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FAIRFAX ROSES
The Aristocrats of Rosedom
HE name of Fairfax—famous for two centuries as the home of exclusive-
ness—never has been used more appropriately to denote aristocratic refine-
ment than when applied to the Roses of Fairfax County, Virginia. Every
condition of soil and climate is so favorable that Fairfax Roses become truly
superb.
My Rose nurseries are in the heart of the best Rose-growing section of
the United States. The seasons are long and mild, yet cold enough to provide ©
the essential “‘dormant period’’ in which the bushes may rest and gather
energy. The growing period is so long that Fairfax Roses two years old are
much larger and stronger than those of equal age grown farther north.
Bear in mind that my Roses are as hardy as need be—customers in Canada are using
them with entire satisfaction. One reason for this is that they are grown right out in the
open, with no protection. Plants grown under glass are liable to be “‘soft’’ and not hardy.
The vitality of the Rose plants you buy is another exceedingly important matter. Some
unscrupulous growers will force Roses for blooms all winter, and then sell the exhausted
plant in the spring. My Fairfax Roses are not that sort. My plants are all heavy, stocky
and vigorous, grown on their own roots, except where noted.
My mailing-size plants are large. All are one-year old, from 3-inch pots, and most
of them are ready to begin blooming at once. It is best, when possible, to have plants sent
by express, as I can often send larger plants and put in extra plants free of charge,—which
I do whenever possible.
Terms. Cash with order. Requests for credit must be refused, as they have to be
looked up, which takes time, especially in the busy season, delaying packing, shipping,
etc. In fairness to all of my customers I make this request.
Remit by post office money order payable at Oakton, Virginia, by express money
order, draft or personal check. If currency is enclosed, the letter must be registered; other-
wise I cannot be responsible for it. Please do not send stamps.
Guarantee. I guarantee all plants to reach the customer in good growing condition;
if they do not I will replace them free, if notified immediately."
Shipments. Two- and three-year-old plants must go by express at customer’s expense,
but will be packed as light as possible. They will go at the special plant rate, which is about
20 per cent less than merchandise rate. Shipments should, when possible, go over only one
express company’s line, as otherwise the charge is likely to be greatly increased. If you
can reach the lines of the Adams or Southern Companies, therefore, I can save you a good
deal in express charges. However, a rule which went into effect in July, 1911, by order of
the Interstate Commerce Commission, greatly reduces the charges where shipments must
travel over two or more lines, and will save my customers considerable sums.
I pay postage on all plants by mail, and guarantee that everything sent out will
reach you in perfect condition. Express shipments, of course, go at customer’s expense.
Errors. I use every precaution to guard against errors, but in the press of business they
sometimes will occur. I always wish to know of anything not satisfactory, so I may correct
the error.
Always use order sheet, as it enables me to fill orders with despatch and accu-
racy.
No orders for plants received for less than 25 cents unless 10 cents be added to pay for
packing.
I am only twelve miles from Washington, D. C., and have direct connection with all
railroad lines leading from there.
When sending your order, if you will send the names of a few of your friends who are
plant-buyers, I will send you something extra for your trouble. I will send you many
fine plants extra if you will get your friends’ orders and send them with yours, so that
all may go by express to you.
Large Roses for Immediate Effect. I call special attention to the two-year-old
plants offered, as they are very heavy, fine plants, and the prices are low. I keep them in
cold houses during winter—entirely dormant, so they are in best condition for immediate
blooming. They must be sent by express at purchaser’s expense, unless the order be a small
one, when I will send by mail if 5 cents per plant be added for postage.
Visitors Always Welcome. I am right at Oakton Station, on the Washington, Arling-
ton and Falls Church Electric Road. Cars leave Washington every hour from Pennsylvania
avenue and Twelfth street; Oakton is a twelve-mile ride.
I want to make you a customer this year if you are not already growing some of my
plants. If you are, then you will still be interested in my attractive offerings. In either case,
let me hear from you with an order—I will make every effort to merit your further patronage
by supplying such plants as will produce thoroughly satisfactory results for you. I guar-
antee my own personal efforts in that direction. Should you desire any information about
varieties of Roses best suited to your location, or advice as to caring for Roses after plant-
ing, write to me; I will be glad to help you grow the best Roses possible.
W. R. GRAY, Oakton, Virginia
HOW TO GROW ROSES
Time to Plant. The best time to plant Roses is in early spring. Two- and three-
year-old plants should be set out as early as the soil can be prepared, even if severe
frosts may follow; they usually will do better than if planted later. The mailing-size
plants, however, should not be set out until after danger of frost is over. Except in the
most northern states, Roses may be planted in the fall, and will start earlier and make
a better growth than those set out in the spring; they should, however, have good
protection during the first winter.
Planting and Summer Care. While Roses may be grown in any good garden
soil, they flourish much better in a rather heavy clay loam than they do in a light or
sandy soil. They should not be planted near large trees or in a shady location. Care
in preparation of the soil is repaid abundantly in rapid growth, health of the plants,
and profusion of bloom. The best soil for Roses is that taken from old pasture and
mixed with well-rotted manure, in the proportion of one part of manure to four parts
of soil. Dig the bed out to a depth of two feet or more, and fill it with the mixture of
soil and manure, first providing for drainage with a layer of stones or tile, if drainage
is needed. When possible, make the beds several days before planting, to allow the
soil to settle. At the time of planting it should be an inch below the level of the land.
Beds should be not wider than 3% feet, to allow hoeing and cutting of the flowers
without stepping on the bed.
In planting, see that the soil is firm about the roots. Keep them well watered
at first, and, if the plants are of the smaller sizes, shade them from the sun for a few
days. Tea and Hybrid Tea Roses may be set 18 inches apart, and Hybrid Perpetuals 2
feet apart, with both 8 inches from the edges of the beds. The soil should be kept stirred
with the hoe constantly—every week is not too often—and if this is done, watering will
be unnecessary. If the soil is not very rich, fine-ground raw bone may be applied each
year at the rate of five pounds to the square yard.
Pruning. Two- and three-year-old Rose bushes should be cut back within 6 or 8
inches of the ground as soon as they are planted; some growers practice pruning them
to the third or fourth leaf-bud. The shoots should be watched and pruned as required
during the growing season, care being taken to prevent long canes from outgrowing
others and giving a straggly appearance to the bush. A good general rule is to cut back
each shoot to half its length after it has bloomed. Climbing Roses require no pruning
except to keep them within the desired bounds and to remove very old or dead wood.
Winter Protection. The purpose of winter pro-
tection is not so much to keep the wood from freezing
as it is to prevent it from alternate freezing and thaw-
ing. Inthe latitude of Washington all that is necessary
is to cover the bed with 3 or 4 inches of leaves or other
mulch. Farther north it is well to cover the canes to a
depth of 5 or 6 inches, and in exposed locations it is
well to protect them with corn-stalks or evergreen
boughs. Tea Roses may be wintered successfully by
covering them with a foot of leaves which are held
on by poultry netting or evergreen boughs. The
most tender kind of Roses generally may be carried
through the severest winters if the canes are brought
together, cut at the height of a foot or two,and wrapped
with long straw tied at frequent intervals. In dry soil
the earth may be hilled up about the bushes and offer
the protection necessary.
Herewith you will find money order for $2, on receipt of
which please send me the enclosed list of Roses. Formerly
I have been a liberal patron of yours and always found
perfect satisfaction; in fact, of all the florists J have
dealt with in the past thirty years, your flowers have
been the best.—R. L. W., Ramona, Cal.
I want to thank you for the nice plants which came =
safely by express a few days ago. I have bought plants This is a specimen of the
from many places, but none more satisfactory than yours. 2-year-old Rose bushes I
It is a pleasure to deal with such a house.—Miss R. S., supply. My 3-year size 1s
Lexingten, N. C. much larger.
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W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
HARDY HYBRID TEA ROSES
These are by far the most valuable and popular of all the Roses. They bloom con-
tinuously throughout the summer and frequently until late in the fall, and are practi-
cally hardy in any climate. There are many varieties in all colors. shapes and sizes of
bloom, and all have a delightful fragrance. The assortment that I offer is not so large
as that of some growers, but I have tested all the varieties thoroughly, and have con-
fined my list to those which are the most satisfactory in profusion and quality of bloom,
foliage and habit of growth. I have discarded many varieties because I have others of
the same class of greater merit. I believe this list embraces all of the worth-while sorts.
Any plants listed at 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz.; 30 cts. each, $3 per doz.; 40 cts.
each, $4 per doz.; 50 cts. each, $5 per doz.; 60 cts. each, $6 per doz.
size plants are one year old, from 3-inch pots.
Mailing -
All on their own roots except
the three-year-old plants, which are budded plants.
American Beauty. Crimson. Largest,
sweetest and best of all hardy Roses. It is
a genuine, hardy, everblooming Rose.
For immensity of size, rich color, exquisite
form and delicious fragrance, it stands
without an equal. It isa quick and bushy
grower and a continuous bloomer, makes
magnificent buds and large, deep, double
flowers, and is valuable both for house and
garden culture. Color a rich, rosy crim-
son, shaded and veined in the most charm-
ing fashion; very fragrant. Price, 15 cts.;
larger size, 25 cts.; 2-year plants, 35 cts.
Antoine Rivoire. Pink. A vigorous
grower, with fine-shaped buds and flowers;
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color salmon-flesh in center, the edges of
its petals shading to a creamy white, with
a delicate pink tinge. Price, mailing size,
10 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Bessie Brown. White. Flowers pro-
fusely in the open ground all through the
summer. The color is pure white, some-
times faintly flushed pink; petals enor-
mous and well shaped. Price, mailing size,
15 cts.; 2-year plants, 35 cts.
Betty. Yellow. Color a coppery rose,
overspread with golden yellow. Its blooms
are extremely large, fairly full and of
glorious form. Vigorous, erect and free-
branching habit; flowers all season and is
deliciously perfumed. Price, mailing size,
15 cts.; 2-year plants, 35 cts.
i Red. Can be recommen-
Cardinal. ded as better than Lib-
erty, and, in the open ground, equal to
Meteor. It is a strong, robust grower,
with large and massive flowers, deliciously
fragrant, full and double to the center.
Of easy culture and extremely free flower-
ing. Price, mailing size, 15 cts.; strong,
2-year plants, 40 cts.
Clara Watson. Pink. The flowers are
very graceful and are produced in remark-
able profusion. The buds are beautiful,
and are supported on long stems, making
it desirable for cutting. The color is salmon
pink, difficult to describe. Price, fine,
mailing-size plants, 10 cts.; strong 2-year
plants, 25 cts.; heavy 3-year plants on
own roots, 50 cts.
Dean Hole. Pink. An intense salmon-
pink, with bud of extraordinary length
opening into a mammoth bloom of splen-
did substance. An English gold-medal
Rose that ranks with the best. Price,
10 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Duchess of Wellington. Yellow.
The color at first is an intense saffron-
yellow, stained with crimson, which, as
the flowers develop, changes to a deep
coppery yellow. The blooms resemble
those of Killarney in shape, but have
larger and finer petals. Delightfully fra-
grant and very free flowering. Price, one-
year mailing size, 15 cts.; strong 2-year
plants, 40 cts.; extra 3-year plants, 60 cts.
FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
Frau Karl Druschki. A great white Rose; deserves its popularity
Hardy Hybrid Tea Roses, continued
Frau Karl Druschki. White.
Called by some, ‘““‘White American Beauty.”’
Strictly speaking, this Rose does not belong in the Hy-
brid Tea class, as it is a pure Hybrid Perpetual. It is, however, such a constant and
persistent bloomer that it will pass fora Hybrid Tea.
The bud is long and pointed,
of the finest form, often delicately marbled with carmine on the outer petals, opening to
an enormous flower absolutely pure snow-white, unquestionably the whitest Rose
known.
The growth is exceedingly strong, vigorous and healthy. Price, mailing size,
from 3-inch pots, I5 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 40 cts.; extra-heavy 3-year plants,
60 cts.; 4-year immense plants, 85 cts.
Etoile de France, Red. This
French _ va-
riety is a most valuable addition to the
Hardy Hybrid Tea bedding Roses and a
fitting companion to such high-grade va-
rieties as Killarney and La France. It is
a strong, vigorous grower, with good dark
foliage, and flowers which are full and
double and as beautiful in the bud as in
the full-blown flower, and borne on strong,
upright shoots in the greatest profusion.
In color it is distinct from all Roses in
this class, being of a rich, velvety crimson
with a vivid cerise-red center. Price,
mailing size, I5 cts.; strong 2-year plants,
35 cts.; extra 3-year plants, 50 cts. See
illustration on page II.
General McArthur. Red. One of the
brightest, vivid crimson-scarlet Roses in
existence. Of free-branching habit of
growth, very vigorous and healthy. Every
shoot produces a large, double, well-formed
flower, which, combined with its fragrance
and hardiness, makes this essentially one
of the greatest red Roses for outdoor plant-
ing. The fragrance cannot be excelled
by any Rose. Price, I- year mailing size,
15 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 35 cts.
Gruss an Teplitz, or Virginia R.
Coxe. Red. Velvety crimson shading to
brilliant scarlet. The flowers are cup-
shaped, moderately full, coming some-
what in clusters, on long, stiff stems, and
are borne freely and continuously. Its
hardiness, beautiful foliage and great
blooming qualities make this one of the
greatest Roses for massing. Price, mailing
size, 10 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 25 cts.
