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64 ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE ROSES, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
Hardy Garden Roses 

HYBRID TEAS 
Bloom continuously until frost. Undoubted- 
ly the most popular and most generally grown. 
Prune severely to within 6 in. of the ground. 
Burnt orange, streaked red, 
Autumn turning bright yellow when 

opened. 
7 One of those delight- 
Betty Uprichard fully contrastive 
types; the outside a blend of deep toned car- 
mine with coppery orange; the interior being 
mostly a delicate salmon-pink. 
Columbia This beautiful - Rose is of 
strong, vigorous habit and ex- 
ceptionally free blooming. Color a most pleas- 
ing shade of rose-pink and delightfully fra- 
grant. 
Edith Nellie Perkins 4 Rese of out- 
standing merit, 
vigorous growth and free flowering. Long, 
pointed bud; flower of good size, long lasting 
and fragrant, double; outside of petals orient- 
red shaded cerise-orange; inside salmon-pink. 
E G Hill Beautiful long bud of perfect 
ki . form and full double, high- 
centered flower of’ dazzling scarlet, shading to 
a deeper red as it develops. Strong, vigorous 
free-flowering habit. 
Thom 
Mrs. Erskine Pembroke 
shaped 
Slender yellow buds and large, well 
blooms of bright canary-yellow, deepest in 
center. Blooms very freely. 
Mrs. Sam McGredy Scarlet coppery 
orange, heavily 
flushed with Lincoln-red on the outside of 
the petals, and these colors together give a 
rich and dazzling effect. The large flowers are 
of beautiful form and possess the proper full- 
ness to make them useful for all purposes. 
They are freely produced and delicately per- 
fumed. Beautiful, bronzy foliage. 
While not a pure 
Mme. Jules Bouche white, it is to all 
intents white and without question the best 
white everblooming bedding Rose yet intro- 
duced. The flowers are large, quite double 
and of splendid form. It is fragrant, a vigorous 
grower and very free flowering. 
President Hoover A magnificent 
combination of 
eerise-pink, flame-scarlet, 
and yellow, giving 
a dazzling color effect. Has well-formed fra- 
grant blooms. 
bd An ideal bedding Rose _ that 
Radiance continues to produce its large 
flowers throughout the most unfavorable hot 
weather when frequently many other varieties 
fail. A brilliant carmine-pink with salmon-pink 
and yellow shadings at base of the petals. 
; A counterpart of Radi- 
Red Radiance ance from which it is a 
“‘snort,’? possessing all the good traits of that 
valuable variety but differing in color, which is 
a bright cerise-red. 
. Brilliant red and gold buds, 
Talisman opening to well shaped blooms 
of searlet-orange and rich yellow. Constantly 
in bloom: the most vivid color yet produced 
in Roses. 
Prices on above, each 65c; 3 for $1.80; 6 for 
$3.40; 12 for $6.00. 
HYBRID PERPETUAL 
Bloom during May and June, and occasionally 
during Summer and Fall. They reach 4 ft. to 
8 ft. and make excellent pillars. Prune all 
weak growth in Spring; heavy pruning when 
through flowering produces quality blooms, 
light pruning encourages quantity. 
L. Intensely fragrant, 
American Beauty rich crimson-car- 
mine; large and globular. 
$s Elegant snow 
Frau Karl Druschki ft 8 2p fect 
form; universal favorite. 
nen 
nine 
Gen. superior, in- 
Jacqueminot 4 
tensely fragrant 
clear red, perfectly formed. 
+ Very lovely clear 
Mrs. John Laing Joy YX pienaid 
form; free flowering. 
Prices on above, each 65c, 3 for $1.80; 6 for 
$3.40; 12 for $6.00. 
PATENT ROSES 
Countess Vandal Plant Patent No. 38. 
Vigorous and_ free 
flowering, with long-pointed buds of good 
size, opening into double, long-lasting, fra- 
grant flowers of a lovely coppery pink and 
gold. One of the finest. $1.00 each, doz. $10.00. 
bs Plant Patent No. 
Texas Centennial 73" (7% of 
President Herbert Hoover, having the same 
wonderful plant qualities. The color is blood- 
red, shading to cerise-red in the center. Very 
unusual and very fine. 60c each, doz. 6.00. 
’ (U. S. Plant Patent No. 21). A 
Sterling magnificent flaming pink flower 
of superb form in bud as well as open. The 
base of the bloom is yellow, giving it a rich- 
ness as well as clarity of color seldom ob- 
served. It has excellent foliage, grows strongly 
and blooms very freely in summer as well as 
in autumn. A sterling novelty. Each $1.25, 
doz. $12.50. 
7 (Plant Patent No. 256). 
Will Rogers Introduced 1936. Blackish 
velvety-crimson blooms freely produced. Noted 
for rich old rose fragrance of the fine 3 inch 
blossoms. Each $1.00, doz. $10.00. 
NEW HARDY CLIMBING ROSES 
Blaze Plant Patent No. 10. A marvelous 
new hardy climbing Rose which in- 
herits the blazing color of Paul’s Scarlet 
Climber and the everblooming habit of Gruss 
an Teplitz, thus combining the most attrac- 
tive features of both of its parents. It is a 
very vigorous climbing variety which will grow 
to considerable height and produce flowers on 
both the old and new growth. Plants, $1.00 
each, doz. $10.00. 
POLYANTHA or BABY ROSES 
Bloom continuously until frost; are hardier 
than Teas but have small to medium sized 
blooms in ample quantity. 

