CORLISS BROS. 
INC., NURSERIES 
GLOUCESTER, MASS. 
ROSES 
As long as they exist, Roses will retain their dominant grip on 
the alTections and appreciations of llower lovers. 
Dormant Roses should be well watered and the tops protected 
from the sun until the buds show growth. The failure of most 
Roses to live is due to lack of moisture. Give your Rose-plants 
the care they deserve and you will be well repaid. 
EVERBLOOMING HYBRID TEA ROSES 
Few plants give greater satisfaction than the modern everblooming Hybrid Tea Roses. 
We can supply field-grown dormant plants until May 1 at 65 cts. each; $5.50 per 10. 
Extra-heavy plants at 75 cts. each; $6.50 per 10, unless otherwise noted 
SPECIAL POTTED ROSES 
The New and Modern Way. Select Your Roses 
in Bloom. Ready after May 20 
$1.00 each; $9.50 per 10 
unless otherwise noted 
See color illustrations, pages 18 and 19 
Betty Uprichard. 2J^ ft. Semi-double, 
delicate salmon-pink llowers with coppery 
carmine reverse; fragrant. 
Briarcliff. 2 ft. Long-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. Good cut-flower. 
COUNTESS VANDAL. (New.) Plant Pat¬ 
ent No. 38. 2 ft. The most popular variety 
at the Century of Progress. A lovely cop¬ 
pery pink and gold; extra long-pointed 
buds. Dormant, $1.00 each; potted, $1.25. 
ECLIPSE. Plant Patent No. 172. ft. 
The “streamlined” buds are ornamented 
with narrow branching sepals which con¬ 
trast harmoniously with the golden yellow 
of the petals. Dependable for almost con¬ 
tinuous bloom on strong, upright plants 
with healthy, dark green foliage. Dor¬ 
mant, $1.25 each; potted, $1.50. 
Essence. 2 ft. Long-pointed buds and 
fragrant flowers of fiery, velvety crimson. 
Vigorous, bushy plants. 
Frau Karl Druschki. The most popular, 
free-blooming, snow-white Rose. Gigantic, 
beautifully shaped buds and blooms; very 
vigorous. Not fragrant. 
GLOAMING. Plant Patent No. 137. 2 ft. 
Open blooms are an unusual shade of pink, 
overlaid with salmon. The general ton¬ 
ality is salmon-pink, overcast with tawny 
orange, and gold at the base running up 
the reverse of the petals. Long, rigid stems 
with handsome foliage. Dormant, $1.00 
each; potted, $1.25. 
Grenoble. 2}^ ft. Crimson buds open to 
glowing scarlet-crimson blooms. The 
flowers are fully double, of large size, on 
unusually long stems. Good for cutting. 
Joanna Hill. Xy ft. Long, shapely buds 
of orange-yellow opening to large, double 
flowers with an orange center, paling to 
buff at the edges of the petals. Strong 
stems almost free of thorns. 
Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria. 2 ft. Creamy 
buds and perfect, snow-white blooms 
tinted lemon-yellow at center; fragrant. 
A most perfect white Rose. 
Margaret McGredy. 234 R. Double, cup¬ 
shaped flowers that open orange-scarlet 
and turn to a peculiar shade of carmine- 
rose. Unusually vigorous, bushy plants 
that bloom continuously. 
Mme. Butterfly. 2 ft. Perfectly formed, 
light pink flowers, faintly tinted with gold; 
richly perfumed. A perfect cut-flower. 
MARY HART. (New.) Plant Patent No. 8. 
2 ft. A striking red sport of Talisman. 
The bud is maroon-red, opening to well- 
formed blossoms of deep velvety blood- 
red with an overglow of amber. Unlike 
most red Roses, Mary Hart does not wilt 
or dry out when cut, but opens perfectly. 
Dormant, $1.00 each; potted, $1.25. 
McGREDY’S SUNSET. Plant Patent 
applied for. Medium-sized flowers with 
outside petals of clear buttercup-yellow', 
tipped orange; inside chrome-yellow flushed 
with scarlet as they expand; freely borne 
on strong stems. Fragrant. Dormant, 
$1.50 each; potted, $1.75. 
MATADOR. Plant Patent No. 170. 2 ft. A 
soft velvety crimson with darker silvery 
sheen and a maroon depth, blending har¬ 
moniously with other rose colors. Blooms 
are large and double, brimful of Attar of 
Roses. While it is a cut Rose, the branch¬ 
ing habit makes it also a good bedding 
variety. Sturdy grower and steady bloomer. 
Dormant, $1.00 each; potted, $1.25. 
Mrs. E. P. Thom. 2 ft. Clean, healthy, 
vigorous growth; disease-resistant foliage, 
continuous free bloomer throughout the 
season. The good-sized buds are long and 
develop into full, double, very shapely 
flowers of a rich, deep lemon-yellow. 
M rs. Henry Morse. 134 R- Flowers are 
two contrasting tones of pink with silvery 
shadings and underlying yellow glow. 
Large, double and moderately fragrant. 
President Herbert Hoover. 3 ft. Flaming 
scarlet and yellow buds opening to large, 
soft, creamy yellow flowers with scarlet 
markings; rich fragrance. One of the most 
satisfactory garden Roses. 
