. Dreer's garden book 1918. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 162 HWADREER -PHILADELPHIA'fiV iin . nn SELECT-ROSK- / r THE "DREER DOZEN" HARDY EVERBLOOMING HYBRID-TEA ROSES For many years it has been customary for us to offer under this heading only the very best and most popular, well-tried varie- ties of Hybrid-Tea Roses, with the majority of which every lover of the Rose is familiar. We recommend this collection for general planting to the amateur who wishes a
. Dreer's garden book 1918. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 162 HWADREER -PHILADELPHIA'fiV iin . nn SELECT-ROSK- / r THE "DREER DOZEN" HARDY EVERBLOOMING HYBRID-TEA ROSES For many years it has been customary for us to offer under this heading only the very best and most popular, well-tried varie- ties of Hybrid-Tea Roses, with the majority of which every lover of the Rose is familiar. We recommend this collection for general planting to the amateur who wishes a limited number of varieties, and who is desircus of a supply of extra choice flowers to cut throughout the summer and fall months. Those who desire a more extensive collection should include Dreer's "Peerless" Twelve offered on page 161, and particularly the "Liberty" collection offered on page 163, all of which we can recommend just as strongly; in fact, in our entire collection of Hybrid-Tea Roses offered on pages 156 to 167 there is not one individual sort which we cannot endorse as possessing superior merit, and with the exception of a very few of the latest novelties, which come to us from noted reliable specialists, all have been thoroughly tested in our own trial grounds. Caroline Testout (Pemet-Ducher, 1890) One of the most popular and valuable bedding varieties, large, full, globular flowers of bright satiny-rose, with brighter centre; very free and fragrant. Shown in colors on the plate opposite. Duchess of Wellington ^ (Dickson & Sons, 1909) Intense saffron-yellow stained with deep crimson, changing to a deep coppery saff- ron-yellow as the flowers develop. Ths flowers are fairly full with large petals of great substance, de- ligtfully fragrant and very free-flowering. 7-5 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ p-r 100. Ecarlate (Boytard, 1907) Produces a greater number of flowers than any other Hybrid Tea Rose in our col- lection; the flowers whil
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