THE ELIZABETH NERSEKY COMPANY. 
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EVERBLOOMINQ TEA ROSES.-Continued. 
Bou Sileiio—Equall.v valuable for summer or win¬ 
ter blooming. Buds of beautiful form; au unusual 
free bloomer. Color deep rose, shaded carmiue. 
Bride—A pure white rose of perfect form and extra 
large size. The buds are long and pointed; very 
handsome, while the flower opens up beautiful and 
full; delightfully scented. 
Bridesmaid—An exquisite rose, both in bud and 
fully open flower. Color a bright clear pink; a 
lovely shade; flowers very large, perfectly double. 
The buds are large and solid with long stiff stems 
and handsome glossy foliage. 
Catlieriiie Meriuet—The buds are very large and 
gobular, the petals being recurved and showing to 
advantage the lovely bright pink of the centre, 
shading into light creamy pink. 
Childs’ Jewel—The rose of many colors. Flowers of 
various colors borne on the same plant at the same 
time. A reraarKable rose as well as the most beau¬ 
tiful one. Childs’ Jewel produces flowers which 
range in color from dark orange yellow to crimson, 
variegated and blotched. A plant in bloom shows 
no two flowers alike. Some will be dark yellow, 
others light yellow, buff, saffron, light and dark 
crimson; while others will be variegated in a most 
beautiful manner. It is a pure tea rose, the flower 
being large, delightfully fragrant, and in both bud 
and blossom exquisitely beautiful. It is a free 
grower and a profuse bloomer, especially in the 
open ground, loc. to 35c. 
Climbing Bride. 
Climbing Perle des Jardins—A sport from Perle 
des Jardins. Climbing Perle is a strong, vigorous 
climbing Tea, with beautiful, large, double, golden 
yellow flowers. 
Comtesse de Serenye—Beautiful, large, flesh col¬ 
ored flowers; reverse of petals salmon rose; a free 
bloomer, very full and sweet. 
Coquette de Lyon—Vigorous, rapid gi'ower and 
constant bloomer. Pure canary yellow. 
Countess Riza du Parc—Metallic rose, changing to 
pink, very distinct. 
Devoniensis—On account of its whiteness and 
sweetness often called the “Magnolia Rose.” 
Creamy white, delicately flushed in the centre with 
pink. One of the most fragrant roses, and a favor¬ 
ite of long standing. 
Dinsmore—A true perpetual, flowering very freely 
the whole season; flowers large and very double; 
color deep crimson. The plant is of a dwarf, bushy 
habit, every shoot producing a bud. 
Ducliess de Brabant—Few roses equal this in 
freedom of flowering; none surpass it in either fra¬ 
grance or vigor; the flowers are rather loose when 
open, but are rich and peculiarly colored; color 
rose, heavily shaded with amber and salmon. 
Etoile de Lyon—Magnificent Golden Yellow Rose. 
This magnificent tea rose is rich golden yellow; 
strong, healthy and vigorous grower; immense 
bloomer, bearing flowers and buds early and late; 
the flow^ers are very deep, rich and full, very sweet; 
one of the very best and most beautiful yellow 
tea roses, for general planting,ever introduced. 
Ernest Metz—Light carmine rose, w'ith brighter 
center, large, fine shaped flowers; one of the best 
Teas. 
Gen. Robt. E. Lee—A fine, healthy grower and 
most prolific bloomer; buds of fine shape on long, 
stiff stems. Color coppery yellow. Flowers full 
and double. 
Golden Gate—A rose of rare beauty, strong, healthy 
groNvth, and great freedom of bloom. The flowers 
are extra large and finely formed with broad ^taJs 
of lasting substance; buds longand pointed. Color 
creamy white, delicately tinged with golden yellow 
and rose. 15c. 
Highland Mary. 
La Princess Vera—Very double and full; immense 
buds; color pale, changing to salmon rose, shaded 
with carmine. 
j Mine. Hoste—A beautiful free flowering tea rose, 
I with extra large flowers and superb buds, very full 
and highly fragrant. A strong grow-er, and buds 
can always be cut with loug stems. In cool %veather 
the color is ivory white; in summer a bright canary 
with amber centre. 
Mine, de Wattcville — Delightfull}’’ fragrant rose 
with extra large flowers of fine shape; color white, 
shaded with salmon, deepening to bright rose at 
edge of petals. 
Marie Guillot—The queen of white roses. The 
color is pure snow wfliite, sometimes faintly tinged 
pale yellow’. The flowers are maguificentlj^ made, 
extra large, full and double; the buds are very 
pretty; very sw’eet. 
Marie Van Houtte—Creamy white, wflth the outer 
petals W’ashed and outlined wflth a bright rose; 
occasionally the whole flow’er is suffused wdth 
light pink. This beautiful variety succeeds every¬ 
where, is not particular as to soil, thrives under 
i adverse circumstances. It growls vigoroushq 
blooms freely and is most deliciously scented. 
Marion Dingee—It is a strong, vigorous grower. 
The flowers are large, beautifully cup shaped, mod¬ 
erately full, and born in wonderful profusion all 
through the growing season; of excellent sub¬ 
stance, having thick, leathery petals wdiich liold 
their form and color for a long time; it is deep bril¬ 
liant crimson, the darkest, if not the very darkest 
and richest colored tea rose in existence. Flowers 
can be seen in great profusion and w^onderful perfec- 
! tion in the open ground, where it is particularly 
valuable. 
I Meteor—A rich, dark, velvety crimson, ever-blooming 
! rose, as fine in color as the best of the hybrid per- 
j petuals; the flowers are of good size, very double 
: and perfect in shape, either as a bud or when fully 
j opened; the plant is vigorous and remarkably free 
flowering. A splendid sort for pot culture, aud the 
best of all the hybrid teas as a bedding variety for 
summer cut flowers, as it retains its color well, even 
in the hottest weather. . 
Muriel Graham—This superb rose is from that 
favorite variety Catherine Mermet, aud is perfectly 
distinct in color from anything extant, which is a 
pale cream, faintly blushed rose. The habit of 
growth is similar to its parent. 
Niphetos — An elegant tea rose, very large and 
double, deliciously sweet; color,pure white; highly 
valued for its lovely buds, which are very large aud 
pointed. 
Papa Gontier—A magnificent red tea. It is a 
strong grower; the buds are large and long, of a 
dark carmine crimson color, changing to a lighter 
shade in the open flower. An excellent winter 
blooming variety, and one of the best for outdoor 
planting. 
Perle des Jardins—Unquestionably the finest yel¬ 
low rose for either winter or summer flowering. 
The flowers are very large and double, of perfect 
form. Color a rich shade of yellow, a healthy free 
grower. 
Queen—A pure white rose, elegant in shape and 
of very large size; a vigorous healthy grower and 
continuous bloomer, producing a great abundance 
of buds and flowers all through the season. Buds 
finely formed; petals thick, of good substance. 
Opens well aud very sweet. 
Rainbow—A very useful and handsome striped 
variety, of strong, vigorous habit of growth. It 
makes flue buds aud flowers of a beautiful shade of 
piuk, distinctly striped and mottled with bright 
crimson, shaded and toned rich amber yellow. 
SaiTano-Bright apricot yellow, changing to orange 
and fawn, sometimes tinted with rose; valued 
highly for its beautiful buds; fragrant. 
Snov^ flake —This variety is never out of bloom, 
and for a pure white bedding rose its equal is hard 
to find. On account of its freedom of bloom and 
form of growth it is often called “ 'White Hermosa.” 
