DUCHESSE de BRABANT. Tea. (1857.) 5 - 6 feet. (Bra-bon.) 
This delightful old tea rose is best described by Mrs. Keays, writing in 
“Old Roses,” 1935, “Duchesse de Brabant has the shape of a deep, firm 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.” 3 for 4.50 each 1.795 
EGLANTINE. Sweetbrier Rose. (Ancient.) 8 - 10 feet. 
A tall, very strong-growing shrub rose with the unforgettable apple- 
scented foliage, and small single flowers in spring, ‘exquisite rosey-pink 
jewels, hung on crumpled green leather.’ Memories of sweet English 
country lanes, old legends, famous writings. 
We quote some mellow words—from “PLANTINGS AND RuRAL ORNAMENT,” 
Pondon, 1796 sa... 
For nosegays, 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 in 
the center of a posey, but will improve its odour, let the other flowers of which it is 
composed be what they will.” 
And from Dean Hole in a “Book Asout Roses,” England, 1869, ‘So may 
the Sweetbrier, with no flowers to speak of, remind many a gaudy neighbor that 
fine feathers do not constitute a perfect bird, and that men have other senses as 
well as that of sight, to please ... the Eglantine to me, when I passed through 
‘The Sweet Garden, as it is called, just after a soft May shower, had the sweetest 
scent of them all.” 3 for 4.50 each 1.75 
