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14 SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUlDE.

CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSE.
Three Hundred Blooms on One Branch.
This rose has created a great sensation wherever shown. It has received not less than four gold medals and numerous first class certificates. It is of vigorous growth, making shoots from eight to ten feet in height, during a season, and is consequently a most desirable climbing variety. When the shoots are fastened down or it is grown in a bush form, marvelous heads of bloom are the result. As a pot plant it is unequaled for decorative purposes. It is exceedingly hardy. The flowers with which the plant is covered in the spring are produced in large trusses of pyramidal form and ot the brightest crimson color. The blooms remain on the plant for a great length of time without losing their brightness. When cut in proper condition, the flowers will remain fresh in water for two weeks. A gentleman in England writes abont it thus under date of July 6th: "At this date this is a grand rose. On one shoot alone I counted over three hundred blooms." Strong plants. Each 25c.

ROSA WICHURIANA.
This novelty from Japan is a trailing species of very rapid growth, making a closely matted bed of very dark green foliage. The flowers are produced in the greatest profusion in July, after the June roses are past, and more sparingly throughout the season. They are single, pure white, with golden yellow stamens, from seven to nine inches in circumference, with a strong and sweet fragrance. Appropriate and enduring for cemetery use, not only when covered with its exquisite fiowers, but also for its rich carpet effect up to the very last of the season. It Is perfectly hardy. Each 20c.

MONTHLY TEA ROSES.
CAROLINE TESTOUT.- Large and double; color bright satiny pink, with rosy center; odorous, free flowering. Each 15c.
MADAME JOSEPH SCHWARTZ.- Extra large globular flowers, very fulI and deliciously sweet; color pure white, elegantly tinged and shaded with pale yellow and rosy blush: constant bloomer. Each 10c.
DUCHESS OF ALBANY OR RED LA FRANCE.- Sport from La France; richness of color difficult to describe- a shade which our artist describes as "Tyrian rose," which is very rare. May be left in open ground all winter if covered with straw; if potted, will bloom all winter. Each 15c.
SOUVENIR DE WOOTEN.- Color a beautiful sahde of velvety crimson, equal to the noted General Jacqueminot, deliciously fragrant, a constant and most prolific bloomer, and the full open flowers are frequently six inches in diameter. It has proved hardly in the open ground as far north as southern Iowa. Each 15c.
HERMOSA.-Always in bloom and always beautiful; the flower is finely formed and full, the most pleasing shade of pink, soft but deep; fragrant. Each 10c.
QUEEN OF BEDDERS.- The flower is large, full and regular; color, bright and glowing crimson; blooms constantly. Each 10c.
MARIE GUILLOT.- Perfection in form; flower is large and double to the center; white. Each 10c.

[image] CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSE

HARDY DORMANT ROSES.
For the first time we offer dormant roses; this is to satisfy a demand from many customers for plants that can be planted outside early in spring, before it is safe to set out plants that are growing in pots and consequently are in full leaf. We can supply these from the time this catalogue is issued up to April 15th; after that time they can only be supplied from pots, at the prices quoted at the end of the list. The great value of these roses lies in the fact that they produce better flowers and make stronger plants in a shorter period than those grown from cuttings; and the advantage is, that having no soil on the roots and being dormant, they can be sent cheaply by express. Procure them early and store in the cellar until your ground is ready for them.
We can furnish any of the following varieties at 30c each, $3.00 per dozen, by express. Too large for mailing.
BARONESS ROTHSCHILD.- An exquisite shade of satiny pink.
CAPTAIN CHRISTY.- Delicate flesh color, deepening in shade toward the center; one of the most beautiful of roses.
COQUETTE DES BLANCHES.- Of medium size; color snowy white, sometimes delicately flushed with pale rose.
EUGENE VERDIER.- Crimson purple, large and full; a very fine, handsome rose.
GEN. WASHINGTON.- Brilliant crimson, very rich and beautiful; large, perfectly double and a free bloomer.
GENERAL JACQUEMINOT.- One of the grandest roses in existence. A hybrid perpetual sure to delight every lover of the beautiful, as nothing can surpass them in beauty. Our cut well illustrates to the shape of the flower, and the cut flowers are often sold by florists at from $1.00 to $3.00 each. Color a rich, dazzling scarlet, shaded with deep velvety crimson, making a superb growing color. Flowers large, free bloomer. Each 20c.
MME. GABRIEL LUIZET.- Light satiny pink; an attractive sort.
MAGNA CHARTA.- Dark pink; one of the easiest roses to grow.
MADAME PLANTIER.- As a cemetary rose it is still without a rival. The flowers are borne in the greatest profusion, and are of the purest white. Hardy as an oak and certain to grow as grass.
PERFECTION DES BLANCHES.- Pure white, free blooming.
PERSIAN YELLOW.- Hardy, yellow rose; best of its color.
PRINCE CAMILLE DE ROHAN.- Dark Crimson maroon, almost black.

MOSS ROSES.
COMTESSE DE MURINAIS.- Finest double white moss rose; large, beautifully mossed.
HENRY MARTIN.- Fine, rosy carmine.
CRESTED MOSS.- Deep rose-colored, very fine, handsome buds, surrounded with mossy fringe.
CAPTAIN INGRAM.- Dark velvety purple; very handsome.
GLORY OF MOSSES.- Pale rose, very heavily mossed; one of the best Moss roses in
cultivation. Any of above sorts each 30 cts., doz., $3.00.

CLIMBING ROSES.
BALTIMORE BELLE.- Pale blush, shading to rose color; very double; flowers in beautiful clusters.
GREVILLE, OR SEVEN SISTERS.- Blooms in large clusters, with flowers varying from white to crimson. Perfectly hardy.
PRAIRIE QUEEN.- Clear bright carmine-pink, sometimes with a white stripe; large, compact, and globular; very double and full; the best hardly climber in this climate.

Any of the above large-sized dormant roses, 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz., or a grand collection of one plant each at the 20 varieties above named for $4.50.

[image] GENERAL JACQUEMINOT ROSE.