R. M. S. QUEEN MARY. Plant Patent No. 
249. 2 ft. Rich glowing salmon with ex¬ 
quisite pure pink and orange base. Long- 
pointed buds develop into large delicately 
perfumed flowers. Strong, vigorous plants. 
Dormant, $1.50 each; potted, $1.75. 
Radiance. 23^2 R- Globular, cupped flowers 
of two-toned pink, light silvery tone on 
the inside and deeper on the outside; 
sweetly scented. 
Red Radiance. 234 R- A sport of Radiance 
and exactly like its parent except in color, 
which is a deep shade of red. 
Rev. F. Page-Roberts. 1 34 R- Copper-red 
buds of great length, opening to golden 
yellow blooms stained outside with red, 
fully double, very large and fragrant. 
RQME GLORY. Plant Patent No. 304. 
The large crimson-red buds open into full, 
w'ell-formed, fragrant, cerise-red blooms on 
long stems. Robust, vigorous and very 
hardy. Dormant, $1.50 ea.; potted, $1.75. 
SIGNORA (pronounced Seen-yora). Plant 
Patent No. 201. 234 R- Long, warm 
burnt sienna buds open to a lighter hue 
toward mandarine. The very fragrant, 
double blooms are borne on long stems 
with handsome foliage. Dormant, $1.25 
each; potted, $1.50. 
Talisman. 2 ft. Variable flowers ranging 
from rich scarlet and gold to deep rose and 
pale yellow; very fragrant. It produces 
excellent flowers for cutting. 
Ville de Paris. 2 ft. Exquisitely lovely, 
brilliant golden yellow blooms on very long 
stems; delicately fragrant. Erect, wiry, 
bronze-colored canes and reddish foliage. 
WHITE BRIARCLIFF. Plant Patent No. 
108. 2 ft. A supreme, absolutely pure 
white Rose. Tremendous producer and 
ideal for cutting. Vigorous, bushy plants. 
Cannot be recommended too highly. Dor¬ 
mant, $1.00 each; potted, $1.25. 
White Killarney. 134 R- Long-pointed, 
snow-white buds and large, double, pure 
white flowers that are very fragrant. Good 
grower and fine bedder. 
Willowmere. 134 R- Long, glowing, salmon- 
pink buds, opening to blooms of brilliant 
shell-pink, with a luminous glow of yellow. 
A Rose of high merit. 
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HARDY CLIMBING 
ROSES 
Perhaps there is no one group of plants 
that is so useful and beautiful in so many 
different ways as the Climbing Roses. 
Dormant, field-grown plants until May 1, 
75 cts. each; $6.50 per 10, unless 
otherwise noted 
SPECIAL POTTED ROSES 
The New and Modern Way. 
Ready after May 20 
$1.00 eacb; $9.50 per 10, 
unless otherwise noted 
Extra-heavy plants, $1.50 and 
$2.00 each 
Recent Introductions 
DOUBLOONS. Plant Patent No. 152. The 
clusters of very large, cup-shaped, saffron- 
yellow blooms open one after the other, 
thus prolonging the season. Has a ten¬ 
dency to repeat in midsummer. Long, 
heavy canes. Potted only, $1.75 each; 
$18.00 per doz. 
GOLDEN CLIMBER (Mrs. Arthur Cur¬ 
tiss James). See description and color 
illustration, page 18. 
NEW DAWN (Everblooming Dr. W. Van 
Fleet). See description and color illustra¬ 
tion, page 19. 
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 in Polyantha-like 
trusses. The most talked-of European 
climbing novelty in many years. Potted 
only, $1.25 each; $12.75 per doz. 
American Pillar. A rampant grower with 
glossy foliage. Bears huge trusses of 2-inch, 
single, dazzling scarlet-rose flowers with 
large white centers and golden yellow 
stamens. Blooms in mid-June. 
Christine Wright. Very large, cupped flow¬ 
ers of exquisite wild-rose-pink, borne in 
enormous, long-stemmed sprays on a 
moderately strong climbing plant which 
produces occasional flowers in summer and 
fall. Blooms early in June. 
Climbing American Beauty. Extremely 
beautiful. A strong, healthy, vigorous 
grower that bears an abundance of large, 
bright rosy pink flowers. One blooming 
period, middle June. 
Dr. W. Van Fleet. Probably the best- 
known and best-liked of the large-flowered, 
hardy Climbing Roses. It grows vigor¬ 
ously to almost any height desired and 
bears an abundance of long-stemmed, beau¬ 
tifully formed flowers of a soft, pale shade 
of flesh-pink. Blooms in middle June. 
Excelsa. The Rose which displaced the old 
Crimson Rambler. Vigorous grower with 
glossy foliage and bears immense trusses 
of rosy scarlet flowers. An excellent bank- 
cover. Blooms in late June. 
Gardenia. Vigorous Climber with handsome 
foliage and rather large, pale creamy yel¬ 
low buds and blooms of delicate ivory- 
white, occasionally deeper yellow in the 
center in mid-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, semi-double, of 
bright, clear rose-pink with salmon base. 
