The Tea rose may well be taken as a synonym for all that is delicately beautiful. What 
refinement of color—what subdued yet powerful fragrance’ —-H. B. Ettwancer, 1882 
Mrs. B. R. Cant. Tea. (1901.) ‘Flowers deep rose on outer tctals, and in 
the autumn frequently a rich red,—inner petals soft, silvery rose suffused with buff at the 
base,—of good substance and symmetrical,—a hardy variety and vigorous grower.’ — 
William Paul, 1903. One of the stronger colored among the teas listed herein. 
? 1.50 
Mrs. Dudley Cross. Tea. (1907.) It’s hard to tell whether ‘‘Hon. Sec- 
retary’’ or tea rose authority, Thomasville Nursery, is the most enthusiastic 
about Mrs. Cross. Supposing I give you a blend of both opinions, and throw in 
a personal comment for good measure. We are all agreed the bloom 1s large, per- 
fectly formed, light yellow developing delicate pink shadings,—thornless and 
a rank grower. I say the odor reminds me of ripe bananas,—"'Hon. Secretary’ 
insists it’s strawberries,—Thomasville doesn't say. 1.50 
Mrs. John Laing. H. Perpetual. (1887.) First seen by the catalog- 
writer, growing to perfection en masse, in the beautiful display garden of Mel- 
vin Wyant, Mentor, Ohio—something to be long remembered. Still rated by us 
among our most beautiful soft-pink, fragrant roses. Says master word-artist, 
Dean Hole,—‘'Not only in vigour, constancy and abundance, but in form and features, 
Beauty's Queen.” 1.30 
Musk Rose. R. Moschata. This is the wild brier rose of the Himalayas, 
of enormous vigour, its great canes, frequently growing to unbelievable lengths 
in a single season. For us it thrives and blooms profusely, in sun, and almost full 
shade, but nothing can stop its lust for living. Certainly not a rose to be confined 
in a tiny city lot but wherever it can fountain in great canes, or ride a fence or 
cover some unsightly spot, the Musk Rose is unexcelled. The magnificent co- 
rymbs of two inch, five petalled, white flowers, through a long spring season, 
inspire more ‘‘ahs and oohs’’ than anything in the display gardens. And any who 
know not the strange illusive scent of the Musk Rose, have something rare in 
store for them. 
The “‘Rose Amateur’s Guide,’ Rivers, London, 1843, offers the following, 
too good to omit—"'The White Musk Rose is one of the oldest inhabitants of our gar- 
dens and probably more widely spread over the face of the earth than any other rose. It is 
generally supposed that the attar of roses is prepared in India from this species, and that 
this 1s also the rose of the Persian poets, in the fragrant groves of which they love to de- 
scribe their ‘bulbul’ or nightingale, as enchanting them with its tuneful notes. It 1s much 
more fragrant in the evening, and probably in the hot climate of Persia, only so in the cool- 
ness of the night, when nightingales delight to sing.” 3 for 4.00 each 1.50 
Musk—McCoy’s Double. Vigorous Climber. Some years ago the late 
Frank McCoy, famous inn-keeper and flower connoisseur of Santa Maria, Cali- 
fornia, presented the Lesters an exceptionally handsome Musk hybrid,—large, 
semi-double white with brilliant canary-yellow stamens—in great clusters. The 
tag 1s lost forever, but the spirit of Frank McCoy will not object if we attach 
his name to so much rose beauty. Ley 
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