W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Hardy Hybrid Tea Roses, continued
Helen Gambier. Yellow. Flowers deep
orange-yellow, shading to coppery yellow
and then to almost white on the outside
row of petals. Fragrance as strong and
penetrating as a Sweetbrier Rose. Very
distinct and beautiful. Price, mailing
size, IO cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Jonkheer J. L. Mock, Pink. This
is a giant
-Rose from Holland, and grows to great
size, usually outstripping ail the va-
_ rieties around it. The flowers are big and
round, of the general type of La France,
and a bright pink faced with carmine.
They are borne freely on long stems and
are valuable as cut-flowers, the firm,
heavy texture of the petals making them
keep well. Also excellent for bedding.
It is almost thornless. Price, I-year
mailing size, from 3-inch pots, 25 cts.;
strong 2-year plants, 50 cts.; extra 3-year
plants, 75 cts.
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.
White. One of the most beautiful of all
Roses for open-ground culture. It is a
strong, healthy grower and as hardy as
any of the Hybrid Perpetual Roses.
Blooms steadily from early spring until
severe frost; in fact, it is as free-blooming
as any Tea Rose. Elegant, large, pointed
buds and large, full-double flowers; color,
delicate creamy white; deliciously fra-
grant. As a cut-flower it stands without
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Rose.
Bears beautiful
blooms constantly
a peer. Price, strong mailing-size plants,
15 cts.; 2-year plants, 30 cts.; extra 3-year
plants, 50 cts.
: Pink. A phenomenal
Killarney. Hybrid Tea Rose, espec-
ially as to the coloring, which is an ex-
quisite shade of deep shell-pink. The flow-
ers are enormous, the petals frequently
measuring 24% inches deep. Wonderfully
strong, throwing up heavy shoots crowned
with long, heavy buds. Free-flowering
and perfectly hardy. Price, strong I-year
plants, by mail, 15 cts.; heavy 2-year
plants, 30c.; extra-heavy 3-year plants, 60c.
White Killarney. This variety pos-
sesses all the
good points of, and is identical in every
way with, its parent, except in color, which
is of a clear white. Its parent, Killarney,
though introduced only ten years ago,
has for several years been one of the
most popular Roses. White Killarney
has great freedom of bloom, beautiful
form, and perfect hardiness, which, to-
gether with its purity of color, assures for
it the same popularity. In naming a select
list of leaders for general planting, I
should certainly include White Killarney,
because I know its merits so well. Price,
strong mailing size, 15c.; 2-year plants, 35c.
La France. Pink. Accounts come
from all quarters every
year describing the great profusion of its
bloom from June until frost, and
extolling its fragrance and immense
size. It is of superb form, and double
as a Rose can be. It is famed for
its delicate coloring—silvery rose
shaded with pink. It has a satin
sheen over all its petals. Entirely
hardy. Price, mailing size, 15 cts.;
strong 2-year plants, 30 cts.
White La France, or Augustine
Guinoisseau. Recommended to
all, whether for outdoor culture or
for pots in the house in winter. If
you were to ask for six of the very
finest Roses, I should be sure to
include it in the six. It is identical
with La France, except in color.
It is pearly white, sometimes tinted
with fawn. Price, mailing size,
15 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 30 cts.
Striped La France. Light pink.
This variety combines all the good
qualities of La France in growth,
fragrance, shape of bud and flower;
it is nicely striped, the markings
being plain and distinct, the va-
riegations being a beautiful bright
rose on a satiny pink ground.
Price, mailing size, 15 cts.; strong
2-year plants, 30 cts.
FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
Hybrid Tea Roses, con.
Red La France, or Duchess
of Albany. Carmine. A fine
Rose of unusual merit, one that
will survive, with slight pro-
tection, the winters of any lo-
cality. It is identical in every
respect with La France, except in
color, which is a pretty red when
in bud form, but when open it
changes to a carmine. A fine
bedder. Price, mailing size,
15 cts.; strong 2-year plants,
30 cts.
Lyon. Yellow. An offspring
of Soleil d’Or. The form is full
and globular, with large, broad
petals of good texture. The
flowers are remarkably rich in
color; shrimp-pink at ends of
petals, center coral-red or sal-
mon-pink, shaded with chrome-
yellow. It is very fragrant and,
above all, a perpetual bloomer.
Wherever shown in Europe it
has been enthusiastically praised
and given the highest awards. At
Lyons it received the Prize of
Honor, and at the National
Rose Show held at Paris last
summer, where eighty-eight lead-
ing varieties were submitted,
Lyon scored the maximum one
hundred points with the judges,
and was the only one to receive the full
number. This Rose cannot be grown on
’ its own roots, and we supply budded plants
only. It is somewhat subject to black-
spot, a disease of the foliage, and may
need spraying with bordeaux mixture.
Price, strong 2-year plants, 65 cts.
Madam Constant Soupert.
Yellow. One of the most beautiful Roses
in existence. Strong, robust, and bears
great quantities of flowers. The buds are
very long and pointed and of perfect form,
on long, stiff stems, opening into large
blooms of a splendid deep yellow, edged
and feathered peach - pink; sometimes va-
riable in color with less yellow. Price,
I-year mailing size, 15 cts.; strong 2-year
plants, 40 cts. See illustration, page 13.
Madam Jennie Guillemot. Yellow.
Buds long and pointed, deep saffron-
yellow, opening canary with dark golden
shadings; blooms large, petals immense,
opens very freely; a fine, upright grower
of branching habit; exquisite. Price,
plants from 3-inch pots, 15 cts.; 2-year
plants, 40 cts.
Pink La France. Wonderful in color shadings
Madame Jules Grolez. Red. Called
by some “Red Kaiserin.”’” One of the
brightest and most pleasing Roses. A
free-blooming variety, with large, bright,
finely formed flowers. Color a distinct
shade of cherry-red. Price, mailing size,
10 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Magnafrano. Red. It is a strong,
upright grower anda
constant and profuse bloomer, with extra-
large flowers; full, deep and double, and
deliciously tea-scented. Bright, deep, shin-
ing rose. Price, strong mailing size, 15cts.;
fine 2-year plants, 35 cts. See page 12.
Miss Kate Moulton. Light pink.
Habit robust, with heavy foliage. A grand
Rose for outdoor culture. Price, mailing
size, 15 cts., 2-year plants, 35 cts.
Mrs. Aaron Ward. 4. beauti-
ful yellow
Rose from France. Visitors to my Rose
gardens go inte raptures over this won-
derful acquisition. The variety produces
as many flowers as any. Blooms are very
large, of exquisitely fine form, and are of
a delicate Indian-yellow color, which
shades lighter toward the edges as the
Our mailing-size planis are one year old, made from long, strong cuttings, and are grown
in 3-inch pots. They will be mailed free, but it is much better to have them come by
express with the soil on the roots.
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Hardy Hybrid Tea Roses, con.
flower opens. The demand for this Rose
so far has exceeded the supply. Now, how-
ever, I have a large supply of sturdy, two-
year bushes. Price, 1-year mailing size,
25 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 50 cts.
Mrs. A. R. Waddell. Yellow. A
sturdy, vigorous-growing bush. The buds
open a clean, rosy salmon deepening to
scarlet; outside of petals a little lighter.
Flowers large, splendidly formed. Price,
strong mailing size, 15 cts.; heavy 2-year
plants, 35 cts.
Mme. Caroline Testout. 2i"*.
Planted
in the nursery rows with all the other
good Roses, you can pick it out across a
ten-acre field on account of its immense
size and brilliant color. Probably no Rose
stands higher in public estimation today
than La France, but Mme. Caroline
Testout is decidedly deeper and more
brilliant in color and a larger flower, and
is as good in other ways. Petals large,
exquisitely edged and bordered with clear
silver-rose. Color brilliant satiny rose.
Price, strong mailing-size plants, 15 cts.;
fine 2-year plants, 35 cts.; extra 3-year
plants, 50 cts.; 4-year immense plants,
7's) Gt
Mrs. Aaron Ward. A beautiful yellow Rose from France
W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
My Maryland.
Pink. One of the finest of
peach-pink Roses. The
flowers are large and
double, of perfect form,
with a bright but tender
peach-pink tint which be-
comes lighter and even
more attractive as the
flower expands. The plant
makes a robust growth
with many canes, and
every shoot bears one or
many of the perfect
blooms which come
throughout a long season.
Grown originally for cut-
flowers, it has proved per-
fectly hardy out-of-doors.
Price, strong I-year plants
15 cts.; 2-year plants, 35c.
Perle von Godesburg.
Yellow. This is a sport
from Kaiserin, and is the
same in every respect,
except that it has quite a
decided yellow shade,
sometimes coming a good,
clear yellow. Price, mail-
ing size, I5 cts.; strong
2-year plants, 35 cts.
Prince de Bulgarie.
Yellow. Handsome, large
and full buds; flowers
splendidly formed. Outer petals light,
rosy salmon-pink, inner petals somewhat
lighter. Price, mailing-size plants, 3-inch
pots, 15 cts.; 2-year plants, 30 cts.
My Maryland. Peach-pink; robust
FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
Mme. Caroline Testout.
Larger and more brilliant than La France
Hardy Hybrid Tea Roses, continued
Sunburst. Yellow. The new queen of the yellow Roses. For years I have been
equal this.
hoping for a perfect yellow Rose.
The color is orange-copper, golden orange and golden yellow, all intense
Never before have I seen any to
shades and extremely brilliant. The bloom is full and double, and holds its color until
the petals are ready to drop; the bud is long and pointed. It is preéminently a long-
stemmed Rose. Price, 1-year plants from 3-inch pots, 30 cts.; strong 2-year plants, $1.
Queen Beatrice. Pink. When the
buds first open they are pleasing dark
pink, gradually shading with peach to a
glorious, silvery pink. The flowers are
large and double, with a delicate fragrance.
Price, mailing size, 15 cts.; strong 2-year
plants, 35 cts.
Rhea Reid. Ctimson. A magnifi-
cent garden Rose. “‘As
large as American Beauty, as double as
La France and as red as Richmond,”’ is
the way this beautiful Hybrid Tea Bush
Rose has been described. The color is
vivid scarlet-crimson, and the flowers are
marvels of beauty; large, bold and of
splendid substance. It has a strong, dis-
ease-resisting constitution, makes a rapid
growth and throws up a profusion of
canes from the roots and is always bloom-
ing. Price, I-year mailing size, I5 cts.;
strong 2-year plants, 35 cts.
Richmond. Red. This is among the
most brilliant of scarlet-
crimson Roses, and will always be included
in the first half dozen most desirable red
Roses. The bloom is moderately full,
of graceful habit and borne on long, stiff
stems. This variety is used in immense
numbers as a cut-flower, and is of equal
value in the garden. Price, I-year mailing
size, 15 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 35 cts.
Soleil d’Or (Golden Sun). A unique
Rose, the first of a new race, both in habit
of growth and color of flower. Very full,
the expanded flowers large and globular,
the center petals well incurved, forming
a double flower. The fully expanded
flower is a blending of reddish gold,
orange-yellow, nasturtium-red and pink.
Not a very free bloomer; foliage is some-
what subject to black-spot. Price, 2-year
plants, 50 cts.; extra 3-year plants, 75 cts.
W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Radiance.
Silvery pink; profuse; most desirable
Hardy Hybrid Tea Roses, continued
Radiance. Pink. John Cook of Baltimore has produced more good Roses than
Rose than Radiance.
any other man in this country, but he never has given us a better
It is a continuous bloomer and an extremely vigorous grower,
surpassing Wm. R. Smith in that respect. The blooms are very large; clear, silvery pink,
somewhat resembling the grand new Rose, Jonkheer J. L. Mock, but lighter in color.
This is a variety of the greatest importance.
2-year plants, 50 cts.
Souv. du President Carnot. White.
Flowers exquisitely shaped, large, full and
double, with shell-like petals. The buds
are long and pointed. Color delicate rosy
blush, shaded deeper at center, strong
grower and free bloomer. Price, 1-yr. mail-
ing size, 15c.; strong 2-year plants, 35c.
Triomphe de Pernet Pere. Red.
Flowers extra large, broad, thick petals
and long, tapering buds; delicious tea fra-
grance. Color, clear magenta-red, some-
times passing to bright crimson. Price,
mailing size, 10 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Wellesley. Pink. A _ seedling from
Liberty crossed with Bridesmaid. Flowers
extra large and full, of excellent substance
and durability; color bright, clear rose-
pink, reverse of petals silvery rose. Price,
mailing size, 10 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Winnie Davis. Pink. The color is
apricot-pink, shading to a flesh-tint at the
base of petals; buds oblong and well formed.
Price, mailing size, 20 cts.; extra-fine
Vigorous and robust, free-blooming; foli-
age leathery, reddish green, glossy and
large. For the Middle and Southern States
Winnie Davis is second to none. Price,
mailing size, 10 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Wm. Shean. Pink. A fine grower;
large, pointed flowers of Killarney-pink;
full, free and perpetual; one of the very
largest of Roses. Price, 15 cts.; 3-inch
pots, 25 cts.; 2-year plants, 40 cts.
