Raid 
REINE des VIOLETTES—The velvety purple beauty. 
REINE des VIOLETTES. H. Perpetual. (1860.) 6-8 feet. (Wren-day- 
Vee-oh-lett.) Grows to shrub proportions, hardy, thornless and glossy 
leafed. Flower is large, many petalled, strongly fragrant—starting a 
velvety violet-rred, aging to rich purple tones. Profuse and recurrent 
bloomer. 
“The lustiest of your new roses is ‘Reine des Violettes,—already to 6 feet. We 
think it the finest of the purple varieties.’—James Hanscom, Elmhurst, New 
York 3 for 4.75 each 2.00 
R. ANDERSONII. 8-10 feet. 
Bears abundantly in large clusters of two inch, warm deep-pink flowers, 
with bright yellow stamens. A fine healthy plant. Blooms in Spring only, 
but so do a hundred other flowering shrubs—not nearly so beautiful, or 
amenable, or obtainable for 1.50 
R. DAMASCENA. (Damask Rose. 5-6 feet. . 
Brought to France by the crusaders and then to England about 1573. 
Important in the history of rosedom and still a lovely addition to any 
garden. Its 4 inch, semi-double, deep-rose flowers, with that distinct 
damask fragrance, are borne in great spring profusion, sometimes repeat- 
ing. 
From San Marino, Calif.—‘Damascena is dear to my heart. I'd like a hedge 
of it reaching off into infinity—it would be fun to walk along it until you got 
there.” 
It is said the Damask Rose grows on Omar Khayyam’s grave at Nash- | 
ipier. Lp 
R. HIGHDOWNENSIS. 8-10 feet. 
From Hilling Nurseries, England—"Lovers of R. Moyesii will approve of this 
elegant seedling with ornamental thorns and foliage. The single, bright-crimson, 
Moyesii-like flowers, and large, bottle-shaped scarlet fruits are borne in big bunches. 
A very good shrub up to 10 feet.” (Supply limited) 2.00 
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