WATERER’S garden Roses 
Planting, ^^'c recommend spring planting of 2-year-old stock 
that has been j)reparcd far in advance by being potted up in the fall 
and carried through the winter in coldframes. These plants have an 
active, fibrous root-system and are shij)ped during the month of May. 
d'hey are in bud at all times during the season and ready to begin 
blooming at once. 'I'hc ball of earth surrounding the roots should be 
planted 3 inches below the surface of the soil and thoroughly watered. 
Select Hybrid Tea Roses 
All Hybrid Tea Roses on this page, 85 cts. each; $9 per doz., 
unless otherwise noted 
Autumn. Burnt-orange, streaked and marked with red. Bud of 
medium size, developing into a cupped, double, fragrant flower. 
Better Times. Plant Patent No. 23. An outstanding Ro.se with 
long crimson buds oi>ening into large, double, brilliant cerise-red 
flowers. They have a delicate fragrance and are jiroduced on long 
stems. Very free flowering. $1 each 
Carrie Jacobs Bond. Plant Patent No. 1.58. A magnificent, full- 
petaled flower of deep rose-color, enhanced by a luminous coral 
sheen; fragrant. $1 each 
Countess Vandal. Plant Patent No. 38. A vigorous Rose with 
attractive, long-pointed, orange-copper buds and large, double, 
high-centered flowers that have a rich fragrance. The color is 
brilliant pink vdth a beautiful salmon glow. $1 each 
Crimson Glory. Plant Patent No. 10.5. A very remarkable Rose 
of vigorous growth with superb blooms of a deep and vivid crim¬ 
son, shaded with deep red and mellowed by a soft velvety nap. 
Lovely urn-shaped buds. Delightfully fragrant. $1.25 each 
Dainty Bess. An e.xceedingly charming and daintily colored single 
Rose of perfect form. Delicate shell-pink with a conspicuous 
bunch of crimson stamens. 
Dame Edith Helen. Shapely buds and substantial, high-centered 
blooms of clear pink, sweetly scented and freely jjroduced on long, 
strong stems. Vigorous. 
Dicksons Centennial. Plant Patent No. 223. A truly marvelous 
new’ Rose w’ith magnificent blooms of deep, glowing crimson hav¬ 
ing velvety red shadings; fragrant. $1 each 
Edith Nellie Perkins. An outstanding, vigorous, and free-flowering 
Rose with long-pointed buds of good size and long-lasting, double, 
fragrant flowers of Oriental red, shaded cerise-orange; inside 
salmon-pink. 
E. G. Hill. Beautiful long buds of perfect form and full, double, 
high-centered flowers of dazzling scarlet, shading to a deeper red 
as they develop. 
EtoUe de Hollande. Particularly healthy growing, free-flowering 
bedding Rose w’ith large, brilliant red flowers, perfect in half- 
expanded form. 
Glowing Carmine. The name appropriately describes this beauti¬ 
ful new Rose. It is a strong grower with well-shaped buds repre¬ 
senting a splendid color that lasts exceptionally w’ell. .$1 each 
Glowing Sunset. Plant Patent No. 104. A Rose representing an 
indescribable blend of orange-yellow and rose-pink—a unique and 
pleasing color effect; fragrant. $1 each 
Golden Dawn. The ideal yellow garden Ro.se. The ovoid, lemon- 
yellow bud is heavily splashed with crimson and develops into a 
well-formed, sweetly scented, large, double, sunflower-yellow flower. 
Gruss an Teplitz. Bright scarlet-crimson flowers, w'ith vivid, fiery 
red center. It is quite hardy and extremely free flowering. 
Hinrich Gaede. This magnificent variety occupies the coveted 
position of being the most colorful of all Roses. It has long, 
pointed, shapely buds of a brilliant nasturtium-red color which 
opens vermilion shaded golden yellow; fragrant. 
Lady Alice Stanley. Large, long, pointed buds expanding into a 
very large, moderately fragrant, pale flesh-pink flower with a deep 
coral-rose tint on the reverse. 
Margaret McGredy. The large, brilliantly colored, double flowers 
are an entrancing shade of rich Oriental red, passing to carmine- 
rose, lasting a long time; light spicy fragrance. 
McGredy’s Scarlet. A Ro.se of marked superiority on account of 
its strong, vigorous growth, free and continuous habit of flower¬ 
ing, and its brilliant red color; fragrant. 