Wm. R. Smith. Light pink. New,
hardy, everbloom-
ing Rose. Color deep ivory-white, over-
laid with clear, bright pink. As hardy as
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, and a vigorous
and rampant grower. I havea fine stock,
and offer it at a reasonable price. CGuar-
anteed to bloom this year. Price, 10 cts.;
heavy mailing size, from 3-inch pots, 15
cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; splendid, strong
2-year plants, 30 cts.; extra-fine 3-year
plants, on their own roots, 50 cts.
FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
TEA ROSES
This class of Roses is distinguished by a delicate tea fragrance and an absolutely
everblooming habit. Most varieties are not so hardy as the Hybrid Tea class, but they
may be carried through the winter even in the Norchern States with careful protection,
banking up with soil probably being the most satisfactory method. The Cochet varieties
are nearly or quite as hardy as the Hybrids.
Price of all Tea Roses, except where noted: i-year mailing size, 10 cts.; strong
2-year plants, 25 cts.
Pink Maman Cochet.
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ueen
of all pink garden Roses. Clear rich pink,
changing to silvery rose. The buds are
beautiful, large, full and firm and ele-
gantly pointed; as they expand they
show great depth and richness, sometimes
measuring 2%4 inches from base to tip.
beautiful buds, fine for bouquets and deco-
rative purposes. The color is deep rose,
or bright rosy crimson.
Burbank. Pink. A hardy, everbloom-
ing Tea Rose. Thecolor ischerry-crimson;
the very deepest and brightest pink Rose
in cultivation. Peculiarly adapted for out-
door planting or for blooming indoors.
Small pot-plants, will, in
the open ground, quickly
make large, strong bushes,
and produce on long, stiff
stems, great numbers of
perfect flowers. Perfectly
hardy in all sections.
Price, 2-year plants, 30c.
White Maman
Cochet, or Priscilla.
A charming white Tea
Rose. A child of that
grandest of bedding or
outdoor Roses, Maman
Cochet; identical with
that variety except in
color. Hardy in Northern
Ohio, with slight pro-
tection in winter. The
flowers are enormous, re-
markably round and full;
white and delightfully tea-
scented. Price, 2-year
plants, 30 cts.
Golden Cochet, or
Helen Good. This is the
only true Cochet Rose
known except the old,
well-known Pink and
White Cochets. The color
is a delicate yellow, suf-
fused with pink, each
petal edged deeper, very
chaste and beautiful. The
color, with its immense
size and exquisite form,
makes it one of the
greatest Tea Roses. Price,
2-year plants, 35 cts.
Blumenschmidt. Yel-
low. Deep golden yellow,
of the richest and purest
shade.
Bon Silene. Pink. A
grand old Tea Rose. Large,
Golden Cochet. Delicate yellow, suffused with pink
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Tea Roses, continued
Coquette de Lyon. Yellow. One of
the best garden Roses. It is unquestion-
ably one of the finest canary-yellow Tea
Roses in cultivation for open-ground
culture.
Etoile de Lyon (Star of Lyon). Yel-
low. This magnificent Tea Rose is a rich
golden yellow; a strong, healthy and
vigorous grower, immense bloomer, bear-
ing flowers and buds early and late. The
flewers are very deep, rich and full, of
excellent substance, and very sweet.
Freiherr von Marschall. Red. The
flowers are large, beautifully shaped,
double and full, borne in wonderful pro-
fusion all through the growing season. It
is a bright red, one of the brightest red
Tea Roses in existence. Price, mailing
size, 3-inch pots, 15 cts.; heavy 2-year
plants, 30 cts.
Golden Gate. A most magnificent
Rose with large, full, finely formed flowers;
buds long and beautiful. Color rich creamy
exquisitely tinged with golden
yellow and clear rose, making a
flower of indescribable beauty.
Plants robust and hardy, and
bloom freely.
white,
Pearl of the Garden. Big yellow blooms until fall
Helen Gould. Red. One of the most
beautiful and = satisfactory Roses for
general planting ever introduced in
America. The flowers are full and per-
fectly double, the buds beautifully made,
long and pointed, the color of a ripe red
watermelon. It is as hardy as La France.
Ivory. White. This exquisite new Rose
resembles Golden Gate in form, but is
pure ivory-white. It is an exceedingly
free bloomer, sure to be covered with
buds and flowers the whole season.
Madame de Vatry. Red. Big, clean
buds of great beauty; fine flowers; rich
crimson-scarlet.
Mad. Francisca Kruger. Yellow. A
strikingly handsome Rose, one of the very
best for open-ground culture. It is espe-
cially adapted to bedding or massing.
Holds its foliage under all sorts of adverse
conditions. Flowers deeply shaded coppery
yellow. A strong and vigorous grower
and a good and constant bloomer.
Marie Van Houtte. Yellow. Mag-
nificent in the open ground. Extra-large,
full-double flowers; canary-yellow, passing
to creamy white, shaded rose.
Marigold. Yellow. Beautiful, with
dark, feathery foliage; resembles
Kaiserin in growth and bloom.
Marquise de Querheent. Yel-
low. Long-pointed buds; stiff, up-
right stems; color a beautiful China-
rose, coppery salmon and golden
yellow; extremely free bloomer.
Mrs. B. R. Cant. Red. A most
beautiful and worthy variety, some-
what resembling the famous Papa
Gontier. The plant is a very free
grower and bloomer; the flowers are
large, full and double; dark carmine
shaded and flushed with lighter
rose.
Papa Gontier. Red. A fine
forcing Rose, also fine for field
planting. We sell immense quan-
tities of this variety. It has a
good bud; open flower, semi-double;
color, dark carmine, flushed crimson.
Pearl of the Gardens (Perle des
Jardins). Yellow. A beautiful yel-
low Tea Rose. The one Tea Rose
which you cannot possibly do with-
out. It has absolutely no weak
point. - The color is _ faultless,
whether the waxy petals show the
rich cream-tint of cool weather or
take richer golden shades which a
warmer sun gives them. The form
of the bud is rounded and luxuriant.
Of vigorous growth; foliage abun-
dant and handsome; delightful fra-
grance; fine for cutting. Price, mail-
ing size, 15c.; 2-year plants, 35c.
FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
Tea Roses, continued
Princess Bonnie. Red. One of
the brightest, sweetest, freest-bloom-
ing Roses in existence. The color
is a rich, solid crimson, the inside
being streaked with white. The
odor is a delicate, very delicious
tea scent.
Safrano. Yellow. A variety of
great value, particularly for out-
door planting. It grows vigorously,
and has the vitality necessary to
produce a continuous crop of flowers
from early summer until late in
autumn; quite hardy. The color is
bright apricot-yellow, changing to
orange and fawn, sometimes tinted
with rose. Very fragrant.
Souv. de Pierre Notting. Yel-
low. This beautiful Tea Rose is an
introduction of one of the foremost
firms of France, and has not been
exceeded in merit by any Rose yet
sent out fromthat country. Blooms Etoile de France (see page 3)
very large, well filled and open
easily; beautiful, elongated bud. Color apricot-yellow tinged with golden, mixed with
orange-yellow, edge of petals shaded beautiful carmine-rose; open flower is full and
double and of good substance; extremely free flowering.
BABY ROSES
The first Rose of thisclass was the
‘‘Baby Rambler’ introduced a few
years ago. Its name came from the
resemblance of the bloom to that
of the Crimson Rambler, but as
it is not a climber the name is
misleading. All the varieties are
perfectly hardy and are among the
most free blooming of all Roses.
Splendid for low hedges.
Baby Rambler. Red. A wonder-
ful little Rose. It is equally fine
for bedding or for growing in pots.
The plants grow only about 18
inches tall, but bloom constantly.
The flowers are small, bright red,
in clusters similar to the popular
Crimson Rambler. The plant is
vigorous and hardy, and the foliage
is apparently very free from the
attacks ofinsects. Price, mailing size,
10 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 30 cts.
Catherine Zeimet. White. The
flowers are pure in color and the
fragrance is delightful. These are
borne in the customary large trusses
and are very showy; as desirable as
the crimson Baby Rambler for pot-
: = ting or borders. Price, mailing size,
Blooms constanily 10 cts.; 2-year plants, 30 cts.
Baby Rambler.
Two years ago you shipped me some of the largest, best, and most satisfactory Rose
bushes I have ever received. Remembering this. I am enclosing another order which I trust
will prove equally satisfactory.—R. E. F., West Point, Ga.
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W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Red with white
center. Of all the
Ay (\
Baby Roses, continued
Jessie. Scarlet. The flowers in color
are like those of Richmond Rose, and Orleans Rose.
are borne in great clusters. This dwarf
polyantha is ideal for use as a bedding
plant. Price, mailing size, 15 cts.; strong
2-year plants, 35 cts.
Madam Cutbush. Pink. This dainty
little variety blooms most profusely. In
habit, form and size it is exactly like the
red Baby Rambler, but the color is a
beautiful, shining pink. Price, mailing
size, 15 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 35 cts.
CHINA
Baby Ramblers introduced this is the best.
It is a veritable bouquet of beautifully
arranged flowers of deep geranium-red
with a showy center of pure white. The
color effect is striking. The plant grows
rapidly and is one of the most desirable
of itsclass. The blooms have a stiff, paper-
like texture which makes them last for
days. Price, mailing size, 15 cts.; strong
2-year plants, 40 cts.
ROSES
These are the Roses of our grandmother’s days, but on account of their sterling
qualities they are still popular and are worthy of planting in any garden. The range of
color is considerable, and their absolute hardiness, ease of culture, fragrance and adap-
tability to adverse conditions make them popular and valuable varieties.
Price of these six kinds, mailing size, 10 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 25 cts. each
Champion of the World. Pink. It
is quite hardy and possesses that deli-
cious old-fashioned Rose fragrance so
much sought after in an everblooming
veriety.
(see page 5)
Magnafrano
Clothilde Soupert. Pink. A strong,
vigorous grower. The flowers are large,
double and beautiful in form, in the style
of the beautiful Rose, Ball of Snow.
They are borne in sprays, and the color
blends from a soft shell-pink to a pure,
satiny white. Roses with both these col-
ors are borne onthe same plant at the same
time. Unequaled in flowering qualities.
Duchesse de Brabant. Carmine. A
bright China-rose, with coppery yellow
center, ends of petals suffused with car-
mine. A charmingly beautiful combina-
tion of coloring, as each color blends nicely
with the other. This variety ranks with
the best and is a Rose of decided merit.
Hermosa. Pink. An old favorite. It
is always in bloom and always beautiful;
the flowers are cupped, finely formed and
full; color, the most pleasing shade of
pink, soft but deep.
Queen’s Searlet. Red. A grand old
bedding variety. It can be planted any-
where; entirely hardy. Flowers large and
fiery scarlet, a color seldom seen in Roses.
Souvenir de la Malmaison. Flesh.
Blooms well in hot weather. Its rich,
flesh-colored flowers are of large size,
double to the center, and produced in
abundance.
I have never seen finer Roses than those you sent me. Wish I had made my whole
order from you.
Please keep my name for your annual catalogue.—T. L., TyLErR, Texas.
The shipment of Roses which I ordered from you a fortnight ago came to hand in good
time, and, except the fact that it was short by one plant, was very satisfactory indeed. I
have bought Roses from half a dozen firms, but have not received more promising plants
anywhere. In fact, I am so well! pleased with them that I have decided to repeat the order,
and four friends, having seen the plants, are asking me to order the same collection for
them.—E. E. R., Walla Walla, Wash.
Box of Reses and plants received yesterday and they were in fine condition. I have
been buying plants for the past 18 years and have purchased from north and west and I
never had plants sent packed as well as those you sent me.—Dr. E. M. K., Delta, Pa.
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FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
Ye
OR
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES
The Roses of this class are perhaps the most valuable for permanent planting,
since they are perfectly hardy, show the greatest size of flower and bush, and make the
most vigorous growth. Although they are called Hybrid Perpetuals, they produce a
great number of blooms in their
season and then give only scattered
blooms until fall, except in the
case of a few varieties which have a
second season of beauty near the
end of the growing period. For
those who desire to plant a Rose
that will last a lifetime, the Hybrid
Perpetual is recommended. As a
rule they do not require winter pro-
tection, and once planted they in-
crease in size for years with ordinary
care.
Price, except where noted, strong
mailing size, 10 cts.; larger
size, 15 cts.; heavy 2-year
plants, 30 cts.
Anne de Diesbach (Glory of
Paris). Rose-color. Long, pointed
buds and large, finely-formed, com-
pact flowers; very full and double,
and delightfully sweet. A vigorous
grower and a fine bloomer.
Black Prince. Crimson. Much
sought after because of its splendid
dark crimson flowers, which are
shaded so deeply as to be almost
black; cupped, large, full, fine shape.
Very hardy. Price, 15 cts.; 3-inch
pots, 25 cts.; 2-year plants, 40 cts.
Cheshunt Hybrid. Red. This
Rose is growing in favor as it be-
comes known. A most beautiful
deep rose or red.
Clio. Flesh. Two first-class certi-
ficates awarded by the Royal Horti-
cultural Society. This variety is of very
vigorous growth, and has large, handsome
foliage. The flowers are flesh-color, shaded
to the center with rosy pink. They are
very large, of fine, globular form, and freely
produced. A grand addition in the style
of Baroness, and unquestionably the finest
of all Roses for flowering in pots and
forcing.
Conrad F. Meyer. Pink. Hybrid
Rugosa Rose. A most valuable addition
to the list of hardy, free-blooming Roses.
