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foliage is very lustrous. This rose is thriving 
wonderfully in many parts of Massachusetts, 75 
cents each. 
Le Reve. A fine yellow pillar rose which stays yel¬ 
low, is also fragrant and carries splendid foliage. 
Marie Gouchault. (E. Turbat & Co., 1927.) Resembles 
Dorothy Perkins in habit but the flowers are much 
more brilliant, of a geranium pink color with no 
trace of magenta. 
Mary Lovett. Pure waxy white, a charming climber. 
Mme. Gregoire Staechelin. Better known as the 
“Spanish Beauty” rose, an immense pink flower, 
extremely vigorous. 
Mary Wallace. (Dr. Van Fleet, 1921.) Large bright 
pink flowers illumined with gold and quite fra¬ 
grant, very vigorous. 
Mermaid. Still rather scarce, this lovely and im¬ 
mensely popular English variety is steadily increas¬ 
ing in popularity. The large single yellow flowers 
are 4-5 inches in diameter and plants flower over a 
long season. $1.00. 
New Dawn. (Somerset Rose Nursery.) (Plant Patent 
No. 1.) A truly ever blooming pink climber, best 
described as a perpetual flowering Dr. Van Fleet. 
This, the first patented rose has emphatically made 
good. $1.50. 
Paul’s Scarlet Climber. (William Paul & Son, 1916.) 
The finest of all our climbing red roses, flowers 
are large, carried on trusses of moderate size and 
hold their color until fading, a grand pillar rose. 
Primrose. A vigorous, hardy and quite dependable 
climber with soft yellow flowers which are quite 
large and fully double. 
Purity. Large semi-double snow-white flowers, very 
free. 
Silver Moon. (Dr. Van Fleet, 1910.) Holds first place 
easily amongst climbing roses. The large flowers 
are pure white in color and the golden anthers 
show up very prominently above the translucent 
petals. Splendid foliage and extremely vigorous. 
Wichuraiana. A fine Japanese rose, useful as climb¬ 
er and also for covering banks, the foliage is very 
attractive, making a perfect mat of evergreen. The 
single white flowers are carried in trusses. 
Price of Climbing Roses except otherwise priced 50 
cents each, $5.00 doz., $40.00 per 100. 
RUGOSA AND HYBRID RUGOSA ROSES 
Agnes. (Saunders, 1922.) Of Canadian origin and 
will withstand rigorous winter conditions, buds 
are coppery turning amber yellow, a strong grower. 
Flowers are fragrant. 
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. (Muller, 1900.) A very 
handsome rugosa, the large flowers are light pink 
in color and very freely produced, very robust 
grower. 
Dr. Eckener. (Berger, 1930.) Salmon pink with golden 
base. 
Blanc Double de Coubert. An excellent pure white. 
F. J. Grootendorst. (Degoey, 1918.) Flowers are 
bright red and suggestive of the old Crimson 
Rambler in color, borne very abundantly through 
the season, makes a fine hedge plant. 
Max Graf. A trailing variety for covering ground 
or walls, the light single pink flowers are very 
freely produced, carries splendid foliage. 
