Dainty Bess. H.Tea. (1925.) The most universally loved single rose of 
them all. Rated 84% by the American Rose Society, given a First Class Trial 
Ground Certificate by the National Rose Society of England, acclaimed by amateurs 
and experts alike for its grand constitution, its steady blooming habit, and the 
graceful beauty of the large soft pink blooms, with their unique wine-red staemens. 
We have both bush and climbing form. : 1.50 
Dr. Eckener. H. Rugosa. (1930.) Very vigorous grower with us—more 
hybrid tea than rugosa. Flowers are large, semi-double, coppery rose predominating, 
on yellow ground. Good but not exciting. 1.50 
Dr. Huey. (1920.) Climber. So healthy and vigorous, is fast gaining 
a reputation as an understock. Blooms profusely over a long spring season, in clus- 
ters of two inch semi-double flowers; color non-fading crimson-maroon, enlivened 
by lighter centers and yellow anthers. Says Dr. J. H. McFarland, “Captain George 
C. Thomas, Jr. will be best remembered by his superb rose Dr. Huey, named for a 
famous Philadel phia amateur.” 1.50 
Duchesse de Brabant. Tea. (1857.) This delightful old tea rose is best 
described by Mrs. Keays, writing in ‘Old Roses,” 1935, ‘“Duchesse de Brabant has 
the shape of a deeper, firmer cup, more like a tulip, with 45 upright petals. Light 
gives a pearly cast over the basic pink color deepening to bright rose, and creates a 
glistening brightness in the smooth, transparent petals of the large, well-stemmed 
bloom ... this Duchesse has been a great favorite for years for its lovely sunny 
color, its splendid fragrance, and its free-blooming habit.” So many were disappoin- 
ted last season, we hope our supply will be adequate. 2.00 
Duchesse de Brabant White. Above our gardens, by a neighbor’s cottage, 
has been growing for many years a charming white tea rose, so like the Duchesse 
described above, that Mr. Lester always called it the ‘““White Duchesse.” We are 
offering it in fair quantity for the first time. 2.00 
Eglantine. Sweetbrier Rose. (Ancient.) It was the writer’s great privilege 
to accompany the late Francis Lester on many walks through his garden—admiring 
investigating, sniffing—for his was a keen nose for good smells. Something about 
the apple-scented Eglantine, its age and tradition, its “Old English,” as it appears 
at garden gate and round and about the simple Lester cottage, reminds me most of 
those walks, and is of deep and fragrant memory. But its charm is better told you 
by the old writers, to whom we will give, perhaps, more space than we should, hoping 
that you, too, may have pleasant memories of the Sweetbrier rose, and will enjoy 
reading their mellow words— 
From “PLANTING AND RuRAL ORNAMENT,” London, 1796. ‘“Sweetbrier— 
The leaves constitute the value of this plant; for they are possessed of so grateful an 
odour, as to claim admittance for this sort into the first class of aromatic plants; 
the odoriferous particles they emit are sweet and inoffensive; and they bestow them 
in such profusion, especially in evenings or after a shower, as to perfume the circum- 
ambient air to a considerable distance. For this reason, plenty of Sweetbriers should 
be planted near much-frequented walks; or if the borders of these are designed for 
more elegant flowering shrubs or plants, they may be stationed at a distance, out of 
view, and then they will secretly liberally bestow their sweets, to the refreshment 
of all. For nosegays, also, there is nothing more proper than sprigs of the Sweetbrier, 
when divested of its prickles; for they will not only have a good look as a fine green 
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