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THE ELIZABETH NUKSEEY COMPANY. 
Each. Doz. 
First size... 
Second size 
Except where priced. 
25 .^2 50 
15 1 50 
Baltimore Belle — Pale blush, variegated carmiue, 
rose and white; double; flowers in beautiful clus¬ 
ters, the whole plant appearing a perfect mass of 
bloom; one of the best climbing r(jses. 
Carmiue Pillar — Xeu- single rose, the flower from 
to 4 inches across, of the brightest possible rosy 
carmine, and produced very abundantly; the dis¬ 
play' lasts for several weeks; quite hardy; one of 
the very linest of ornamentcil shrubby roses of the 
freest growth. 
Climbing Jule.s Margottiii—Deep rosj^ pitik color, 
same as Jules Margottin, but of climbing habit. 
Climbing Kai.seriii Augusta Victoria. 
Climbing La Franco—This beautiful new climbing 
hybrid tea is a sport from that grand variety. 
La Fiance, and identical with it in every particular, 
save its climbing habit of growth. Beautiful in 
form and color, an early and continuous bloomer; 
delicate, silvery pink flowers in great abundance. 
Requires moderate protection duringsevere winters. 
Climbing Victor Verdier —Brilliant rosy carmiue, 
edged'with purple; very large, full and fragrant. 
Crimson Rambler — See cut and description on 
page 31. 
Dawson—Dawson is a wonderfully strong grower^ 
absolutely hardy; is suitable-for training over bal¬ 
conies or trellises, where it can have support. It 
blooms in immense pyramidal clusters similar to 
Crimson Rambler. The flowers are large, full and 
double, and in color are a bright carmine; they are 
highly fragrant. Plardy everywhere. 
Empress of China— Commences flowering the last 
of May; it will bloom repeatedly till very late in 
the fall. In vigor of growth, it is unsurpassed. 
The flowers are small but delicate and waxy; some¬ 
what fragrant. The color is dark red in the bud, 
changes as thefloweropens to a lighter red or pink, 
like an apple blossom. ’ 
Halloween—15c. to 35c. 
Helene—.-Vn improvement in many wavs upon even 
Its wonderful parent, the Crimson Rainbler. It is of 
very robust growth, throwing up canes 10 to 15 
feet high in a single season. The foliage is similar 
to that of Crimson Rambler. It seems perfectly 
hardy and has stood the winter in the Northern 
United vStates rather better than the Crimson 
• Rambler. Its flowers are borne in large clusters 
a well grown bush producing them in amazing 
profusion. The individual flowers are larger than 
those of Crimson Rambler, nearly double and of 
good substance, remaining in perfection on the bush 
for a long time. The color is a pure, soft violet 
rose, almost blush; base of petals yellowish The 
numerous anthers and pistils are pure:yellow and 
give further color to the flowers. The buds are 
carmiue, finely ciliated or mossed and are borne in 
clusters of 25 to 50. Small plant, 15c. 
Prairie Queen—Clear, bright pink, sometimes with 
a white stripe; large, compact and globular, very 
double and full; blooms in clusters; one of the finest. 
Rosa setigera (F’rairie Rose)—This is the parent 
form of the Prairie Roses, bearing multitudes of 
large, single, rose colored fading white flowers 
borne in very showy clusters in mid-July. A plant 
of rampant growth with handsome foliage, which 
at its blooming season is quite hid by the wealth of 
flowers. 
RusselTs Cottage — Very double and full flowers 
of fine, rich, dark crimson; an excessive bloomer. 
Seven Sisters—Large flow'ers in clusters of seven 
roses each, of varied colors from white to crimson. 
Tennessee Belle—A strong, vigorous climber and 
free bloomer; bright, rosy blush. 
Pink Rambler (Euphrosyne.) 
Color, a clear, light red, with numerous golden an¬ 
thers. A very profuse bloomer and vigorous grower. 
White Rambler (Thalia.) 
Pure white. In other characteristics very similar 
to Aglaia. 
Yellow Rambler (Agiaia.) 
This rose has withstood, unprotected and without 
injury, a continued temperature ten degrees below 
zero, and with protection in the winter it will do well 
anywhere that other roses succeed. The color is a 
clear, decided yellow, borne in clusters. 
Climbing White Pet. 
_ The most rapid growing and freest blooming climb¬ 
ing rose in existence. The branches are slender and 
extremely graceful, and are furnished with an abun¬ 
dance of large, clean, handsome foliage which adds 
greatly to its value. It blooms like Crimson Ram¬ 
bler. The flowers are pure, snowy white, of medium 
Size, double and full, and are borne in trusses, after 
tlie fashion of Crimson Rambler, with the shoots and 
stems covered with the beautiful large clusters of 
pure white flowers presents a lovely sight; are fra- 
graut; emitting acherry-like odor, both delicate and 
delicious; hardy in the coldest climate with moderate 
protection. It is a trueever-bloomingrose, producing 
its charming flow^ers continually throughout the sea¬ 
son. It blooms the first year after planting. 
EVERBLOOMING TEA ROSES. 
The eyer-bloomiug tea roses are universally regarded as the mnst i i 
planting in the open ground; they commence to flo^ver al^st as soon ^ ^ 
roses for general 
throughout the entire season; flowers increasing in size and beL1;v untn and continue 
exquisite delicacy of coloring, and their delighthil fia-rlnce noted for their 
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