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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 9.

[image] GENERAL JACQUEMINOT ROSE.

ROSES.
The flower of flowers. Everyone should have them in profusion. Our stock is unexcelled.

EVERBLOOMING MONTHLY AND HYBRID TEA ROSES.
EMPRESS AUGUSTA VICTORIA.--The finest white rose in existence for summer blooming. It is a true Tea Rose, soft pearly white, remarkably fragrant, a strong, healthy grower, with bold, beautiful foilage. It is a continuous bloomer, the buds being of elegant perfect shape; full, open flower, is unsurpassed and shows no center. Each 20c.
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.--The champion bloomer, commencing to bloom as soon as potted from the propagating bench, and continues in the greatest profusion all the time. It is claimed that one plant of it will produce more flowers during the year than ten plants of any Tea rose. Blossoms are perfectly double to the center, of good shape, color a degree of loveliness which few roses can equal, rich, deep rosy pink. Each 15c.
METEOR.--A rich, dark, velvety crimson Hybrid Tea; a free bloomer and vigorous grower, and as a garden rose it cannot be too highly recommended. Each 15c.
LA FRANCE.--Undoubtedly the most perfect type of a cut-flower rose. No variety surpasses it in delicate coloring--silvery rose, shaded pink, with a satiny sheen over all its petals. Flowers large, keeps well, and of distinct pervading fragrance. 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. Each 15c.
SOUVENIR DE WOOTON.--Color a beautful [beautiful] shade 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. Each 15c.
THE BRIDE.--This is undoubtedly one of the finest white rose ever offered. The buds are very large and of exquisite form, and the full flower very double, measuring from 3 1/2 to 4 inches in diameter. The color is a delicate creamy white. Each 10c.
SUNSET.--This exquisite orange yellow variety is one of the finest Tea Roses grown. The flowers are large and double. The exquisite shades of coloring found in this variety can only be compared to the gorgeous colors of summer sunset; hence the name. It is deliciously fragrant, a strong growing and free flowering variety. Each 15c.
RAINBOW.--Color is a lovely shade of deep coral pink, striped and mottled in the most unique manner with intense crimson, and elegantly colored with rich golden amber at center and base of petals. It makes beautiful buds, and the flowers are extra large, very sweet, and of great depth and substance. A most charming variety. Each 15c.

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES
These should be extensively grown by all as they are perfectly hardy and produce their magnificent large flowers in great profusion year after year.
MRS. JOHN LAING.--A constant bloomer from spring until after hard frost, and its flowers are simply faultless in shape and outline. Every petal is like a perfect shell, while the color is the most exquisite shade of silvery pink, like the tint that bathes the lip of a seashell. Each 25c.
PAUL NEYRON.--Immense double flowers, of shining carmine-pink. Largest rose known, perfectly grand. Each 25c.
DINSMORE.--We cannot praise this enough. Always in bloom, with large, finely imbricated flowers of a rich bright crimson. Rather bushy and compact growth. Extra fine as specimen rose upon the lawn. Each 25c.
GEN. WASHINGTON.--Brilliant crimson, very rich and beautiful; large, perfectly double and free bloomer. Each 20c.
GENERAL JACQUEMINOT.--One of the grandest roses in existence. Sure to delight ever [every] lover of the beautiful, as nothing can surpass them in beauty. Our cut well illustrates the shape of the flower, and the cut flowers are sometimes sold by florists at from $1.00 to $2.00 each. Color a rich, dazzling scarlet, shaded with deep, velvety crimson, making a supurb [superb] glowing color. Flowers large; free bloomer. Each 20c.
MAGNA CHARTA.--Dark pink; one of the easiest roses to grow. Each 20c.
MADAME PLANTIER.--As a cemetery rose it is still without a rival. Flowers borne in great profusion, pure white; hardy as an oak and certain to grow as grass. Each 20c.

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CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSE.

AMERICAN BEAUTY.--One of the best and most valuble [valuable] roses, both for garden and house culture. Color rosy crimson, exquisitely shaded and very handsome. Extra large full flowers, exceedingly sweet, makes magnificent buds, very hardy and a constant bloomer. Each 20c.

ETOILE DE LYON.--Brilliant chrome yellow, deepening at center to pure golden yellow; flowers very large, double and full, and very fragrant. Each 10c.
PERLE DES JARDINS.--Fine straw yellow, sometimes deep canary yellow; very large and perfect form. Each 10c.
CAROLINE TESTOUT.--Large and double; color bright satiny pink, with rosy center. Each 15c.
MADAME HOSTE.--An exceedingly beautiful, new ever-blooming rose; color soft, canary yellow, deepening at center to pure golden yellow. Each 10c.

BEAUTIFUL FAIRY ROSES.
Small roses which are marvels of grace and beauty. They bloom in immense clusters of 25 to 50 on a single stem.
MOSELLA.--A choice novelty. Flowers very double, ball-shaped and open like a Camellia flower. The petals are tinted white, on beautiful light yellow ground extending to the middle of the petal. Each 20c.
PRINCESS BONNIE.--Another charming novelty; flowers large and perfectly formed; a rich, solid crimson. Each 20c.
LITTLE WHITE PET.--Very handsome; pure white, perfect shaped flower. Very hardy. Each 10c.
CLOTHILDE SOUPERT.--A profuse bloomer; flowers large, double; white, with rosy pink center; fragrant. Each 10c.
PINK SOUPERT.--A charming novelty. Like the above, only the flowers are a handsome rosy pink color all over; peculiar shade, unlike others. Each 15c.

MOSS ROSES.
The Moss Rose is the acknowledged queen of all roses. The moss-covered stems and buds show off the delicate loveliness of the blossom to great advantange. They are hardy in any location, and should be found in every garden. We can furnish either crimson, pink or white at 20c each.

HARDY 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 flower 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 hardy climber in this climate. Marechal Neil.--Very bright, rich golden yellow; very large, full and perfect form. Truly magnificent. Not hardy in Iowa. Wichuriana, the White Memorial Rose.--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. They are single, pure white, with golden yellow stamens. Appropriate and enduring for cemetery use. It is perfectly hardy. Mary Washington.--A hardy, perpetual blooming climber, producing double snow-white blossoms in great profusion from June until frost. No home is complete without one of these roses. Crimson Rambler.--300 blooms on one branch. This rose has created a great sensation wherever shown. It is of vigorous growth, making shoots from 8 to 10 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 of 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 about it thus under date of July 6th: "At this date this is a grand rose. On one shoot alone I counted over 300 blooms. Any of the above varieties, each 15c.

[image] MOSS ROSE.