It surpasses all others of the type in full-
ness of flowers. The color is beautiful, a
pure silvery pink. It is of ironclad hardi-
ness. Its beautiful foliage alone would
recommend it as an ornamental shrub for
the garden. For a flowering hedge it
should eventually take front rank. The
fragrance of the flowers is spicy and
delightful. Price, strong mailing size,
3-inch pots, 15 cts.; heavy 2-year plants,
40 cts.; extra-heavy 3-year plants, 60 cts.
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Mme. Constant Soupert (see page 5)
Countess of Roseberry. Pink. The
color is satiny pink in the center and
deepens on the outer petals to a bright
rose. The feather-shading gives it the
appearance of two distinct colors. Very
free-flowering and a good grower. Price,
extra-size 3-year plants, 50 cts.
Coquette des Alpes. White. A lovely,
pure white Rose. Very full and free in
flower; delicious fragrance.
Dinsmore. Scarlet. A vigorous,
healthy Rose of dwarf, branching habit.
The flowers are large, perfectly double,
and of a dazzling scarlet-crimson color,
and have the rich, spicy fragrance peculiar
to the best Hybrid Tea Roses.
General Jacqueminot. Crimson. A
rich, velvety crimson, changing to scarlet-
crimson. A magnificent Rose, equally
beautiful in the bud state or open. The
best known of all Hybrid Perpetuals, and
is without a rival in fragrance and rich-
ness of color. It is perfectly hardy in most
situations.
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i Clarke. The largest Rose grown
Hybrid Perpetual Roses, continued
J. B. Clarke. Red. Without doubt the largest Rose ever grown. The growth is
strong, upright and vigorous, making a large, handsome bush; the
foliage is broad and stout, bronzy green in the young state, changing to dark green.
Blooms are very large, 714 inches in diameter by 5 inches deep, and beautifully formed;
flowers full and long; strongly fragrant; color, intense scarlet, shaded crimson-maroon,
dark and rich. Awarded gold medal of the National Rose Society. Dickson classes this
Rose as a Hybrid Tea. I class it as a Hybrid Perpetual. Price, heavy mailing size,
20 cts.; 2-year plants, 50 cts., all on own roots. Extra-heavy 3-year budded plants, 65c.
Giant of Battles. Red. The very best | form, somewhat globular, full and deli-
rich red Rose; very large, double, full and | ciously scented. Color, clear, dazzling
sweet; excellent. red—one of the most brilliant Roses ever
Gloire Lyonnaise. Yellow. The only | seen. Free bloomer and vigorous grower.
yellow Hybrid Perpetual we have. It Henri Martin. Carmine. A magnif-
cannot be called deep yellow, but rather | icent Moss Rose. Extra large and per-
a pale shade of chamois or salmon-yellow, | fectly double. Deep rosy carmine, shaded
deepest at the center, sometimes passing | a bright crimson; mossy and fragrant.
to arich creamy white, finely tinted orange | Jubilee. Red. Awarded gold medal by
and fawn. the Massachusetts Horticultural Society,
Gloire de Margottin. Red. The | the only Rose to obtain the honor. Pure
flowers are very large and of symmetrical ' red in its deepest, shading to deep crim-
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FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
Hybrid Perpetual Roses, continued
son-red and velvety maroon-red in the
depths of the petals. It fairly glows in its
rich coloring, and has a rich, velvety finish
of itsown. It isa hardy everbloomer, and
an acquisition to any collection of Roses.
Mad. Charles Wood. Crimson. Be-
gins to bloom almost as soon as planted,
and continues all through the season; the
flowers are extra large, double, full and
quite fragrant; color bright fiery scarlet,
passing to fine rosy crimson, shaded with
maroon. One of the best for general use.
Magna Charta. Red. A _ splendid
Rose; extra large, full, very double flowers
of fine form, and sweet; clear rosy red,
beautifully flushed with violet-crimson; a
sure and profuse bloomer; one of the
hardiest and best for general planting.
Price, extra 3-year plants, 50 cts.
Margaret Dickson. White. The
flower is of
magnificent form, almost as large as Paul
Neyron. The color is of pure waxy white;
petals very large, well shaped and of
great substance. They are prettily curled
back or reflexed. The buds are large and
globular, particularly handsome. It is a
strong, vigorous grower, with fine foliage;
a free bloomer. Price, strong mailing-size
plants, 15 cts.; larger plants, 25 cts.;
heavy 2-year plants, 40 cts.; extra-heavy
3-year plants, 65 cts.
Mrs. John Laing. Pink. A splendid,
constant-blooming Hybrid Perpetual; per-
fectly hardy, with immense full and double
flowers, borne in great profusion on long,
stiff stems, and exceedingly sweet. The
color is a clear, shining pink, exquisitely
Margaret Dickson. Wavy white petals curl gracefully
shaded. Buds long and pointed. Price,
extra-size 3-year plants, 50 cts.
Mme. Masson. Rose. This is one of
the really superb Roses, and fully the
equal of any variety in my collection. I
think it one of the very finest Roses in
existence for garden cultivation; it is
entirely hardy, blooms nearly all the time,
bearing in profusion numbers of large,
full-double flowers of unusual beauty and
wonderful fragrance; color clear, bright
rose; distinct and charming. Price, 15 cts.;
larger size, 20 cts.; 2-year plants, 40 cts.
Paul Neyron. Pink. I call special
attention to this grand Rose. The flowers
are immense; bright, shining pink, clear
and beautiful; very double and full; finely
scented; blooms the first season.
Prince Camille de Rohan. Crimson.
A magnificent Rose, celebrated the world
over for its large, handsome, fragrant
flowers and the freedom with which they
are produced. The color is a deep, rich,
velvety crimson, passing to intense maroon
shaded black; at a short distance they
appear-really black.
Ulrich Brunner. Crimson. Flowers
of immense size,
of excellent, bright crimson, flamed with
scarlet, and borne in great profusion; one
of the best of its class. The blooms are
highly fragrant, full and globular. Price,
extra-size 3-year plants, 50 cts.
Vick’s Caprice. Rose. The only hardy
Rose that has any variegation. It is a
vigorous grower, and bears large and fra-
grant flowers of bright rose, distinctly
striped with a rich crimson. It is alto-
gether a most unique and pretty variety.
W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
EVERBLOOMING CLIMBING ROSES
Climbing Clothilde Soupert.
White. In this climbing variety we have
the vigorous constitution of Clothilde
Soupert combined with the same wonderful
freedom of bloom and extreme hardiness.
This new variety, in a single season, even
in small plants, will grow 15 to 25 feet,
producing cluster after cluster of the
finest-formed flowers. In form they are
distinct, large, round and flat, with
beautifully imbricated petals; perfectly
full and double, and deliciously sweet.
The color effect is magnificent—ivory-
white, shading toward the center to silvery
rose. Throughout the entire growing
season it is literally loaded down with its
large, handsome flowers. Price, strong
mailing size, 3-inch pots, 10 cts.; heavy
2-year plants, 30 cts.
Climbing Crimson Baby Rambler
A magnificent hardy, everblooming Rose.
This variety, introduced only recently,
combines the wonderful everblooming
Climbing Clothilde Soupert. Grows rapidly
qualities of the Crimson Baby Rambler,
with the climbing habit of the true Crim-
son Rambler. This makes it invaluable
for use wherever a climbing Rose may
be employed. Planted with taller-growing
kinds, it prolongs their blooming season
and removes their bareness of foliage near
the ground. The flowers, of brilliant crim-
son, are borne in clusters throughout the
summer; the foliage is glossy and thick,
resisting the attacks of insect enemies.
My stock of this great variety is limited.
Price, mailing-size plants, 15 cts.; strong
2-year plants, 50 cts.
Climbing Killarney. Pink. An exact
counterpart of Killarney, in every respect,
except that it is a vigorous climber. This
will prove a great garden Rose. Price,
3-inch pots, 10 cts.; 2-year plants, 30 cts.
Climbing Meteor. Velvety red.
a Grand new
Rose, the acme of all red climbing Roses.
It is a free, persistent bloomer, and will
make a growth from Io to 15 feet in a
season. We do not hesitate to place
it at the head of the list of all Roses
for summer blooming, as it will
make a strong growth, and is liter-
ally loaded with flowers all the time.
Price, strong plants, 3-inch pots,
15 cts.; fine 2-year plants, 35 cts.
Climbing Paul Neyron. Pink.
One of the very best of all climbing
Roses. An extremely free and con-
tinuous bloomer, of very large size
and fine pink color. Much more
like La France than Paul Neyron
in color, shape and blooming quali-
ties. Would have been better named
“Climbing La France.’ Price,
strong mailing-size plants, 15 cts.;
heavy 2-year plants, 30 cts.
Climbing Wootton. Scarlet.
This superb new climbing Tea Rose
is a prime favorite wherever it is
introduced. The flowers are large,
full, deep and double, and of a
beautiful velvety red color; the
perfume is unusually rich and
elegant. Price, 10 cts.; 3-inch pots,
15 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Empress of China (The Apple-
Blossom Rose). Red. This is a
hardy climber that possesses great
merit. It is a strong, rampant
grower, and a very free bloomer.
Flowers of good size from pointed
buds; soft red, turning lighter as
it opens. It blooms from May to
December in the open ground.
Introduced from China. Price,
strong mailing size, 10 cts.; 2-year
plants, 25 cts.
Marechal Niel.
Climbing Roses, continued
Gloire de Dijon. Amber. This mag-
nificent Rose is always scarce and difficult
to obtain true. The flowers are large, per-
fectly double and delightfully tea-scented;
color rich, creamy amber, tinted with
blush. One of the most beautiful Roses.
Price, strong mailing-size plants, 15 cts.;
2-year plants, 40 cts.
Marechal Niel. Yellow. The world-
renowned Rose. A beautiful, deep sulphur-
yellow; very full, large and exceedingly
fragrant. It hasa climbing habit, and ina
few years will attain a large size, yielding
thousands of beautiful golden yellow
flowers. Especially desirable in the South.
Price, mailing size, from 3-inch pots, 10
cts.; fine 2-year plants that made 4 to 6
feet of growth last summer, 35 cts.
Mary Washington. White. Flowers
are of medium size, pure white, sweet,
perfectly double to the center, and borne
in endless numbers in large clusters all
summer. Vigorous and rapid grower.
One plant of Mary Washington will
produce more flowers and buds than a
dozen ordinary Roses. Its fragrance is
World-renowned yellow Rose
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tinged with the old-tashioned musky
flavor so much admired in olden times.
My stock is propagated direct from the
old plant at Mount Vernon, which is
famous as having been planted by
George Washington and named in
honor of his mother. It is still a strong,
vigorous bush, blooming profusely and
demonstrating that the soil and climate
of Fairfax are especially adapted to
Rose-growing. Price, strong mailing
size, from 3-inch pots, 10 cts.; fine
2-year plants, 30 cts.
Mrs. Robert Peary ee
White. This is, without doubt, the
grandest of all white climbing Roses. It is
the first and only white, hardy, everbloom-
ing climbing Rose, and, as such, fills a de-
mand that has never before been supplied.
Small plants bloom continually the first
season, just as the parent, Kaiserin
Augusta Victoria, does. The flowers are
extra large, full, deep and double, and are
produced on long, stiff stems like a forcing
or cut-flower Rose. The buds are long
and pointed, exquisitely modeled and
gracefully finished. Both in bud and
flower it is truly beautiful. Always a
wonderfully vigorous grower and very
hardy. Price, strong mailing-size plants,
10 cts.; fine 2-year plants, 30 cts.; extra-
fine 3-year plants, 50 cts.
Reve d’Or (Golden Chain, or Climbing
Safrano). Yellow. A _ beautiful pillar
Rose. Color orange-yellow or deep saf-
fron; good size, full and sweet. I havea
fine stock of this Rose, and recommend
it highly. Price, strong mailing size, from
3-inch pots, 10c.; fine 2-year plants, 25c.
White Microphylla. Flowers purest
white, double, sweet. Price, mailing size,
10 cts.; strong 2-year plants, 25 cts.
(Climbing
W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
ns.
Pink; blooms profusely
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RAMBLER ROSES
While these do not bloom con-
tinuously, they are covered during
their blooming season with a wealth
of flowers of various shades. The
sight of a large Rambler Rose in
full bloom is one long to be re-
membered—a wealth of color shown
by no other class of plant.
Aglaia, or Yellow Rambler.
The color is rare fora Rambler Rose.
Planted with white varieties it
makes a striking effect. Price, 10
cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Blue Rose _ (‘‘Veilchenblau’’).
This violet-blue seedling from the
Crimson Rambler was the sensation
of Rosedom a few years ago. The
flowers are borne in large clusters,
like those of the Crimson Rambler,
and have a brown-bluish shade that
makes it a striking novelty. Price,
mailing size, from 3-inch pots, I5
cts.; strong 2-year plants, 35 cts.
Crimson Rambler. Often grows
8 to 10 feet ina season. Magnificent
in bush form, and for covering
buildings, trellises, etc. Brightest
crimson, undimmed to the end.
The flowers are produced in great
pyramidal panicles or trusses of
thirty to forty blooms. Price, from
3-inch pots, 10 cts.; 2-year plants,
25 cts.; 3-year plants, heavy, 50 cts.
Dorothy Perkins. The flowers
are clear shell-pink, with lovely,
oddly wrinkled petals; buds pointed,
well formed, borne in great clusters.
