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WILD BROS NURSERY CO., SARCQXIE, MO. 
For prices lots of 2, 5, 10, 25 see page 17 
Mrs. Chas. Bell; Shell-pink Radiance 
Lovely shell-pink buds and blooms of fine globular form with 
shadings of soft salmon; fragrant; a good cut flower; blooms 
freely: plant strong and bushy with good foliage, resistant to 
leaf diseases. H. T. 55c each. 
Mrs. E. P,. Thom 
Deep rich yellow flowers of good size freely produced: 
growth strong: dark bronzy green foliage. H. T. 55c each. 
Mrs. Joseph Perraud 
Beautiful nasturtium-buff buds flushed with shell-pink, op¬ 
ening carmine-pink; fragrant. H. T., 55c each. 
Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont 
Long pointed rich reddish-gold buds, opening into golden- 
yellow flowers which pale only slightly with age; blooms freely, 
seldom being without flowers or buds; fragrant: bushy habit: 
attractive foliage, disease resistant. One of the best yellow roses 
in our garden. H. T. 55c each. 
Pink Dawn 
A fine deep rose-pink bud, opening to lively pink with 
orange base; fragrant. H. T. 55c each. 
President Herbert Hoover 
Long pointed buds: large flowers with broad, thick, heavy 
petals. The inner surface of the outer petals is dark pink and 
red, the outer surface orange streaked with red; the inner surface 
of the next petals is shaded salmon and apricot, the outer shaded 
cerise-pink, flame and scarlet over orange and yellow; tea fra¬ 
grance; vigorous, upright, blooms freely. H. T. 55c each. 
Pink Radiance; Radiance 
Large, brilliant rose-pink buds opening into globular but not 
too compact flowers, the inner surface of the petals light pink, 
the outer almost carmine-pink, producing an excellent two-tone 
effect; fragrant: blooms profusely: good stems: foliage very 
free from black spot; vigorous, upright habit, reaching 3 to 4 
ft.; plant 24-30 in. apart. H. T. 55c each. 
Red Radiance 
A sport of Radiance and like it in form, fragrance, habit, vig¬ 
or, and resistance to disease, but the color is a bright cerise-red. 
A good color, both in daylight and under artificial light; desir¬ 
able for its vigor and freedom of bloom. H. T. 55c each. 
Soeur Therese; Sister Therese 
Long pointed buds and very large flowers, rich daffodil yel¬ 
low, sometimes marked with carmine on the outer petals; sweet- 
briar fragrance: blooms freely. The open flower is not very 
double but it is one of the most beautiful buds, on long stems. 
H. T. 55c each. 
Southport 
Brilliant unshaded scarlet; cupped flowers; fragrant: excel¬ 
lent bedding rose. H- T. 55c each. 
Souvenir de Claudius Pemet 
Beautiful buds opening into a striking sunflower-yellow with¬ 
out orange shadings, the edges of the recurving outer petals 
somewhat lighter; fragrant: foliage glossy, deep green; blooms 
freely; early to late: best in sunny weather. H. T. 55c each. 
Sunburst 
Orange-copper to golden-orange, edges lighter: tea rose fra¬ 
grance: excellent; similar to Lady Hilligdon but deeper and more 
coppery. H. T. 55c each. 
Talisman 
A marvelous color effect. Brilliant red and gold buds opening 
into cupped flowers: the inner surface of the petals is scarlet- 
orange, coral-pink and old rose, often coppery, with yellow at 
the base; the outer surface yellow and old gold: old rose fra¬ 
grance: plant tall, vigorous, upright: blooms freely. H. T. 
55c each. 
Texas Centennial 
A fragrant sport of President Herbert Hoover: rich blood-red 
in the bud and open bloom, ageing to a pleasing carmine-red. 
Plant patent 162. H. T. 60c each, 3 for $1.50. 
The Polyantha roses, such as Ideal and Triumph d’Orleans, 
produce large clusters all summer 
Triumph d’Orleans 
Small, fairly double, brilliant light red flowers with a white 
center, produced freely all summer long in big compact clusters 
like Ramblers, on low-growing plants seldom exceeding 18 
inches high; excellent as a dwarf everblooming shrub. Pol. 
55c each. 
'^ugonis 'iBush "^ose 
In latter April, before other roses hardly realize spring is 
here, the reddish-tipped branches are thickly covered with small, 
dainty leaves, a background for the very early, single flowers, 
2 to 2% in. across, making a gorgeous bush of soft yellow; 
vigorous, upright spreading habit, attaining 5 to 7 ft.; hardy: 
prune after blooming: useful in shrubbery plantings, as speci¬ 
men plants or in groups. 50c each, 5 at 47c, 10 at 45c each. 
Climbing Roses, see next page 
I know a little garden-close 
Set thick with lily and red rose. 
Where I would wander if I might 
From dewy dawn to dewy night. 
—'William Morris. 
Kaiserin Auguste 'Viktoria, one of the most perfect in form 
