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Old-Fashioned Roses 
of a notable collection of Old-Fashioned Roses discovered in France 
a few years ago, so we hastened to make them available to all 
American collectors and lovers of Old-Fashioned Roses. 
Regardless of the sentimental value attached to these old Roses, 
they have qualities which commend them to the modern grower in 
no slight degree. The flowers have a brave, refreshing informality 
of shape, the range of color is clear and honest, and the constitution 
of the plants is equal to the coldest climate without coddling or 
winter protection. Almost all of them are endowed with a sweet 
and powerful fragrance—the genuine old-rose perfume so rare in 
modern Roses. Surely, in old-fashioned gardens and mixed borders 
they may be given a place apart where they may flower among the 
wallflowers, the daffodils, and the primroses, blending their fragrance 
with the lilies and pinks, and the gillyflowers and carnations, and 
all the delightful odds and ends which made the true charm of the 
old-time garden. 
What if their flowers do not have the regularity, the finish, the 
texture, or the perfections as we call it, of the modern bloom? 
Present-day standards of shape and color have no authority beyond 
today. The limits of beauty extend beyond the boundaries of 
modern taste. The old Roses have an eloquence of their own which 
speaks compellingly to all who love the Rose, who know its history, 
and appreciate what it means to humanity. 
We have omitted from this book a number of Old-Fashioned Roses 
which are in general commerce. Among them will be found such fairly 
well-known varieties as: 
Austrian Copper. Feet. (Listed, 1596.) 
Bardou Job. Bourbon. (Nabonnand, 1887.) 
Caroline Marniesse. H. Nois. (Roeser, 1848.) 
Chromatella. Nois. (Coquereau, 1843.) 
Scotch. (Ancient.) 
Gloire de Dijon. T. (Jacotot, 1853.) 
Harison’s Yellow. Scotch. (Harison, 1830.) 
Marechal Niel. Nois. (Pradel, 1864.) 
Mme. Plantier. H. Nois. (Plantier, 1835.) 
Persian Yellow. R. Foet. (Willock, 1837.) 
Souv. de la Malmaison. Bourbon. (Beluze, 1843.) 
Stanwell Perpetual. Scotch (Lee.) 
Zephirine Drouhin. Bourbon. (Bizot, 1868.) 
All these Roses are described and offered in our regular catalogue. 
BOBBINK & ATKINS 