A fine climber and a_ profuse
bloomer; flowers very durable and
the clusters are good for cutting.
Price, strong mailing size, from 3-
inch pots, 10 cts.; 2-year plants,
fine, 30 cts. Extra 3-year plants,
50 cts.
Helene (Pink Rambler). A
seedling from Crimson Rambler.
Flowers larger than those of Crim-
son Rambler, nearly double, and
borne in clusters of twenty to
fifty. Color soft violet-rose. Price,
10 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Hiawatha. Brilliant scarlet;
bears large clusters of single flowers;
bright and effective. Price, mailing
size, from 3-inch pots, 15 cts.;
strong 2-year plants, 30 cts.
Lady Gay. Flowers delicate
cerise-pink, passing to soft white.
The effect of the combination of
soft white flowers, pink buds and
green foliage is indeed charming.
Price, 10 cts.; from 3-inch pots,
15 cts.; 2-year plants, 30 cts.
FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
Rambler Roses, continued
Lyon Rambler. Bears immense trusses
of from thirty to fifty flowers, in color a
bright vivid pink, shaded with crimson
and wonderfully attractive. Many con-
sider it superior to Dorothy Perkins. Price,
mailing size, 15 cts.; 2-year, 40 cts.
Philadelphia Crimson Rambler.
This splendid new variety differs from the
old Crimson Rambler in having a brighter,
deeper and more intense color, and
flowers that are perfectly double to the
center; very durable and of excellent sub-
stance. It is a very profuse bloomer and
a good, healthy grower, producing splen-
_did clusters of perfectly double and in-
tensely brilliant flowers, absolutely free
from the faded appearance so frequently
seen in flowers of the ordinary Crimson
Rambler. Price, strong plants, I0 cts.;
3-inch pots, I5 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Tausendschon. Truly called ‘Thou-
sand Beauties.’’ One of the really reliable
novelties. It bears its flowers in immense
clusters; in color a soft pink when first
opening, changing to a carmine-rose on
the reverse as they expand. Price, 10 cts.;
3-inch pots, 15 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
Thalia (White Rambler). Charming
Rose of the rambler type. It climbs
rapidly, is entirely hardy and produces
immense clusters of pure white. Price,
10 cts.; 2-year plants, 25 cts.
White Dorothy. Exquisitely beauti-
ful, vigorous novelty. This Rose has all
the merits of the famous pink Dorothy
Perkins, of which it is an offspring. The
flowers are remarkably pure white and
are borne in clusters completely covering
the plant and contrasting most beauti-
fully with the brilliant green foliage.
White Dorothy grows to perfection in
heavy soil and frequently reaches a
height of 30 feet in a single season. It is
hardy everywhere without protection.
Price, mailing size, 15 cts.; strong 2-year
plants, 50 cts.
STANDARD, or TREE ROSES
This class includes Roses of many of the regular varieties grafted upon upright
stems in tree form. For planting along walks or drives, for use among other and lower
growing Roses, and as a_ back-
ground for low shrubs, herbaceous
perennials, etc., these Tree Roses are
certainly very desirable, and I recom-
mend the following varieties highly.
Alfred Colomb. Price, 75 cts.
American Beauty. Price, $1.
Countess of Roseberry. Price,
Vis) ClSe
Frau Karl Drusechki, or White
American Beauty. Price, $1.
J. B. Clarke. Price, $1.
Killarney. Price, 75 cts.
Mad. Caroline Testout. Price,
75 cts.
Magna Charta. Price, 75 cts.
Mad. Jules Grolez. Price, 75c.
Mrs. B. R. Cant. Price, 75 cts.
Mrs. John Laing. Price, 75 cts.
Ulrich Brunner. Price, 75 cts.
Special Collections
To go by express at purchaser’s ex-
pense. The selection of varieties to
be left entirely to us, but we will put
in only Everblooming or Monthly
Roses—no Climbers. All guaranteed
to bloom this year.
COLLECTION C. Twenty Roses, all
different and all labeled, from 3-
inch pots, by mail $1.25; by ex-
press $1.
COLLECTION D. One dozen 2-year
plants, all different, all labeled, for
$2, by express.
Many high-priced Roses are in-
cluded in these collections.
Standard, or Tree Roses
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W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
DAHLIAS
The Dahlia is the people’s flower. It makes a more gorgeous, dazzling display
than any other outdoor-grown flower. Immense bloom can be had from our improved
varieties, which in size, beauty and style rival the finest house-grown, single-stem
chrysanthemums. We have a magnificent collection of the best sorts grown.
The Dahlia is of the easiest possible culture. Plant in good soil in the full sun-
light, and keep the ground weli worked or mulched, and you will be repaid by showers
of bloom. When the frost kills the tops, lift the roots and place in any cellar where
they will not freeze. I offer strong, pot-grown plants that will bloom early and con-
tinuously, and be far more satisfactory than roots, which I do not sell.
Four New Giant Dahlias
For size, coloring, form and vigor of growth, these varieties are in a class by them-
selves.
Price, 25 cts. each; the four for 75 cts.
Cuban Giant. An immense, full-double, quilled Dahlia, 6 to 7 inches in diameter.
Color dark, glowing crimson.
Pendant. A very large, bright crimson-maroon, with broad, overlapping petals.
Mrs. Roose-
velt. Even lfar-
ger than Cuban
Giant. Decora-
tive form, full
and double. Col-
or a_ delicate
shade of pink.
Souvenir de
Gustave
Douzon. A
pure scarlet de-
corative variety
of mammoth
proportions; will
produce flowers
6 to 9 inches
across. Profuse-
flowering.
Superb
New
Cactus
Dahlias
Charm. Yel-
low at base of
petals, then red,
with heavy
white tips at
edges; long
petals; blooms
freely. Price,
15 cts.
Clara J.
Stredwick.
Long, narrow-
pointed petals;
flowers some-
times measuring
7 inches across.
Salmon-flesh,
shaded _ darker.
Dahlia, Master Carl, averages 6 or 7 inches in diameter Price, 15 cts.
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FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
New Cactus Dahlias, con.
Coronation. A brilliant crimson
Dahlia of fine form. Price, 15 cts.
Floradora. Dark, velvety crim-
son; medium height, branching; an
extremely early and profuse bloomer;
plants continually covered with
blooms. Best dark crimson for
cutting. Price, 25 cts.
Harbor Light. Brilliant cochi-
neal-red, with a stripe of reddish
apricot through the center of each
petal. Price, 25 cts.
Jealousy. The finest pure yel-
low Cactus Dahlia. Price, 15 cts.
Kriemhilde. Brilliant pink,
gradually shading lighter to the
center, which is at first a creamy
white, changing to pure white.
Produces its exquisite blooms freely
and continuously on long stems;
ideal for cutting. Price, 15 cts. See
illustration, page 22.
Lauretta. Yellow ground, deeply
edged rosy red; quite distinct in
color; flowers of good size and fine
habit. Price, 15 cts.
Master Carl. Perfect form and
bright golden amber-color; immense
petals of graceful curve. Price, 25 cts.
Minnie West. Yellow, passing to white
at the tips; a large flower with long florets
curved inward. 4 feet. Price, 15 cts.
Morning Glow. Deep golden primrose.
Price, 25 cts.
Walthari. Flowers of good size, grace-
Oa
Or was
Cactus Dahlia, Jealousy
ful; light sulphur-yellow in center, shading
to white at edges. Price, I5 cts.
Victor Von Scheffel. Fresh, delicate
pink, shading to deep rose- -pink; strong,
vigorous grower; extremely profuse
bloomer; flowers on erect stems. Price,
15 cts.
The thirteen by mail, $2; by express, $1.75
New Peony-Flowered Dahlias
Originatea in Holland and promise to become very popular.
Flowers 6 to 8 inches
across; best compared to semi-double Peonies in general form. Flowers very freely;
blooms borne on long stems; excellent material for cutting and garden decoration.
Germania. Brilliant strawberry-red;
very fluffy and artistic flower, standing well
above the foliage, producing a gay effect.
Glory of Baarn. Very large, loosely
arranged flower of soft hortensia-rose-color.
Queen Emma. A charming shade of
mallow or hollyhock-pink, inner petals
banded with gold.
Queen Wilhelmina. Immense, fluffy
flower; pure white, with yellow center.
Price, 25 cts. each; the set of four for 80 cts., postpaid
New Single Dahlias
Crimson Beauty. This Dahlia is a
seedling of Twentieth Century. It is
literally covered with immense, brilliant
crimson flowers the entire season. Price, 10c.
Crimson Century. Deep, glowing
crimson, shaded darker. Price, Io cts.
President Viger. French Collarette
Dahlia. Rich, deep blood-red, shading
darker toward base of petals, with white
collar, occasionally suffused with rosy
crimson. An extremely early and profuse
bloomer. Price, 15 cts.
Twentieth Century. An intense rosy
crimson, tipped with white, and having a
white band around the disc. As the season
advances they become lighter, until they
are almost a pure white, suffused with
soft pink. Price, 10 cts.
Fifteen Select Standard Cactus Dahlias
Ballet Girl. Soft red, tipped white;
distinct. Price, 15 cts.
| very large; long petals.
Blanche Keith. Rich canary-yellow;
Price, 15 cts.
W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Cactus Dahlia, Kriemhilde (see page 21)
Fifteen Select Cactus Dahlias, continued
Britannia. Deep salmon-flesh; very
large, early and free. Price, 15 cts.
Brunhilde. Rich plum-color; loosely
arranged, long petals; an exceptionally
fine flower amd very free. Price, I0 cts.
Countess of Lonsdale. A peculiar but
pleasing blending of salmon-pink and
amber; flowers freely under all conditions.
Price, 15 cts.
Country Girl. New. Deep golden
yellow, bright amber tips; the bold flowers
appear very early and remain large right
up until frost. Price, 15 cts.
Ernest Cheal. One of the best crimson
Cactus Dahlias; free bloomer. Price, 10 cts.
Exquisite. Pure orange-scarlet, with
salmon shading; truly lovely. Remarkably
free-blooming. Price, 15 cts.
Galliard. The best scarlet-crimson
Cactus Dahlia. Flowers large, of most
perfect Cactus form. Price, 10 cts.
Keyne’s White. A finely formed pure
white Cactus Dahlia. Price, 15 cts.
Lyndhurst. One of the best bright
scarlets; invaluable for cutting; large,
perfectly full centers; long stems. Price,
NORCES:
Mary Service. Apricot, shaded orange,
blending to purplish rose at the tips; a
well-formed flower, and a free and con-
tinuous bloomer. Price, 15 cts.
Standard Bearer. Brightest scarlet.
Plant dwarf, branching; profuse bloomer.
PricewmlOrets:
Strahlen - Krone. Intense cardinal-
red, rich and glowing, with long, twisted
petals; early and profuse bloomer. Price,
10 cts.
Winsome. Flowers are very large;
beautiful Cactus form, with twisted, in-
curved petals, and borne on long, erect
stems. Price, 10 cts.
One each of the above fifteen kinds by mail, $1.60; by express, $1.40
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FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
Fifteen Superb ee a Dahlias
A. D. Livoni. Beautiful clear
pink; of perfect form and very fine.
Price, 10 cts.
Apple Blossom. A pretty va-
riety, combining all shades found
in apple blossoms. Price, 15 cts.
Black Diamond. Flowers im-
mense; full, high, round center;
rich, velvety maroon, almost jet-
black; plant strong and vigorous;
dark, glossy foliage. Early and
free bloomer. Price, I5 cts.
Emily. Rosy lavender to white,
suffused lavender; large, beautiful
and striking. Price, I0 cts.
Ethel. Extremely large; pure
yellow, tipped with white. Price,15c.
George Smith. Fine, large, of
perfect form; crimson. Price, 10 cts.
Golden Age. The largest and
best yellow. Price, Io cts.
Grand Duke Alexis. The petals
are rolled up so that the edges over-
lap. Pure white, distinctly tinged
delicate pink. Price, 15 cts. each,
25, Cts) 40n 2:
Lady Maude Herbert. Pale
yellow, shaded peach, tipped crim-
son. Price, 10 cts.
Lucy Fawcett. A very large, quilled
bloom; sulphur-yellow, lightly striped and
blotched carmine; sometimes clear yellow.
Price, 15 cts.
Olympia. Flowers immense, measuring
6 to 7 inches across, with full, high center.
Color deep rose-pink, striped and penciled
with rich crimson. Price, 15 cts.
Queen Victoria. A gquilled Dahlia,
Grand Duke Alexis Dahlia
making a compact, round ball of the deep-
est golden yellow. Price, I0 cts.
Souv. de Mme. Moreau. Magnificent
pink; free bloomer; strong, vigorous habit.
Price, I0 cts.
Storm King. Very free; pure white.
Price, I0 cts.
White Swan. Splendid pure white; of
good size and very free bloomer. Price, 10c.
One each of the above fifteen varieties by mail, $1.60; by express, $1.40
Thirteen Choicest Decorative Dahlias
Catherine Duer. Flowers measure
6 to 7 inches in diameter; open out flat,
showing no center. Petals broad and well
formed; color beautiful, glowing red. A
strong, robust grower. Price, 15 cts.
Clifford W. Bruton. The best yellow.
Immense size, perfect form, finest canary-
yellow. Tall, vigorous grower; free
bloomer. Price, I5 cts.