; Light pink with yellow 
Cecile Brunner base (The Sweetheart 
Rose). Graceful. 
Crimson Baby Rambler inal of this 
dwarf group. Border your paths and garden 
beds with lines of this vivid, long-seasoned, 
long-lived, deep crimson clustered Rose. 
bd 7 (New). The best and 
Gloria Mundi most generally _ satis- 
factory ofthe orange-scarlet Polyanthas; em- 
phatic, clear, uniform, comparatively unfad- 
ing. Fully double, with many florets in each 
cluster. 
Prices on above, each 65c; 3 for $1.80; 6 for 
$3.40; 12 for $6.00. 
The orig- 

Unexcelled for 
Hardy Rugosa Roses [7rxcens an 
isolated bush rose or among shrubbery. 
F. J. Grootendorst Large clusters of 
a over-sized, fair- 
ly double red flowers resembling the Crimson 
Baby Rambler. 
Sir Thos. Lipton 
white. 
grower. 
Prices on above, each 65c; 3 for $1.80; 6 for 
$3.40; 12 for $6.00. 
Flowers perfectly 
double, pure snow 
Very fragrant. A strong and vigorous 
The following are among the best and most popular ° 
the large list of Roses in cultivation. 
strong, two year old field grown roots, which will piece 
freely the first year. Bi 
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Prices include postage. 
HARDY CLIMBERS 
Bloom during May and June. 
Ramblers have 
small flowers; immediately after blooming 
prune wood which has already flowered. Climb- 
ers have large flowers; best not pruned except 
to shorten plant or sideshoots. 
Flowers are 
Paul’s Scarlet Climber Powers | fe 
very freely produced in clusters of from 3 to 
20 flowers each on much branched canes. It is 
of strong climbing habit and perfectly hardy. 
One of the most popular climbing Roses. 
Climbing American Beauty 
A free-climber. Rosy crimson flowers, 3 to 4 
inches across, 
occasionally throughout the season. Very fra- 
grant. 
’ Old-fashioned _ fa- 
Crimson Rambler O'dyfasnion ways 
covered with big clusters of extremely double 
red roses. 
: A pure yellow, hardy climbing 
Primrose rose. Its large, double flowers 
are a soft, rich primrose yellow and are borne 
in clusters of 4 and 5 on an extremely vigor- 
ous plant, with beautiful foliage. Very new 
and most satisfactory. A a aii 
1 Beautiful, fragrant, semi- 
Silver Moon 2esutul pen gece aut & 
half inches and over in diameter. Creamy white 
petals of great substance. Seat! 
The delicate flesh- 
Dr. W. Van Fleet Me ower, tse 
full and double, of immense diameter, sweetly 
perfumed; beautiful bronze-green foliage. 
The 
Mme. Gregoire Staechelin = 
climbing Rose from Spain. Gorgeously colored 
and exquisitely perfumed; its color is irides- 
cent pearl-pink with claret-carmine markings 
on the outer petals. Perfectly hardy, and has 
large, disease-resistant foliage. 
“¢ + A brilliant double 
Dorothy Perkins pink rambler; popu- 
lar and unsurpassed. rt 
Prices on above, each 60c; 3 for $1.70; 6 for 
$3.25; 12 for $5.50. é: 
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