The Pontiac Nursery Company 
Pontiac's Glorious Roses 
Roses, the queens of the floral garden, are best known for their exquisite beauty and rare fragrance. Essential to the gratifying results 
they produce is the fact that our roses are all strong, dormant plants, well rooted, plants that have been grown out-of-doors where they 
have received the very best of painstaking care and attention. 
Roses thrive best in clay loam enriched with well-rotted manure. They should also have an open, airy situation, unshaded by trees 
or buildings wherever possible. Southeastern exposure is the best one. A good, rich soil is a great aid to produce blooms and it is advisable 
to make it so by working in some well-rotted manure and leaf mold. 
Hybrid Tea Roses 
AMI QUINARD. A very dark red rose almost black that is very effective in beds or as a cut- 
flower. A color seldom found in roses. 
AUTUMN. A most extraordinary colored rose bud. Brown, orange and old gold and strong stems 
for cutting. Foliage glossy and very dark green. 
BETTY. Long tapering, coppery-pink buds of exquisite form and large pale buck pink flowers. 
BRIARCLIFF. Fine, handsome flowers of an even shade of silvery, rose pink. 
COLUMBIA. Very full, handsome blooms of bright pink. Last a long time when cut. Very 
fragrant. 
DAME EDITH HELEN. A most perfumed of all pink roses. Very double and extremely large. 
DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY. A splendid pure w'hite form of the always popular Killarney. 
DUCHESS OF WELLINGTON. Beautiful, semi-double flowers of a rich orange, tinted saffron 
yellow, turning to a creamy yellow when the bloom is old. 
EDITH NELLIE PERKINS. A beautiful double flower of soft salmon pink inside and deep 
coppery rose on the outside. 
E. G. HILL. Massive blooms of deep maroon, velvety on the inside. Very fragrant. 
ETOILE DE FRANCE. A brilliant red rose that has long been a garden favorite. 
ETOILE DE HOLLANDE. Well-formed double flowers of glowing scarlet, very fragrant. 
GAIETY. Large buds with long pointed flow'ers of orange with gold and coral shading. 
GOLDEN DAWN. Red, straw yellow plus old rose. Flower very double. Fades to lemon yellow 
with age. 
GRUSS AN TEPLITZ. Large bushy plant with medium blackish maroon blooms in clusters. 
HADLEY. One of the best known crimson roses. Tall grower. Very popular. 
HINRICH GAEDE. Long pointed nasturtium red buds, opening to a very large double orange- 
yellow flower. Very vigorous and free blooming. 
JOANNA HILL. Very double bloom with Indian yellow centers surrounded by buff petals. 
JONKHEER J. L. MOCK. Feathered pins and buds opening to enormous blooms of glowing 
pink and carmine. 
K. A. VICTORIA. Creamy buds that develop into snow white blooms tinted with lemon yellow 
at the center. A fine bedding rose. 
KILLARNEY PINK. Buds of silvery pink that are long and pointed. Massive flowers of bril¬ 
liant shell pink produced on heavy stems, very fragrant. Makes a fine rose for cutting. 
KILLARNEY WHITE. A pure white form of this famous old Killarney rose. Very fragrant. 
LADY HILLINGDON. Deep apricot yellow. Long pointed buds. Very free flowering. Very 
fragrant. 
LEONARD BARRON. An extremely hardy hybrid tea. Mammouth blooms often six inches 
across. \ ery full. Salmon with glow and amber. Wild rose perfume. Always in bloom. 
LORD CHARLEMONT. Deep crimson. Well formed, high centered and fragrant bloom. 
LOS ANGELES. Well-formed flowers, attractive in bud and bloom, shades of salmon, pink, 
apricot and orange. A very popular rose. 
LUXEMBOURG. Long pointed buds on graceful stems. Flowers deep orange, much darker 
than sunburst. Beautiful foliage. Strong, thrifty grower. 
MADAME BUTTERFLY. The finest rose of the Ophelia type. Bright light pink shaded with 
gold. 
MADAME CAROLINE TESTOUT. Globular silvery pink flowers. A distinctive fragrance. A 
vigorous, upright bush with disease resistance foliage. 
MADAME EDOUARD HERRIOTT. Especially beautiful in bud or half opened. A coral red 
with yellow at base, fading to a brilliant pink. 
MADAME JULES BOUCHE. Medium sized, white rose slightly tinged with pink at the 
center. 
MARGARET McGREDY. Brilliant red petals in tinges of deep gold. Plant upright. Seldom 
out of bloom. 
McGREDY S YELLOW. Large bright buttercup yellow flowers of perfect form and highly 
perfumed. A strong grower, free from disease. 
MISS ROWENA 1 HOM. Blooms of brilliant satiny pink with orange flame centers. 
MISS WILMOIT. Perfectly formed with enormous w'hite flowers, occasionally touched with 
deep pink in the center. 
MRS. AARON WARD. Well-shaped little buds of golden buff or Indian yellow. A vigorous 
grower. 
HENRY MORSE. Handsome flowers of contrasting shades of pink. Perfectly formed 
buds for cutting. A fine bedding rose. 
MRS. P. S. DUPONT. Bright yellow rose, spicey fragrance, foliage glossy green and disease 
resistance. Always in bloom. 
OTTO KRAUSE. A tall upright growing variety, growing robust and vigorous. Immense 
blooms of orange overlaid with copper. Very showy. 
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER. Large flowers of plain solid yellow, opening to soft 
creams ’ dlow with scarlet markings. Unusually vigorous. 
RADIANCE. Rich pink, very fragrant, large full bloom. 
RED RADIANCE. A bright rosy red form of above. 
REV. F. PAGE-ROBERTS. Coppery red buds opening to huge yellow flowers. A very popular 
variety. 
SOUVENIR DE CLAUDIUS PERNET. An old but still very popular rose Bright unfading 
yellow. 
I ALISMAN. Fragrant blooms of glowing golden yellow stained with copper red and orange 
rose on the inside of the petals 
WILLOWMERE. Bright pink flowers prof used with a golden tone. 
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TO A ROSE IN MY GARDEN 
Soft, as the whispering breezes come, 
Over the dale and dell; 
Night-time spread her purple robes, 
And silvery moonbeams fell. 
Then as I gazed, in wondrous dream, 
From earth’s be-jewelled crown, 
’Mid rarest setting, rich, a’gleam, 
God sent a diamond down. 
It fell to earth; I went away 
And came in the dawning there, 
To find my star, from the crown of night; 
A rose in my garden fair. 
—Orrin Alden DeMass 
Mrs. P. S. Du Pont 