Eloise. Medium to large, full and
regular; ground-color blush-pink, shading
to white; each petal margined deep,
glowing crimson. .Price, I0 cts.
Fire Rain. A very free- blooming, bril-
liant red Dahlia. Price, 15 cts.
Frank L. Bassett. Bright royal purple,
shading to blue. The nearest approach to
a blue Dahlia. Price, Io cts.
Henry Patrick. A superb, large, pure
white variety, borne on long, stiff stems.
Price, 15 cts.
Henry Mitchell.
amber. Price, 15 cts.
Hohenzollern. Rich gold and bronzy
orange-red. Price, I5 cts.
John Bragg. Will produce more blooms
than any other variety grown; flowers
large, dark red, almost black; grows 6 feet
high. Price, 10 cts.
King of Cactus. Not a Cactus Dahlia,
but belongs to the Decorative class. Color
rich crimson, much like Catherine Duer.
Price, 10 cts.
Matchless. Dwarf and_ branching,
strong and vigorous. Flowers large; rich
crimson, overlaid dark, velvety maroon;
early and profuse bloomer. Price, 15 cts.
Nymphea. Clear, light shrimp-pink,
tinted lighter toward center. One of the
best sorts. Price, 10 cts.
Striped Banner. Cardinal-red, striped
white. Price, I0 cts.
Extra large; golden
One each of the above thirteen kinds by mail, $1.50; by express, $1.25
Argenteo-guttata. White. Price, 10 cts.
Corallina Lucerna. Large, bright red
flowers. Price, 15 cts.
Foliosa.
flowers. Price, 10 cts.
McBethi. Fern-like
flowers. Price, 10 cts.
Feastii.
Louise Closson.
ing spiral. Price, 15 cts.
Tean Viaud Geranium
The Choicest Standard Geraniums
Price, 10 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. Varieties marked (*), by express, $5 per 100.
DOUBLE
*Alphonse Ricard. Scarlet;
best.
Beaute Poitevine. Light
salmon.
Bruant. Vermilion.
*Francis Perkins. Bright
pink.
Jean Viaud. Rosy pink;
large.
*Madam Buchner. Pure
white.
*Madam Jaulin. Soft
pink.
Montmart. Carmine-
pink.
*S. A. Nutt. Deep scarlet.
SINGLE
Granville. Light rose.
Jacquerie. Crimson.
Snowdrop. White.
Delicate and graceful; pink
foliage;
Pink blooms. Price, 10 cts.
Lepoudsii. Strong grower. Price, 10c.
Magnificent bronze,
silver, rose and purple. Price, 15 cts.
Louise Erdody. Silvery foliage, grow-
BEGONIAS
W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Metallica. Clear pink. Price, 10 cts.
Pres. Carnot. Coral-red. Price, 10 cts.
Rubra. Scarlet. Price, I0 cts.
Price, 10 cts.
white Vernon.
Price, 10 cts.
Rex Begonias
IO cts.
Juste Oliver.
IVY
Cesar Franc. Largest.
Price, I5 cts.
Charles Turner. Deep
pink. Price, ro cts.
Garden’s Glory. Bright
scarlet. Price, 10 cts.
Joan of Arc. Snow-white.
Price, 10 cts.
Raycroft’s Surprise. Fin-
est pink. Price, 15 cts.
SWEET-SCENTED
Price, 8 cts., except where
noted
Skeleton-leaf Rose«
scented.
Rose. Nutmeg.
Oak-leaved. Balm.
Lemonsscented.
Shrubland Pet.
Apple Geraniums. Price,
TOUS:
24
Magnifica.
and silver. Price, 10 cts.
Queen of Hanover. Soft velvety folli-
age. Price, 15 cts.
Speculata. Deep green foliage. Price,
Thurstoni. Smooth foliage; deep pink.
Good bedder; bright red.
Immense leaf, dark green
GERANIUMS
New Double Geraniums
Allianee. Lilac-white. | Fleuve Blane. White.
Col. Thomas. Cardinal.
Dagata. Rose-pink.
E. H. Trego. Scarlet.
Price, 15 cts. each; one of each, 75 cts.
Jean Oberle.
shaded white.
Peach,
New Single Geraniums
Eugene Sue. Bright orange.
Carmine-red.
Lord Curzon. Fiery red. Price, 20 cts.
Nuit Poitevine. Rich scarlet. Price, 20 cts.
Princess Alex. Rose-pink.
Telegraph. Very large; red.
Price, 15 cts. each, except where noted; one of
each, 85 cts.
PELARGONIUMS
Herzog. Cherry-red. Price,
ZOICUS:
Capt. Raikes.
Price, 10 cts.
Mrs. Carnegie. This new
variety is the most beau-
tiful Pelargonium ever
introduced. Really grand
soft pink, shaded rose-
white. Price, 25 cts.
Mrs. Robert Sandiford.
Snow-white. Price, 15c.
Victor (Pansy Geranium).
Cherry-red. Price, 10 cts.
Crimson.
Just a line to tell you how
perfectly delighted I was with
my order from you last spring.
I purchased some twenty
Roses of mailing size, and
every one grew and bloomed
last summer.—Miuss L. L.,
Du Bois, Idaho.
FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Queen of the Autumn
In May or June, prepare boxes 4 or 5 inches deep, leaving ample cracks for drain-
age. Fill the box with a compost, three parts decomposed sod or garden soil and one
part cow-manure, well rotted. Add one pint each of bone meal and wood-ashes to
each bushel of compost and mix well. Plant young plants in two rows, 8 or 10 inches
apart; train to single stem and stake. Place the box in sunny position; water as needed.
Disbud, leaving but one to each plant, selecting the best specimen. Mulch with well-
rotted manure. Keep plants growing vigorously. Toward frost, place in sunny window
in cool room with night temperature of 45 degrees.
Three Extra-Early Chrysanthemums
Golden Glow. Beautifully incurved; | about the same; petals narrower. Price,
bright, golden yellow; 5% inches. Sep- | 25 cts.
tember I to 10. Price, 25 cts. October Frost. Large, incurved; nearly
Monrovia. A few days later; color ' white, tinged lemon-yellow. Price, 25 cts.
One each of the aLove three for 60 cts.
Nine Latest Introductions
Brutus. Orange and red; half-globular. Mrs. W. B. Chamberlain. Pink;
Price, 15 cts. valuable for cutting. Price, 15 cts.
Clementine Touset. The ‘Early Sunburst. Petals deep yellow, shading
Chadwick.”’ Largest white for its date, | paler at tips; enormous. Price, 25 cts.
October 12. Lasting; splendid stem and White Bonaffon. Waxy white. Price,
foliage. Price, 15 cts. 15 cts.
Dr. Enguehard. Awarded highest William Duckham. Deep, dark, clear
honors. True pink, without purple. Stem | pink; flower 9 inches in diameter; lonz,
and foliage perfect; full-double; midseason; | stiff stems. November. Price, 15 cts.
6% inches. Price, 15 cts. Yellow Eaton. Bright yellow; stem
Gen. Hutton. Yellow and orange. | strong enough to hold up the monster
4% feet high; midseason. Price, 15 cts. blooms. Price, 15 cts.
One each of these nine giant kinds, $1.20
Varieties of Special Merit
Alice Byron. Purest white; clear, Col. D. Appleton. Golden yellow; 4
smooth florets. teem
F. J. Taggart. Perfectly double; light Cullingfordii. Reflexed; brilliant cri:n-
yellow. Fine exhibition variety. son, shaded scarlet.
Golden Wedding. Globular flowers; Glory of the Pacific. Magnificent size
bold, majestic. and depth; clear pink.
Lavender Queen. Outer petals reflexed, Ivory. Pure white; globular.
center erect; silvery lavender-pink. Minerva. Large; yellow.
Major Bonafion. Clear yellow, full in Mrs. Weeks. Incurving petals; purest
center, 8 inches diameter; nearly as deep. | white.
Marie Liger. Japanese. Extra large, Mrs. H. Robinson. Best white. Octo-
pearl-pink, deepening to rosy lavender. ber 15 to November I.
Ministre Olanesco (Bruant). French. Murdock. Deep pink.
Very large; rosy-violet, heavily plumed. Mrs. O. P. Bassett. Canary-yellow;
Mrs. Coombes. [Enormous reflexed | large, incurved, broad petals.
flower; broad petals; light rose. Pink Ivory. Pink sport from Ivory.
Nellie Pockett. Great beauty. White, Polly Rose. Pure white; fine for pots.
incurving and reflexing narrow petals. | Pullman. Large; incurved; yellow.
Timothy Eaton. Pure white. A prize- Robert Halliday. Japanese. Large;
winner. yellow; dwarf.
Price, 10 cts. each. One each of the ten | Price of the preceding thirteen varie-
splendid kinds, 80 cts. ties, 8 cts. each
Pompon Varieties, Perfectly Hardy
Bertha. Large; white; ; King Henry. Straw-white. | Prince of Wales. Pure
open center. Lebanah. Pink. white; fine.
Boston. Golden bronze. Matilda. White. Success. Silvery rose.
Fair Haven. Pearl-pink. Oban. Silvery pink. Tisre. Medium size; pink.
Price, 8 cts. each
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W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Palms and Other Decorative Plants
Draczena indivisa. Graceful, rapid | Ficus elastica (Rubber Tree). Thick,
grower; palm-like. Price, from 3-inch glossy foliage; free from insect pests.
pots, 25 cts. Price, strong plants, by mail, 35 cts.;
Latania Borbonica (Chinese Fan Palm). by express, 25 cts.; extra size, 50 cts.
Price, 3-inch, 25 cts.; 4-inch, by express, | Kentia Belmoreana. Leaves deep green,
50 cts. fan-shaped; one of the hardiest Palms
Kentia Forsteriana. Graceful, bright I know of. Price, strong young plants,
green foliage. Price, 3-inch, 35 cts.; 25 cts.; larger, by express, 35 cts., 50 cts.,
larger sizes, 50 cts. to $1. and $1.
FERNS
Adiantum cuneatum (Maidenhair). Light, graceful
fronds. Price, 10 cts.
Boston Fern. Graceful, drooping fronds, 2 to 5 feet,
arching in every direction. Price, by mail, Io and
15 cts.; by express, 25 cts., 50 cts.
and $1, according to size.
Nephrolepis elegantissima (Tarry-
town Fern). New. Plumy leaves,
compact habit, rather dwarf, growing
only with very fine, wide leaves.
Price, 15 cts.; larger sizes, by ex-
press, 50 cts., $1 and $1.50
Nephrolepis' su-
perbissima, or
‘‘Flufiy Ruffles
Fern.”’ (See il-
lustration from
photograph show-
ing one of my
average - sized
plants.) The
leaves are
wonder fully
“fluffed” and
cut, curled
and fluted.
They are dark
green and ex-
ceedingly
handsome and Fluffy Ruffles Fern (Nephrolepis superbissima)
the plant is of
clean, vigorous growth. The leaves are unusually stiff and rigid—note this in the
illustration—enabling the plant to stand much rough handling. I feel that it can
scarcely be recommended too highly. Price, strong young plants, 15 cts.; larger
sizes, by express, 25 cts., 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.
One of the great-
est Fern novelties of
many years. This is
an average plant
from my collection.
Table Showing the Number of Plants Required to Fill a Circular Bed
In planting, begin on the outside row—where 6 inches apart, 3 inches from edge of
bed; where 12 inches apart, 6 inches from edge of bed.
Plants Plants Plants Plants Plants Plants Plants Plants
Diameter 6 in. 12 in. 18 in. 24 in. Diameter 6 in. 12 in. 18 in. 24 in.
of bed apart apart apart apart of bed apart apart apart apart
3 feet 28 7 10 feet 320 80 36 20
4 feet 48 12 6 12 feet 452 113 50 28
5 feet 80 20 8 14 feet 612 153 68 39
6 feet Tee 28 i a 16 feet 804 201 89 50
7 feet SD) 38 09) 9 18 feet 1,016 254 113 63
8 feet 200 50 23 12 20 feet 1,256 314 139 78
9 feet 256 64 28 16
Square beds will take about the same number of plants as round beds. For an
oval bed, add length and breadth and divide by 2. For example, an oval 7 feet long by
5 feet wide will require the same number of plants as a circular bed 6 feet in diameter.
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FAIRFAX ROSES— THE
ARISTOCRATS OF’ ROSEDOM
CANNAS
These wonderful bedding plants give uniformly good results 1n all sections of the
country. They succeed in any sunny position, in any kind of soil, but will repay liberal
treatment. For best results spade the beds 2 feet deep, and incorporate in the soil a
liberal amount of well-decayed manure of any kind. Water well at all times. The
best effect is given by planting large masses of one color, setting the plants 18 inches
apart. All of my plants are pot-grown, and are ready to bloom at once. The table on
page 26 will show the number of plants required for beds of all sizes.
The Choicest Orchid-Flowering Varieties
Allemania. Enormous flowers; broad,
golden border; scarlet and dark red. 5 to
6 feet tall. Price, 10 cts.
Austria. Large, bold, erect; deep
golden, dotted carmine. 5 to 6 inches
across. 5 to 6 feet tall. Price, 10 cts.
Louisiana. Strong, vigorous; vivid
scarlet flowers, the largest and finest of
tCheimeolommjsiceutallyalarice mores:
L. Patry. A bright rose-pink. The
finest pink Canna grown. Price, 10 cts.
