F. H. HORSFORD 
CHARLOTTE, VERMONT 


HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES 
(Continued) 
Ulrich Brunner. Bright cherry-red blooms 
on long, light green, almost smooth stems. 
_ Free flowering. 
SPECIES 
ROSA rugosa. Russian Rose. A very de- 
sirable and hardy species with large, 
solitary, red, or sometimes white, flow- 
ers, coming in long succession. 
60 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
rugosa, Dr. Eckener. A new rugosa hy- 
brid of recent introduction. Flowers of 
salmon pink with gold base. 
60 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
rugosa, Hansa. Very hardy variety with 
dark purple-red flowers. It is especially 
satisfactory in our severe climate. 
60 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
wichuriana. Cemetery or Memorial 
Rose. A splendid Rose for growing 
where it will receive no care. Gives a 
great profusion of single white flowers. 
50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
HARDY CLIMBING ROSES 
American Pillar. Very lusty Climber with 
bold, waxy foliage, bearing tremendous 
clusters of large, sparkling pink, single 
flowers with a round white eye and bright 
golden stamens. 60 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
Dorothy Perkins. The Rose of our New 
England countryside, where its mass of 
pink bloom makes colorful hedges, frames 
doorways, or decorates garden trellises 
each June. 60 cts. each. 
Dr. W. Van Fleet. The first and, many 
people think, still the best of the Hardy 
Climbers with Hybrid-Tea-Type blooms. 
Long, clear pink buds opening to 4-inch 
blush-pink flowers. 7 5ectseachs 
Excelsa. Flowers brilliant scarlet-crimson, 
produced in immense clusters on plants of 
great vigor and beauty. Altogether the 
best of its type. fmeacts ceacn, 
‘' New Dawn. Plant Patent No. 1. Many 
of those who argue with the Van Fleet en- 
thusiasts present this Climber as superior 
because of its equal hardiness and similar 
bloom. $1.50 each. 
Paul’s Scarlet Climber. Clear, vivid, shin- 
ing, large, semi-double flowers which re- 
main unusually long and in good condition 
on the plants, and never turn blue. 
75 cts. each. 
White Dorothy Perkins. A counterpart of 
Dorothy Perkins, except in color, show- 
ing a faint trace of pink in bud and open- 
ing to a pure white flower. 60 cts. each. 
OTHER CHOICE GARDEN and 
SHRUB ROSES 
Baby Rambler (Dwarf Crimson Rambler). 
Constantly in flower from early spring 
until frost, with good-sized trusses of crim- 
son flowers much like Crimson Rambler. 
60 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
F. J. Grootendorst.'. This variety has been 
aptly described as “a Rugosa Rose with 
the flowers of a red carnation.” No other 
Rose in any other class excels it in con- 
tinuous bloom. The habit is bushy and 
vigorous, and it is adaptable for single 
specimens or hedges. 
75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 
Pink Grootendorst. A charming, bright 
shell-pink variation of the scarlet F. J. 
Grootendorst, like it in all other respects 
and equally valuable. Perhaps because 
the color is so soft and appealing in the 
mass, we find that many gardeners prefer 
it greatly to the hard brilliance of the red 
variety. 75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 
Hugonis. Fully as vigorous as Spirea Van- 
bouttei, this “Golden Rose of China” 
makes the same sort of outflowing, grace- 
ful, drooping plant. Its early, honestly 
yellow flowers make a desirable feature 
for the shrubbery border, the driveway, 
the garden background, the corner, or a 
stunning hedge. 
75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 

Roses like a good, deep, rich loam. 
There is little danger of getting the soil 
too rich. Shallow, sandy or gravelly soils 
are not suited to them. When necessary 
to plant in such soils as these, artificial 
compost should be made by taking out 
a foot and a half of this natural soil, and 
filling in with rich heavy loam. 
