
outer surface, deepening to rosy-flesh in the center. The flowers 
are full and double, of delicate perfume; buds pointed. 
EXCELS A —See Red Dorothy Perkins. 
HIAWATHA (Walsh, 1905.) (W.)—This Rose is just coming 
into its own, being largely forced In pots for Easter time 
and its good qualities as a grand outdoor climber are be¬ 
coming known. There is no other Rose so brilliant as 
Hiawatha. It must be seen to be appreciated. Its flowers 
are about one and one-half inches across, and produced in 
long, pendulous sprays, with frequently from forty to fifty 
flowers on a spray. In color it is brilliant, ruby-carmine, 
with a clear white eye and a mass of golden stamens—a 
glowing combination of colors, which can be seen at a great 
distance, and which does not tire the eye as do masses of 
Crimson Rambler. 
LE MEXIQUE (Schwartz, 1913.) (W.)—Delicate silvery-rose, 
turning to rosy-white, reverse of petals light rose. Large for 
its class. Flowers full, opening well, produced in clusters. 
Continuous and perpetual flowering. 
RED DOROTHY PERKINS, or EXCELSA (Walsh. 1909.) (W.) 
—It is a good deal to claim for a Rose, but we are within 
bounds when we describe Excelsa as a brilliant Crimson 
Rambler flower on glossy, - varnished Wichuraiana foliage. 
The defects of Crimson Rambler are its unsightly foliage in 
unseasonable weather, and its defoliation by insects; the in¬ 
fusion of Wichuraiana blood assures an ornamental climber 
which is nearly evergreen, and this will assure this lovely 
crimson-scarlet pillar Rose a place in every American gar¬ 
den. for it is quite hardy in addition to all its other fine 
points. The flowers are very double, produced in large 
trusses of thirty to forty, and a!lmost every eye on a shoot 
produces clusters of flowers. The color is intense crimson- 
maroon, the tips of the petals tinged with scarlet. The finest 
of all Crimson Ramblers. 
ROBY (Guillot, 1913.) (Mtf.)—Inside of the petals deep car¬ 
mine, outside rosy-carmine on orange ground. Very free in 
clusters of thirty to fifty flowers. Very hardy and vigorous. 
Most ornamental. 
SHOWER OF GOLD (Paul & Son, 1910.) (W.)—This variety 
produces masses of flowers in large clusters. 'Hie color is 
a deep golden-yellow, with orange shadings in the center. 
Enormous lateral branches are produced, which are densely 
clad with glossy green foliage that resists disease. This fills 
the “long felt want" for a “Yellow Rambler.” 
Hardy Climbing 
Rose. 
SILVER MOON (Hen¬ 
derson, 1910.) (W.) 
— Flowers very 
large, four and 
one-half inches 
and over in diam¬ 
eter. Pure white 
in color, petals of great substance, beautifully cupped, form¬ 
ing a Clematis-like flower. The large bunch of yellow 
stamens in the center adds to its attractiveness. These flow¬ 
ers are borne on strong stems twelve to eighteen inches long 
and are delicately scented. The plant is a strong grower, 
with large, glossy bronze-green foliage. 
SOURCE DE OR (Turbat & Co., 1913.) (W.)—A most beauti¬ 
ful variety. Large for its class. Full flowers. Color golden- 
yellow. A great acquisition, producing large panicles of 
flowers. A decided beauty. 
SWEET LAVENDER (Paul & Son, 1912.) (Mtf.)—Bright pale 
mauve or lavender, with golden stamens. Most distinct. 
Dense dark green foliage and many large bunches of flowers. 
Very vigorous. 
TAUSENDSCHOEN. or THOUSAND BEAUTIES (Schwartz, 
1906.) (C. P.)—A climbing Rose that comes to us from Ger¬ 
many. The flowers upon first opening are the most delicate 
shade of pink ever seen in a Rose, might be described as a 
white delicately flushed pink changing to rosy-carmine. It 
gets its name from its many flowers and the variation in 
coloring; beautiful; will become as famous as Crimson 
Rambler or Dorothy Perkins. We wrote the above a year ago, 
and now we can add that this Rose is sweeping the country 
like a prairie fire. You can word paint all you want to and 
then you will have left something unsaid. Simply a wonder. 
VEILCHENBLAU, The Blue Rose (Schmidt, 1909.) — A strong 
growing climber with violet-blue flowers. 
WHITE DOROTHY PERKINS (B. K. Cant. 1908.) (W.)— It has 
been the cry of nurserymen for years for a white climber 
that would rank up with Crimson Rambler, and now we have 
the pleasure of offering this White Dorothy Perkins that in 
every way is the equal, if not superior, to Crimson Rambler 
as a red, and Dorothy Perkins as a pink. This Rose has no 
rival as a white climber. 
WICHMOSS, or “BABY MOSS” (Barbier, 1912.) (C. M.) — 
This is a wonderful break in new Roses, being a cross be¬ 
tween the “Wichuraiana” and “Moss Rose.” It has retained 
the scandent habit of the “Wichuraiana,” making long growths 
five to eight feet in length with the glazed resistant foiiage, 
while the bud is heavily mossed in bright green and has the 
peculiar aromatic odor of the moss family. The flowers are 
borne in clusters that are a daybreak-pink in color, opening 
into bloom that is a good semi-double in fullness. A climb¬ 
ing moss is a wonder, and “Wichmoss” is the forerunner of 
an entirely new family of Roses; hardy. 
