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Best Climbing Roses 
American Pillar. Flowers single brilliant pink, 
with white eye borne in clusters nine inches 
across. The most popular single flowered climber. 
Cl. American Beauty. Color a rich red, heavy 
strong grower; hardy everywhere. Plant en¬ 
tirely covered with blossoms in early spring. 
Crimson Rambler. 
The old favorite with 
large heads of small 
scarlet crimson flowers. 
Also makes splendid 
hedge rose. 
Dr. Win. Van Fleet. 
Very large flowers, 
color a delicate shade 
of flesh pink, deepen¬ 
ing to rosy flesh in cen¬ 
ter. A splendid cilmber 
for the south. 
Dorothy Perkins. 
Graceful twining 
growth of great vigor; 
flowers soft shell pink 
in great clusters. 
Excelsa (Red Dor¬ 
othy Perkins). Fine, 
crimson scarlet. Flow¬ 
ers are borne in large 
clusters. Vigorous 
grower, good healthy 
foliage. One of the 
best climbing roses. 
Strong, field-grown, 2-year-old plants, 30c each; 
5 for $1.00; 10 for $1.85. 
Pauls Scarlet Climber. The most brilliant 
red climber known. A clear, vivid shining scar¬ 
let, retaining its color until the petals fall. A 
flame of scarlet when in bloom. 
Silver Moon. A very delightful white climbing 
rose. The flowers are semi-double, very large, 
pure glistening white, with a heavy fringe of 
brilliant yellow stamens. Foliage is exceedingly 
healthy, of a bright glossy green; plant very vig¬ 
orous and hardy. Beautiful by itself or in a 
combination planting with other more colorful 
sorts. 
Rose of Fairfield. A rich red, a trifle darker 
than the Crimson Rambler, perfect shaped, dou¬ 
ble miniature blossoms borne in large clusters. 
Contrary .to all other Climbers, however, as the 
plant puts on new growth, each new shoot is 
covered with new clusters of bud, making a de¬ 
lightful continuation of bloom from June until fall. 
Miscellaneous and Rugosa 
Roses 
Rosa Rugosa. The roses that grow where no 
others will; absolutely hardy even in the bleak 
cold climate, where many roses are more or less 
of a disappointment. And they will grow with 
equally as much vigor in the central and south¬ 
ern states. They require no winter protection. 
They are shrubby growing plants, excellent 
for hedges, borders, or in groups with shrubs. 
Once planted they are permanent—no pruning, 
no spraying. Just a little manure spaded in 
around them and the ground kept loose, and they 
will last for years, yielding a great abundance of 
, large, double, fragrant, colorful blooms. The 
foliage, too, of the Rosa Rugosa is unusually 
artistic, being fine, somewhat wrinkled and waxy, 
and free from disease, covering the plant in great 
and lasting abundance. At maturity they reach 
a height of from 4 to 8 feet, and following the 
flowers are brilliant seed-pods or ‘‘hips’’ which 
hang on nearly all winter. 
Besides being an important part of the rose 
garden, the Rosa Rugosa are splendid plants for 
foundation groups. In combination with flower¬ 
ing shrubs, they lend an unusually artistic finish 
to -the home landscape. Not only this, but they 
make a beautiful hedge. An ideal rose, too, for 
cemetery planting. 
Rosa Rugosa Rubra. Sp. Flowers are large, 
five-petaled, and very fragrant, varying from 
bright pink to deep carmine. Blooms very early 
and continues all summer, leaving behind a 
wealth of enormous, most attractive seed-hips like 
little red apples. Plant among shrubs. $1 each. 
Rosa setigera (Prairie Rosa). A trailing or 
arching native species for low walls and slopes. 
Flowers, single pink, profuse, later than most 
wild roses. Hips decorative in winter. Often 
masses for naturalistic effects. 
Rosa wichuriana (Memorial Rose). Numerous 
clusters of pure white flowers with showy, golden 
stamens; flowers produced late in the season. 
The plant is of the true trailing type and forms 
a dense mass of shining, somewhat evergreen 
foliage. Especially adaptable as a ground cover 
or for holding steep banks. 
Hugonis (The Golden Rose of China). We 
have it at last for our customers—a fine, hardy, 
dependable yellow shrub rose that so many have 
been asking for. In May and June the graceful, 
shrubby plant is like a true shower of gold—the 
arching branches completely covered with beau¬ 
tiful, 2-inch single flowers artistically set off with 
tufted stamens, and that melting shade of yellow 
that ranges from deep gold to canary. You will 
find it very ornamental in the foreground of your 
shrubbery groups or in the corners of the rose 
garden. Then, its fine foliage, red stems and hairy 
bristles make the plant unusually attractive when 
out of bloom. 
Sir Thomas Lipton. Another very vigorous 
large growing plant to be used as specimen, or 
as background for smaller plants. Has large 
double white blooms produced all season. 
Conrad Ferdenand Meyer. This is an enor¬ 
mous grower and makes a fine specimen plant for 
the lawn. The flowers are a large double cup 
shape of intense pink, with the penetrating 
fragrance of the old June roses. A rare novelty 
worth trying. 
F. J. Grootendorst. Charming clusters of 
double blooms of carnation red come in great 
abundance, not only in June but throughout the 
summer, no rose excelling it in continuous bloom. 
Bushy, vigorous hardy plants that are ideal for 
hedge planting, though just as fine for specimens. 
Has the same healthy, attractive foliage of all 
Rugosas. 
Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria 