Mrs. Kate Gray. Massive foliage;
flowers orange-scarlet, overlaid gold, 6 to
7 inches across. 6 to 7 feet tall. Price,
10 cts.
Pennsylvania. Flowers 6% inches in
diameter, in panicles; vermilion, overlaid
with orange. 6 to 7 feet tall. Price, 10 cts.
Selected List of Good Cannas
Boffinger. Bright orange-scarlet ; heavy
truss. 4 feet. Price, 10 cts.
Buttercup. SButtercup-yellow; large
flowers in open trusses. Price, 10 cts.
Childsii. Golden yellow, spotted red.
Price, I0 cts.
Cinnabar. Red, edged yellow. 4%
feet. Price, 10 cts.
Edna Corcoran. Dazzling scarlet; pro-
fuse bloomer. Price, 10 cts.
E. G. Hill. Clear scarlet, marbled car-
mine; vigorous. Price, 10 cts.
Explorateur Crampbell. Light crim-
son, darker markings. 4% feet. Price,
IO cts.
J.D. Eisele. Vermilion, overlaid orange.
A feet.) Price) 10) cts:
Jean Tissot. Intense brilliant ver-
milion, shaded orange. 5 feet. Price,
PS CLS:
Mme. Crozy. Golden, edged bright
scarlet. Price, 10 cts.
Richard Wallace. Canary-yellow;
large flowers in well-branched, upright
trusses. Price, 15 cts.
Robusta. A giant; immense tropical
fohacew mon tecet sl oinallbloomca erice,
TOVCES:
Secretaire Chabanne.
feet. Price, 10 cts.
Salmon. 4
I grow thousands of Cannas for bedding, and offer strong, pot-grown plants that
will give great satisfaction, at the following prices, to be shipped by express only:
Any of the five Orchid-flowering varieties—Allemania, Austria, Louisiana,
Pennsylvania and Mrs. Kate Gray. $1 per doz., $6 per 100.
listed, 75 cts. per doz., $5 per 100.
Any other variety
W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS
Aloysia citriodora (Lemon Verbena).
For bouquets, etc. Price, I0 cts.
Asparagus Sprengeri. For ferneries and
baskets. Price, 10 cts.
plumosus nanus. Leaves bright green
and silky. Nice plants. Price, 10 cts.
Calla (The White Calla). Large, pure
white flowers. Prices, 10 and 20 cts.
each.
Cereus, Night-blooming. Flowers large,
satiny white; outside petals tinged red-
dish brown; fragrant. Price, 15 cts.
Heliotrope. For bedding in summer or
pot-plants in winter. Price, 10c. each.
Double Hollyhock
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Heliotrope, Czar.
fragrant.
Florence Nightingale.
der; in good truss.
Madame de Blonay. Pure white.
Madame Bruant. Purple, white eye.
Picciola. Rosy violet, almost red; dis-
tinct white center in immense heads.
Hibiscus, Peachblow. Flowers double,
4 to 5 inches in diameter; rich clear
Deep purple; free;
Bright laven-
pink, deep crimson center. Price,
TOVEUS:
rubra. Deep cherry-red; large and
double. Price, I0 cts.
Hollyhock. One-year-old plants, ready
to bloom; separate colors: red, white,
yellow, pink. Price, 10 cts.
Hydrangea Otaksa. Flowers large;
bright pink, tinted blue. Price, 10 cts.
Jasmine, Grand Duke. New. Double,
creamy white flowers, deliciously per-
fumed. Price, 10 cts.
Lantana, Weeping. Graceful, drooping;
grows rapidly; blooms continually.
Flowers lilac or rosy pink. Price,
strong plants, 10 cts.
Lemon, American Wonder, or Pon-
derosa. Flowers as large as tuberoses
and as fragrant as orange-blossoms;
fruit useful. Good young plants, price,
10 cts.; large 2-year-old plants, 25 cts.
Pansies, Royal Exhibition. Our own
choicest strain, produced by a Pansy
specialist. Price, strong plants, 5 cts.
each, 50 cts. per doz.
Pontederia crassipes major (The Water
Hyacinth). Flowers delicate lilac-rose,
in trusses like the Hyacinth. Price,
NORCES:
Vinea major variegata. Trailing plant;
leaves glossy green, margined creamy
white; flowers blue. Price, 10 cts.
Violets, Marie Louise. Bold, fine flow-
ers; fragrant, prolific. Dark blue,
double. Price, 10 cts. each; 75 cts.
per doz.
Princess of Wales. New. Grand
single flowers, violet-blue; will not
fade. Price, 10 cts. each, 75 cts. per
doz.
Swanley White. Most free-flowering,
fragrant, purest white. Price, 10 cts.
each, 75 cts. per doz.
Wandering Jew. Leaves purple, scar-
let and white. Price, 5 cts.
Yucca filamentosa (Spanish Bayonet).
Creamy white, bell-shaped flowers on a
tall stalk. Price, 2-year plants, by ex-
press, 25 cts.
FAIRFAX ROSES—THE ARISTOCRATS OF ROSEDOM
FLOWER SEEDS
ASTERS, New Giant Comet, Mixed.
Flowers frequently 4 inches across.
Pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. for 25 cts.
New Japanese. Flowers 5 to 6 inches
across; long petals, waved and
curled; 14 inches high; produces a
profusion of flowers, flesh-colored and
rose. Mixed. Pkt. I0 cts.
Semple’s New Branching. All colors
mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.
Cosmos, New Early Blooming. Lovely,
large flowers; pure white, pink and
crimson. July to November. Pkt.
10 cts.
Hollyhocks. Finest double flowers. Pkt.
10 cts.
Marigolds. Strong; large flowers. Mixed.
Pkt. 5/cts.
Mignonette. A quick-growing annual;
delicate fragrance. Pkt. 5 cts.
NASTURTIUMS, Favorite Mixture of
tall varieties. Brilliant colorings, in-
cluding best varieties. Pkt. 5 cts.,
oz. I5 Cts.
Mixed Tom Thumb. Wide range of
flowers, beautiful colorings. Pkt.
5 cts., oz. 15 cts.
Pansies, Royal Prize.
richest colorings, distinct
Pkt. 10 cts.
Portulaca. Finest double flowers; varied
Large flowers,
markings.
Portulaca, Double Rose-flowered,
Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.
Finest Single, Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts.
Sunflowers, Many-flowered, Double.
Handsome golden yellow flowers. Pkt.
5 cts.
Stock, Ten Weeks, Giant Perfection.
A splendid race, 2% feet high. Large
spikes, perfectly double. All colors.
Pkt. 10 cts.
Grandiflora Sweet Peas
Burpee’s ‘‘Best Mixed’’ New Giant.
Improved Eckford varieties and many
choice varieties of other strains. Pkt. 5
cts.
Superb Sweet Peas of the
*‘Spencer’’? Type
Because of such enormous size, of waved
or fluted appearance, and charming blend-
ings of harmonious colors, this new type
can only be appropriately described as
truly gigantic ‘“Orchid-flowered.’’ The
flowers are not only of extremely large
size, but are distinct in having the outer
edges of the standard and wings beauti-
fully crumpled or waved, the tissue being
so full that there is not room for it to lie
flatly expanded or smoothly rolled. The
standard is broad and tall; the wings are
broad, well spread and held erect by the
colors and markings. keel. All colors mixed. Pkt. I0 cts.
SPRING BULBS
Caladium esculentum (Elephant’s Ear).
Its broad, striking leaves often reach a
length of 3 feet and a width of 2 feet.
The growth is rapid. This bulb requires
a rich soil, and if very large leaves are
desired, water freely in dry _ seasons.
It is effective for planting either as a
specimen on the lawn, in masses in beds,
or at the water’s edge. The bulbs may be
stored in dry sand in winter and kept
from year to year. Price, by express, 10
cts.; extra-large bulbs, 15 cts. By mail, add
5 cts. per bulb for postage.
Gladiolus, Grofi’s Newest Hybrid. In
grand mixture. Flowers extra large,
perfect; splendid substance; red, scarlet,
crimson, garnet, white, cream, yellow,
rose, pink, salmon, orange, etc. Price,
large blooming size, mixed colors, 5 cts.
each, 50 cts. per doz.
Tuberoses, New Double Pearl. Nearly
twice as large as old variety. Very
fragrant. Dry bulbs, 4 inches and up-
ward in circumference; ‘perfectly sound
centers.| Price; 3) cts. each; “25, cts. foro,
30 cts. per doz., by express.
Gladiolus. Fine for cutting
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BEDDING PLANTS
Coleus
A foliage plant with richly colored
leaves in various tints of gold,
bronze, green and crimson. Richly
veined, blotched or margined, pro-
ducing a brilliant display of color.
Desirable for both pot-plants and
for bedding out. I have ten of the
finest varieties. Price, by mail,
5) Cts.) cache 50) Cts. per doz.—5) by,
express, $3.50 per 100.
New Coleus, Doctor Ross.
Enormous leaves, rich, dark velvety
crimson, shaded and marbled with
black; broad, creamy white and
green wedge in center. Price, 10 cts.
each, 25 cts. for 3.
Salvia splendens
(Flowering Sage)
One of the finest of blooming
plants, being completely covered
with long spikes of scarlet flowers,
remaining in bloom until cut down
by frost. Some of the finest beds in
the White House grounds in Wasnh-
ington are of this plant. Kept
sheared down to make it thick, it
is a wonderful sight.
$4 per 100.
Price, by mail, 8 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz.
=4 Y $$
, W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
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Salvia splendens
By express,
CLIMBING VINES
Clematis paniculata. Pure white, in
panicles; fragrance delicious. August
or early September. Price, 10 cts.;
2-year plants, by express, 25 cts.; by .
mail, 30 cts.
Best Hardy English. Plant deep in
rich ground, partially shaded.
Jackmani. Immense flowers in
masses; deep royal purple. Price,
2-year plants, 40 cts., postpaid.
Anderson Henryi. Extra _Jarge;
creamy white. Price, 2-year plants,
40 cts.
Ampelopsis Veitchii (Boston, or Japa-
nese Ivy). Dark green foliage, changing
in autumn to brilliant crimson. Price,
10 cts.; 2-year, field-grown plants, 25 cts.
Ipomoea maxima. The great new Giant
Moonflower. A wonderful grower and
bloomer; splendid for covering porches,
arbors, etc., where quick shade or
shelter is wanted. The flowers are large
—sometimes 6 or 7 inches across—pure
white, handsome, and borne in great
abundance. They open in the evening
or on dark days, and are at their love-
' of solution.
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liest during the night. Price, 10 cts.;
3-inch pots, 15 cts.
Hardy English Ivy. Hardy evergreen;
dark, glossy leaves. Price, strong plants,
£O cts.
German, or Parlor Ivy (Mikania scan-
dens). Suitable for baskets. Price, 5 cts.
Wistaria, American Blue (Frutescens).
Blooms late; violet-purple, compact
clusters; fragrant. Price, by mail,
15 cts.; 2-year plants, 35 cts.
Sinensis. Pendulous clusters, delicate
violet-blue, richly perfumed. Price,
strong plants, by mail, 25 cts.; 2-year
plants, 50 cts.
Sinensis alba. Pure white. Price, by
mail, 25 cts.; 2-year plants, 50 cts.
Sulpho Tobacco Soap
Perfectly safe; sure extermination to
all insects. 3-0z. package, sufficient for
one and one-half gallons solution. Price
postpaid, 13 cts.
' §8-oz. package, sufficient for four gallons
Price, postpaid, 28 cts.
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora.
Always showy in August and September
HARDY SHRUBS
Althzea (Rose of Sharon). Blooms August
to October.
alba plena. Double white, crimson
center. Price, 25 cts.; 3-year plants.
50 cts.
Boule de Feu. Double red. Price,
25 cts.; 3-year plants, 50 cts.
Lady Stanley. Double pink. Price,
25 cts.; 3-year plants, 50 cts.
Azalea lutea (Calendulacea). Great
Flame Azalea. A noble representative
of the rich Carolina Mountain flora.
The flowers are of the color of the
finest red-lead, orange and bright gold,
yellow and cream color. Price, strong
plants, 12 to 18 inches, 40 cts. each;
2 feet, budded, ready to bloom, 75 cts.
California Privet. The best hedge plant.
Foliage rich, dark green, remaining on
the plant until midwinter. Forms a
dense hedge. Price, strong plants, 18
inches, $4 per 100, by express only.
Calycanthus floridus (Sweet, or Straw-
berry Shrub). Double, chocolate-col-
ored, strawberry-scented flowers. Price,
2-year plants, by express, 25 cts.
Cydonia Japonica (Japan Quince).
Dazzling scarlet. Price, 2-year plants,
by express, 35 cts.
Deutzia.
Spring or early summer;
desirable for forcing.
Pride of Rochester. Tall; double;
white. Price, 2-year plants, by ex-
press, 25 cts.; extra 3-year plants,
6 feet, 50 cts.
Forsythia suspensa (Weeping Golden
Bell). Branches gracefully arching,
covered with golden bells in early
spring. Price, 25 cts.; extra 3-year
plants, 50 cts.
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Strong, erect;
Price) 25 cts.;
Forsythia viridissima.
flowers yellow; early.
3-year plants, 50 cts.
