The most moderate estimate of the number of Old-Fashioned 
Roses records some 400 varieties of Moss Roses, 1700 Gallicas, no 
less than 350 Centifolias, and 250 Damasks. Of China Roses there 
were some 800; of Bourbons, more than 500; Noisettes, 350; Albas, 
200; 150 Scotch; 1500 Teas, and 300 Hybrid Perpetuals, not includ¬ 
ing varieties produced within the past fifty years. Not one-tenth of 
them can be found in existence anywhere today. 
The two hundred and more Roses described in this booklet have 
been collected by us over a period of some thirty years. Although 
we have been able to check pretty carefully the names and descrip¬ 
tions of some of them, old records are so vague and so scattered, 
and the chances for error have been so great in handing them down 
through the years, that mixture and misnaming have had every 
opportunity to occur. In most cases, we have verified our varieties 
by comparing the actual Roses with the old descriptions. In some 
cases, where more than one old Rose bore the same name, we have 
not yet been able to ascertain definitely which of the several varieties 
we have. In such circumstances, all the descriptions are given, in 
order that the collector may determine for himself. 
We have not propagated these Roses very extensively, but we 
have a sufficient number to supply the collecting interest. We must 
ask our friends’ indulgence if some varieties should not be available 
on demand, but the order will be accepted for delivery when the 
plant can be provided. 
The production of these Roses is not in the line of our general 
nursery business. There is no ready market for them, and we 
cannot undertake to propagate steady supplies each year. If we 
did so, the unsold plants would soon overgrow the nurseries and 
crowd us off the place, or we should go bankrupt destroying the 
surplus. 
The prices of these Roses are fair, although higher than that of 
standard, modern varieties, and represent only a small reimburse¬ 
ment for the effort which we have expended in obtaining, identify¬ 
ing, and growing the more than two hundred varieties which we are 
pleased to offer you. 
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