Miss Rowena Thom. Enormous buds and blooms of fiery rose and 
mauve, shaded with old-gold at the center, borne on long, strong 
stems. A profuse, continuous bloomer and a very vigorous plant. 
Mme. Butterfly. Fine, light pink buds and flowers, tinted with gold 
near the base of the petals, of exquisite shape and richly perfumed. 
Mme. Edouard Herriot. Sparkling buds of coral-red and orange, l 
ojjening to large, semi-double flowers of indescribably brilliant 
orange-red and salmon. 
Mme. Joseph Perraud. Long, slender, pointed, nasturtium-orange 
buds which open to .sweetly fragrant flowers of a charming l)ufT, 
straying to a lovely shade of shell-pink. $1 each 
Mme. Jules Bouche. While not a pure white, l)eing at times 
slightly tinted with blush on the reverse of the petals, we consider 
it one of the best white bedding Roses. 
Mrs. Aaron Ward. Deep Indian-yellow at the center of the flower, 
shading to primrose-yellow toward the edges of the petals, the 
whole occasionally washed soft .salmon-pink as the flower expands. 
Mrs. A. R. Barraclough. We have in this variety a most distinct 
and valuable bright, but soft sparkling cariftine-pink of even tone 
that passes to yellow at the base of the petals; very fragrant. 
Mrs. Charles Bell. A sport of Radiance, and exactly like it except 
for its finer, softer color. Lovely shell-pink with shadings of .soft 
salmon; .sweetly perfumed. 
Mrs. Erskine Pembroke Thom. Generally conceded to be im¬ 
mensely superior for garden planting to Souvenir de Claudius 
Fernet and others of that type. The fine long buds open into per¬ 
fectly shaj^ed, open flowers of rich lemon-yellow. 
Mrs. Henry Bowles. A splendid, large, well-formed, high-centered, 
very fragrant flower of an intense brilliant or warm shade of pink 
with salmon shadings. 
Mrs. Henry Morse. One of the best light pink varieties. Color two 
contrasting tones of pink, with an underlying yellow glow; fragrant. 
Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont. Medium-sized, long, pointed buds of a 
reddish gold, opening to semi-double, cupped, very lasting, fra¬ 
grant flowers of a deep golden yellow. 
Mrs. Sam McGredy. A beautiful coppery scarlet-orange heavily 
flushed with rich red on the outside of the petals. Delicately 
perfumed. 
Pink Dawn. An excejitionally charming Rose of highest merit. 
Produces an abundance of perfectly formed, full, double flowers of 
a deep rose color, opening to lovely pinlc blooms tinted with orange 
at the bases of the petals; fragrant. $1 each 
President Herbert Hoover. A glorious Rose, wonderfully free in 
the easy manner in which it grows and charming in its color ar¬ 
rangement which is a splendid combination of cerise-pink, flame, 
scarlet, and yellow. Moderate fragrance. 
Radiance. Flowers large, p)erfect in form, and produced freely. 
The vigorous, branching growth invariably terminates in one or 
more flowers of a bright carmine-salmon shade, mingled with rose, 
shading to a coppery yellow at the bases of the petals; very fragrant. 
Red Radiance. A clear cerise-red sport of Radiance introduced in 
1916 and now recognized as a garden Rose of unusual merit. 
R. M. S. Queen Mary. Plant Patent No. 249. The color of this 
beautiful variety is quite distinct from anything yet seen in Roses 
—a wonderful combination of vivid shades, a rich, glowing blend¬ 
ing of salmon and pink with an orange base. Delicately perfumed. 
$1..50 each 
Rose Marie. The ideal long buds open into large flowers of splendid 
form and substance, in color clear rose-pink with delicate lighter 
edge, and delightfully fragrant. 
Souvenir de Claudius Pernet. Very large, full flowers with 
elongated deep petals—a beautifully formed bloom. Color most 
striking sunflower-yellow, deeper in the center, without any color 
blending, which is retained without fading even in the warmest 
weather. 
Talisman. The most astounding novelty in Roses produced in 
many a year. Its brilliant orange-red buds open to a large, fragrant 
high-pointed bloom of glowing golden yellow, stained with copper- 
red and orange-rose on the inside of the petal. 
Ville de Paris. A very distinct, rich buttercup-yellow without a 
trace of any other color, retaining its richness imder all weather 
conditions. $1 each 
Miss Rowena Thom 
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