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CORLISS BROS. INC., NURSERIES 16 GLOUCESTER, MASS. 
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oses . . . 
As long as they exist ROSES will retain their dominant grip on the affections and apprecia¬ 
tions of flower lovers. 
Dormant roses should be well watered and the tops protected from the sun until the buds 
show growth, for the failure of most roses to live is due to lack of moisture. 
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Few plants give greater satisfaction than the modern 
ever-blooming Hybrid Tea Roses. 
We can supply field-grown dormant plants 
at 65 cents each, $5.50 per 10; extra 
heavies at 75 cts. each, $6.50 per 10 
SPECIAL 
POTTED ROSES FOR SUMMER PLANTING 
The new and modern way 
SELECT YOUR ROSES IN BLOOM 
Ready after May 20th. 
$1.00 each $9.50 per 10 
General Mac Arthur. Both buds and flowers are crimson- 
aei scarlet, well shaped. An erect plant which blooms 
in crops. It is one of the most fragrant red Roses. 
K. A. Victoria. Creamy buds and perfect, snow-white 
blooms tinted lemon-yellow at center; fragrant. Me¬ 
dium upright growth. A most perfect white Rose. 
Lady Alice Stanley. Very large, silvery-pink flowers; 
sweetly fragrant. Handsome, deeply veined foliage. 
Fully double flowers are of attractive coloring and 
fine form. It is always dependable. 
Margaret McGredy. Double, cup-shaped flowers, opens 
orange-scarlet, which turns to a peculiar shade of 
carmine-rose. Unusually vigorous, bushy plants 
that bloom continuously. A reliable garden Rose. 
Mme Butterfly. Perfectly formed, light pink flowers, 
faintly tinted with gold. Richly perfumed. A beau¬ 
tiful Rose which is a perfect cut flower. 
MARY HART. (NEW) (Plant Patent No. 8) 
A striking red sport of Talisman. The bud is maroon-red, open¬ 
ing to well-formed blossoms of deep velvety blood-red with an over¬ 
glow of amber. Unlike most red Roses, Mary Hart does not wilt or 
dry out when cut, but opens perfectly. 
$1.00 each; Potted, $1.25 each 
Hybrid Tea Rose 
Betty Uprichard. Semi-double, delicate salmon-pink flow¬ 
ers with a reverse of coppery carmine. Fragrant. 
Tall branching plants. A standard variety. 
Briarcliff. I mng-pointed buds and large, high-centered 
flowers of deep rose-pink, passing to a lighter shade 
on outer petals. Fragrant. Nicely formed plant with 
healthy foliage. One of the finest Roses for cutting. 
Columbia. Fully double, well-formed, bright pink flow¬ 
ers which last a long time when cut. Very fragrant. 
A standard garden variety for a good many years. 
COUNTESS VANDALL. (NEW) 
(Plant Patent No. 38) 
The sensation of the shows. The most popu¬ 
lar variety at the Century of Progress. A lovely 
coppery pink and gold, extra long pointed buds. 
$1.00 each; Potted $1.25 each 
Mrs. E. P. Thom. Clean, healthy, vigorous growth with abundant, dark 
bronze, disease-resistant foliage and a continuous free bloomer through¬ 
out the season The good-sized buds are long and develop into full, 
double, very shapely flowers of a rich, deep, lemon-yellow. 
Ophelia. Nicely formed, creamy-white flowers with pale pink stains. A per¬ 
fect cut-flower. Medium plants. We recommend this fine old Rose 
for every garden. 
President Herbert Hoover. Large flowers of flaming scarlet and yellow in 
the bud, opening to soft, creamy yellow with scarlet markings. One of 
the most satisfactory garden roses. Unusual growth; free blooming, 
with rich fragrance. 
Radiance. Globular, cupped flowers of two-toned pink, 
light silvery tone on the inside and deeper on the 
outside. It produces more flowers than almost any 
other Rose; sweetly scented. 
Red Radiance. A sport of Radiance and exactly like 
its parent except in color, which is a deep shade of 
red. As large and vigorous, and as free blooming. 
Rev. F. Page-Roberts. Copper-red buds of great length, 
opening to golden yellow blooms stained outside 
with red, fully double and very large and fragrant. 
Roslyn. (New) Tapering buds and gloriously big, ruf¬ 
fled flowers of golden yellow with orange shadings 
on the reverse. Good grower and fine for bedding. 
Talisman. Variable flowers ranging from rich scarlet 
and gold to deep rose and pale yellow; very fragrant. 
It produces excellent flowers for cutting. 
Willowmere. Long, glowing, salmon-pink buds, opening 
to blooms of brilliant shell-pink, with a luminous 
glow of yellow’. A rose of high merit that loses none 
of its popularity. 
Please feel free to consult us on your garden problems. 