Hydrangea arborescens grandiflora
(Snowball Hydrangea). This hardy
shrub has snow-white blossoms of
large size, and flowers from early
June until late in August. The flowers
are borne in great profusion on long
stems, and have a delicate, graceful
appearance, while the long blooming
season covers a period when other
flowers are. scarce. Price, 2-year
plants, by express, 40 cts.
Deutzia, showy in June
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W. R. GRAY, OAKTON, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Hardy Shrubs, continued
Hydrangea paniculata grandi-
One of the most popular
flora. hardy shrubs, and no col-
lection of flowering shrubs is com-
plete without it. It may be grown to
any height or shape desired, and it
never fails to produce large heads of
choice white blossoms that remain
beautiful for weeks. Price, mailing
size, 10 cts.; 2-year field-grown plants,
25 cts.; 3-year plants, 50 cts.
Lilacs, Common (Syringa vulgaris). Com-
mon purple Lilac. Price, 2-year
plants, by express, 35 cts.
Common White (S. vulgaris alba).
Flowers white. Price, 2-year plants,
by express, 35 cts.
Magnolia grandiflora. Handsome ever-
green; immense white, fragrant
flowers. Price, pot-grown plants, 12
to 18 inches high. 50 cts.
Philadelphus, Boule d’Argent (Silver
Ball Mock Orange). Double white
flowersin June. Price, 2-yr. plants, 40c.
coronarius (Garland Mock Orange).
Fragrant and early. Price, heavy 2-
year plants, 40 cts.
Li, eae
Spirea Van Houttei.
One of the best
Rhododendron Catawbiense. The true
Rhododendron Catawbiense of the
Carolina) mountains. The hardiest
Rhododendron known. The finest of
Rhododendrons for general use, with-
standing exposure and extremes of
temperature where other Rhododen-
drons fail. The trusses are bright red-
purple, in marked contrast to the
muddy purple of the semi-hardy, half-
breed imported variety. Price, strong,
nursery-grown, bushy plants, 12 inches
high, 40 cts. each; 2 feet, budded, ready
to bloom, 75 cts.
Silver Maple. Young and thrifty; three
years from seed. Price, 8 to 10 feet,
40 cts. each, $4 per doz., by express.
Spirzea, Anthony Waterer. A dwarf va-
riety, which seldom exceeds 30 inches
in height, and bears flat-topped
clusters of crimson flowers in great
profusion throughout the summer and
fall. It is popular as a bedding shrub.
Price, mailing size, 15 cts.; 2-year
field-grown plants, 35 cts.; extra 3-
year plants, 50 cts.
Van Houttei. Best of all the Spireas in
existence. Covered in June withclus-
ters of white flowers. Every
individual bloom resembles
a miniature wild rose. The
blossoms are so profuse that
the entire bush is a sheet of
white, and a group of them
resembles a snowdrift. It
produces more flowers than
any other shrub. Van Hout-
tei frequently is called
“eyeceyl \WWie@evelis - Jeera,
mailing size, 15 cts.; 2-year
fleld- grown plants, 35 cts.;
extra 3-year plants, 50 cts.
Viburnum plicatum (Japan
Snowball). This shrub pro-
duces perfect balls of snow-
white flowers in May. The
foliage, and flowers are de-
cidedly better than the old-
fashioned Snowball. Price,
2-year field-grown plants, 35
Weigelas. Well-known shrubs,
which are covered in July
with graceful trumpet-shap-
-ed flowers.
Candida. Pure white flowers
of large size, striking in any
landscape.
Rosea. Dark pink flowers.
This is the best known of
the species. Price, either
variety, mailing size, 15 cts.,
2-year-old field-grown
plants, 35 cts.
The McFarland Publicity Service, Harrisburg, Pa.
cts.; extra 3-year plants, 50 cts.
Make remittances by Post Office Money Order, Express Money Order, Bank Draft or Registered Letter, and we
will be responsible therefor, and will send full value, if lost. Personal checks will also be received. Do not send
postage stamps, instead of money. Make all money orders, drafts and checks payable to W.R. Gray, Oakton, Va.
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ATOVSIAE sore cera ee 28
Althea y. 62 te Se tose he rns os Zr
Ampelopsis. Sees occ orion 30
Asparagus.... con bons 28
NSEETS: ete ara ee cee ea 29
Aealeat Bee eer a eee 23i
Bedding Plants... ......2...-- 30
Bevoniasns wee heeds 24
Caladium... 2) eee eee 290
ic Brn CRS eee al eee eee 28
CalyeinthuSss...ce oboe es os 31
Gannass-)- eee ee eee 27
Cereus, Night-blooming....... 28
Chrysanthemums............ 25
Clematis ss) Ae ee eee = ee 30
COlEIS se eee oe ee 30
Cosmoss: Sere es eee. 29
Gy donate ere oe ase a he 31
Wahhlias eee eee ss 20-23
DWeUutzias sees tor eer ccs eee Ayr
Elephant Ear fos, . See 2O
FGTNS Ue + es Seen. & psi aves ne 26
Flower Seeds............---- 29
Horsythiasee ..,.<os:nhs oo wee 35
Gemntuinss 2 30 oss eee aee 24
GlAdiGIES She ck oh ce ees wee 29
Golden Bell, Weeping......... 31
HICHOLTODE ke G4 oe ce ee lew 28
FAIDISCUSs selves UR ere we 28
PAGE
a\Cca Eee A ahs 2 Se oy i ae ge oe pi 18
American Beatlty............- 2
Anne de Diesbach.. , ane
Antoine Rivoire.. le ee
Augustine Guinoisseau........ A
Baby Rambler.. ; II
Bessie Brown...... SEU Rany eee
BOCEY Aceh ic tise: Sree ene ee 2
Black Prince ae 5163
Blue GROSe2-Ss eee ee eee 18
Blumenschmidt.............. 9
BontSilene: 324 acs aes 9
Burbank. 5-8 ee se 9
Cardinal 2e2 ef Sake see eas 2
Catherine Zeimet. => 2.55 8 Tit
Champion of the World....... I2
Cheshunt Hybrid . Bh aioe te
Je Be Clarke tN yuc mereiehys sic ac I4
Clara, Watson ec e see eee
Cleo etic | eS ee Re 13
Clothilde Soupert............ I2
Clothilde Soupert, Climbing. ..16
Conrad] Mevers—- fess. 85: 13
Coquette des Alpes...........13
Coquette de PoP asc: 22
Countess of Roseberry. . as
Crimson Baby Rambler, ;
Climbing. . ae nO
Crimson Rambler. . ee Sener eee 18
DeancHoles Amare ee oe 2
PINSMOTES 4 ee ne eee I3
Dorothy Perkins-s.... 25-.-.4- 18
Duchesse de Brabant......... I2
Duchess of Albany........... 5
Duchess of Wellington........ 2
Btoilede Brance. 3)... ee z
Ftove:de: yen 2. 3c a8
Empress of China............16
Frau Karl Druschki.......... 3
Freiherr Von Marschall....... Io
General Jacqueminot......... 13
General McArthur........... 3
Giant of Battles: ic. 5.2 =... 55 I4
Gloire dé Dijon..3..5 .. ... 0... 17
Gloire Lyonnaise.............14
Gloire de Margottin.......... 14
Index
PAGE
Holivhockere. heen Lee 28, 29
How to Grow Roses........... i
wyacinths \Vatele ase eee 28
ay drancea ee ee 285.35, 32
TBO NIG aN See ey es 30
Ivy, Boston or Japanese....... 30
yay Bnelishie e322 gery. Oe ee 30
Ivy, German or Parlor........ 30
Jasmine tyes ie. Se ee es Ree 28
HEAT Cane ee ol eno ae 28
Memon tes 2/55 22.6 etek 28
SACS CEL ee cise ieee 32
Waenoliae ee" 50 ore 32
Maples: Silviermcnnc se rss Sor 32
NarivaGlds.. Boao Ae ton here 29
Wiienonette sce octet oes 29
IMA nian. cen tse cis ieee 30
Miscellaneous Plants......... 28
Mock@Oranget=. 45... os oo. ee s
Nasturtiums. .
No. of Plants for Circular Bed.. ie
Palms and Other Decorative
PlAntS eee eee ree ae 26
eANSICSr Me ors ee recs 28, 29
Philadel phuseeens cscs eek 32
Pontederia asa 66 sn eo pee ene 28
Portilacavecer.« fom sown es: 29
Privet-¢Galifomian. 5 02.55 os 31
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Golden Cochet/. 25.088... 25 9
GoidentGaters.(s 2 teen ee Io
Griussian!Deplitzs.. 5..e8e. 3
Helene.. Eh ees .18
Helen Gambier... ic. 620. 4
PelentGood ts... oe.< «eke ae 9
HelemiGould: .. ..4.025.6.. 8533 Io
tenrivianrtines, .§ sane Ss I4
LE (Siaielcjs7 ce oe ae ea ete gen eam I2
aa watcha cies ere ase, 18
Ivory A aR Sean RE RN Hn te Pear Io
I ESSIO meee ek rece ee ee ietions I2
Jonkheer sf. 15. Wock «<3. 4.5. 4
juibieeae ce ee, ace I4, 15
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria..... 4
RGM ATC. coe Rie ee ee 4
Killarney, Climbing.......... 16
BEA) BoranCeme cas oe eeaeis os Rs 4
WadyveGavy sic isiwtics sas oes I8
TEV OUR ase aes 5
iyoneRamblenys 595. oo aoe I9
Microphylla, White .......... 17
Madam Constant Soupert..... 5
MadamyCGutbushes-- cosas e ore v2
Madame de Vatry............ Io
Madame Jennie Guillemot..... 5
Madame Jules Grolez......... 5
Mad. Charles Wood.......... I5
Mad. Francisca Kruger.......
Marna Chartateca..< osc aS
Mapnatrano eee. . oe 5
Maman Cochet, Pink......... 9
Maman Cochet, White........ 9
Marechal’ Nieli==. ....... 22.5: 0/
Margaret Dickson............15
Marie Vaniloutte. ...0.555.- Io
Marigold.. ee eee 0)
Marquise de Querheent.. Reet oe Io
Mary Washington. ..........- Tey
Meteor, Climfiimep....-....- <<. 16
Mrs; Aaron Warde ... 25. 205-550
Miss Kate Moulton.......... 5
Mme. Caroline Testout....... 6
Mme. Massonm............>.. I5
Mrs) Ay Re Waddell... . 25.5... 6
Mrs) (Bo RotC@ants. 3.6. o<set o 10
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Onince.Japan. 2 455 eee 31
Rhododendron: 5. 32
Roserver Sharon: |e ee 31
RROSESE Cee oot Sie es A 2-19
Saceshlowenne. 2 ee ore 30
Salivaaew pce eee eo ace ee 30
Shrubs) Hardys-4.. ee ee Zte, Sy.
Snowball, Japan... 2524.25 eee 32
Soap, Sulpho Tobacco........ 30
Spanish) Bayonet, -22... 2.5258 28
SDIPan eR eee rae ee 32
Sprine Bulbs... os ee 29
StOCks cee ees ee ee .29
Strawbeityashnib=-=- 4 ee 31
Sundowenoyce. 3 eee 29
SVs Gana eee Se eee eee 32
SWECUME CAS ese ie een Se 29
Sweet Shrub at
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Verbena; Lemon...252....64< 28
VAbUTnUIn Aa es 2 32
Vili Cae Rie hy age ee eer 28
WinesmClimnbinse2s 554s eee 30
Wioletss ree ee Soe ee 28
Wandering Jewse-..-. 4-52-55 28
WWAStATIa= Scr Je eee 2 eee 30
Weigelas... Nae eee ee
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Mrs. John Laine ico se. Wee its
Mrs. Robert Peary........... 17
Ny SiVieay land eee 6
GrieanstRosen sce oo ee I2
PapaxGontierser ss. et ee Io
PaulNeyrone 5 obi 4 er ee Oe 15
Paul Neyron, Climbing....... 16
Pearl of the Gardens......... Io
Perle Von Godesburg......... 6
Philadelphia Crimson Rambler.19
Prince Camille de Rohan...... i=
Prince de Bulgarie........... 6
Princess "Bonnie. 4226.5. 92 = TT
Priscilla. . pete Sepa ae eee AO
Queen Beatiice..n ae oe 7
Queén's’Searlet.- 25 3]. uae Te
Radiance cece nee eee 8
Red Warlhrance 5ce eave Lee 5
Revert Or: eck cee ee 17
RN CAM REI Se veces Ss See 7
Richmonds 2c oe ee 7
Satranokee oe cats ee ee Td:
Soleil d’Or.. Gey.
Souv. de Pierre 1 ‘Notting . sacnenepat: II
Souv. du President Carnot. 8
Souvenir de la Malmaison.... . 12
Standard, or Tree Roses...... I9
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SuNp UPS. oe ee ees 7
Dausendschons 4505s oe I9
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Triomphe de Pernet Pere..... 8
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Weilchenblawcn cro oe. ee 18
Vick Si@apncer «5.6 6ce eee I5
WMirpinia Ro Coxerie es ak 2
Wellesley sac8 ethic vee ne 8
White Dorothy .<4> 2 3.6 I9
White: Kallamey 5.2. 5 .4.ch.6 4
White La France 4
WiaininiesDMawiss co ok ee Bee 8
Wm. R. Smith eee ee ta RO
Wins Shean a2 es ein 8
Wootton, -Climbing:*_..2). 24.
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