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Perhaps there is no one group of plants that is so 
useful and beautiful in so many different ways as the 
Climbing Roses. 
3 rear FIELD GROWN—75^ each; $6.50 per 10. 
4 'year FIELD GROWN—$1.00 each; 9.00 per 10. 
5 vear FIELD GROWN (Ex. Heavy) $1.50 - 2.00 each 
POTTED CLIMBING ROSES FOR SUMMER 
PLANTING—$1.00 each. 
Emily Gray. A fine, vigorous Climber with shining, 
holly-like foliage with large, deep yellow buds which 
open to fine, fragrant, golden-buff flowers in middle 
June. 
Excelsa. This is the Rose which displaced the old Crim¬ 
son Rambler. It makes vigorous, wiry growth with 
glossy foliage and bears immense trusses of ros> - 
scarlet flowers. An excellent bank-cover. Flower¬ 
ing in late June. 
Gardenia. Vigorous climber with handsome foliage and 
rather large, pale, creamy yellow buds, and blooms of 
delicate ivory-white, occasionally deeper yellow in 
the center in middle June. 
American Pillar. A rampant grower with glossy foliage, 
bearing huge trusses of two inch, single flowers of 
dazzling, scarlet-rose with large, white centers and 
golden-vekow' stamens. Blooms in middle June. 
Chaplin’s Pink Climber. Rather large, single to semi¬ 
double flowers of a very brilliant, pure pink shade, 
borne in great profusion by a strong, husky plant 
which makes magnificent growth the first season. 
Very hardy. Blooms in middle June. 
Christine Wright. Very large cupped, but informal flow¬ 
ers of exquisite, wild-rose-pink, borne in enormous, 
long-stemmed sprays on a moderately strong climb¬ 
ing plant which produces occasional flowers in sum¬ 
mer and fall. Blooms early in June. 
Climbing American Beauty. Extremely beautiful. A 
strong, healthy, vigorous grower. It has but one 
blooming season, middle June. It bears abundantly, 
large, bright, rosy-pink flowers. 
Dorothy Perkins. No modern variety has yet surpassed 
this in sheer delicacy of outline or beauty of its 
brilliant color. The double, pink flowers are borne 
in huge trusses in late June. An excellent bank- 
cover. 
Dr. Van Fleet. Probably the best-known and best-liked 
of the large-flowered, hardy. Climbing Roses. It 
grows vigorously to almost any height desired and 
bears an abundance of long-stemmed, beautifully 
formed flowers of a soft, pale shade of flesh-pink, 
equal in most ways to the finest Hybrid Teas. 
Blooms in middle june. 
Mary Wallace. A Pillar Rose, with large, glossy foliage, 
blooming with great freedom about the middle of 
June, and bearing a large number of fine buds in 
summer and fall. Flowers very large, well-formed, 
semi-double, of a bright, clear rose-pink with salmon 
base. 
Max Graf. A trailing Rose useful as a ground-cover to 
hang over banks and to cover rough ground. The 
bright, reddish-pink, single flowers are borne in 
lGOoC sprays, very showy and handsome, starting 
about middle of June. 
Mme. Gregoire Staechelin. Aiso called “Spanish Beauty.” 
Stiff, erect C.imber with huge, fragrant, delicate pink 
flowers, stained crimson. Remarkable for its broad, 
frilled petals and profuse blooming; middle June. 
Paul’s Scarlet. A popular Climbing Rose of moderate 
vigor, highly prized for its clusters of medium-sized, 
vivid scarlet flow T ers, blooming in early June, remain¬ 
ing in good condition for a long period. 
Primrose. A new, hardy, yellow-flow r ered Rose with me¬ 
dium-sized, fully double flowers. It is bright yellow 
in the bud, opening to pale, transparent, lemon- 
tinted flowers of great beauty, retaining the yellow 
tint until the petals fall. One of the first to bloom 
in June and one of the last to finish. 
Silver Moon. Beautiful, semi-double flowers, pure white 
in color, petals of great substance, beautifully cupped, 
forming a Clematis-like flower in middle June. The 
large bunch of }/ellow stamens in the center add to 
its attractiveness. 
RECENT INTRODUCTIONS 
GOLDEN CLIMBER (Mrs Arthur Curtis James) 
(Plant Patent No. 28.) It does not make a short blast of bloom like most climb¬ 
ers. Its beauty is long lasting. After the first prolonged period of bloom, some mag¬ 
nificent flowers can again be expected, and “The Last Rose of Summer” may come from 
Golden Climber. 
Potted $1.25 each; $12.75 per dozen. 
NEW DAWN (Everblooming Dr. Van Fleet) 
(Plant Patent No. 1) The first really worthwhile everblooming hardy climber. 
Flowers come continually from early summer until freezing weather. 
Potted $1.75 each; $18.00 per dozen. 
PRINCESS VAN ORANGE. 
(Plant Patent No. 106.) Sensational climbing sport of Gloria Mundi. It has 
rich green foliage and is literally covered with masses of blazing red flowers with 
polyantha-like trusses. 1 he most talked of European climbing novelty in many years. 
Potted $1.25 each; $12.75 per dozen. 
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The liberal use of fertilizer will well repay you. 
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