Roses For The Garden 
15 
ROSES — Continued 
Two New Roses of Merit 
TALISMAN 
The most gorgeous assemblage of colors in one flower, ever 
presented by a rose. The bud is long and shapely, developing 
into medium sized compactly double flowers; a free-bloomer. 
Here are the strong colors exhibited, mostly in well defined 
angular blocks; gold, apricot yellow, bloodorange, deep pink 
and old rose. 
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER 
One of the best introductions in years both for outside and 
greenhouse plantings. A rose unexcelled for cutting and its 
free blooming qualities. A combination of colors, cerise,, pink, 
flame, scarlet and yellow. 
Radiance. Large, roundish buds borne on long, erect stems. 
Brilliant rose-carmine shaded with rich opaline tints. Beau¬ 
tifully formed buds. 
Wm. R. Smith. One of the hardy Tea Roses. Large flowers, 
full and double; beautifully formed buds. In color a salmon- 
pink blended with shades of cream and rose. 
Lady Ashtown. Rich silver pink, very double blooms with 
higfi pointed center, the flowers keep well after cutting. 
Los Angeles. Flowers large and continuous, in color a flame 
pink, toned with coral and shaded with translucent gold at 
the base of the petals. 
Madame Butterfly. A symphony of white bright pink, apricot 
and gold, in the incomparable Ophelia style. 
Mme. Albert Barbier. A magnificent new variety of fully dou¬ 
ble formation, great freedom and extra long blooming season. 
Pearl white suffused with blush pink, the golden apricot 
glow from base and center richly illuminating. Low, com¬ 
pact growth. 
Madame Edouard Herriot (Daily Mail). Especially beautiful 
in bud or when half open. Color, coral-red shaded with yel¬ 
low and bright rose. 
Willowmere. (Per.) A robust garden rose of bushy habit, with 
beautiful buds, very large flowers and lustrous green foliage. 
Color rich shrimp-pink, shaded yellow at center and toning 
to cream-pink. 
YELLOW ROSES 
Alexander Hill Gray. A wonderful, prolific bloomer. Flowers 
beautifully formed, drooping from high pointed center ; deep 
lemon yellow and remarkably fragrant. 
Duchess of Wellington. Enormous, tapering buds of golden 
orange, slowly opening to very large saffron-colored flowers. 
Etoile de Lyon. A grand rose for forcing, of superb form and 
habit; color rich saffron-yellow, brighter in the center; very 
large and full, blooming profusely; grows vigorously. 
Sunburst. Flowers of good size, beautiful orange - copper 
shaded to deepest golden. Buds long, pointed, borne on long 
stems. 
Harrison’s Yellow. Small, semi-double, golden yellow flowers 
in such profusion it is a mass of color. 
Hugonis Shrub Rose. Known to be in bloom during a snow¬ 
storm ! The color is intense canary-yellow, very bright and 
attractive. When in bloom the entire plant is covered with 
bright, sunshiny yellow blooms and buds making a wonder¬ 
ful early spring show. It later forms rich, scarlet berries 
which remain until winter and are very noticeable. 
Lady Hillingdon. Strong apricot yellow buds, still pale yellow 
when open, with an added orange tinge. 
Mrs. Aaron Ward. One of the most dependable of all garden 
roses. Its deep Indian yellow flowers, agreeably shaded in 
various tints of orange, are produced throughout the season. 
Souv. de Claudius Pernet. A dependable golden-yellow gar¬ 
den rose. It is equally charming in bud, or while opening, 
and after fully blooming. 
Luxemburg. A fine large, fully double rose of vigorous branch¬ 
ing habit, and unusual freedom for the color which is a rich 
golden yellow. 
Yellow Cochet, or Madame Derepas Matrat. A pure Tea Rose, 
very free-growing and hardy in character, withstanding ten 
degrees below zero. It throws up fine, strong stems, crowned 
by solitary buds of grand size; the color is a good sulphur- 
yellow, blooms very large, perfectly double, splendid form 
and freely produced. 
RED ROSES 
Charles K. Douglas. An English rose of vigorous upright 
growth, and liberal, fragrant bloom which is of delightful 
form. Color, a flaming scarlet flushed with velvety crimson. 
Crusader. A beautiful dark red rose of unusual merit, it is 
beautiful in bud, as well as open flower, very fragrant. 
Etoile de France. Strong, upright grower with a bronze-green 
foliage which is not subject to insect pests. An almost con¬ 
stant bloomer, producing large, full, cup-formed flowers of 
velvety crimson. 
Etoile de Hollande. A novelty red rose of fine character and 
strong appeal. A vigorous, healthy grower and free bloomer. 
The flowers are a brilliant crimson red. 
Francis Scott Key. Red, shading to cerise; very large with a 
profusion of petals opening to a high center. 
Red Radiance. A rose truly American, one that has come to 
the fore since being introduced, a rose of exceptional merit. 
This rose while similar to the original Radiance is consid¬ 
ered one of the best red roses. 
Gruss An Teplitz (Crimson Hermosa). The choicest of bright, 
vivid scarlet roses, shading to crimson. 
Hadley. The large, double blossoms are a rich, deep, velvety 
crimson. 
Red Maman Cochet. A healthy, vigorous grower, throwing up 
strong shoots and producing great masses of splendid roses 
the whole growing season. Flowers are extra large, per¬ 
fectly double and deliciously sweet. Color, bright rose-red, 
elegantly shaded and exceedingly beautiful. 
Safrano. Saffron and apricot; one of the oldest and best 
Roses; in the bud shape it cm hardly be surpassed. 
Francis Scott Key Rose. 
