. Tea Rose Harry Kirk DREER'S "TWELVE BEST" TEA ROSES Tea Roses have always been admired for their delicious fragrance and for their delicacy of coloring, but many of the varieties have now been superseded by the Hybrid-Tea class. The dozen kinds which we list below are the cream of the standard varieties, all of them sorts well worthy of a place alongside of the Hybrid-Tea class. All are offered in strong two-year-old plants that will give an abundance of flowers this season. The Tea Roses do not require the severe pruning recommended for the Hybrid-Teas; cut out all thin wood and c
. Tea Rose Harry Kirk DREER'S "TWELVE BEST" TEA ROSES Tea Roses have always been admired for their delicious fragrance and for their delicacy of coloring, but many of the varieties have now been superseded by the Hybrid-Tea class. The dozen kinds which we list below are the cream of the standard varieties, all of them sorts well worthy of a place alongside of the Hybrid-Tea class. All are offered in strong two-year-old plants that will give an abundance of flowers this season. The Tea Roses do not require the severe pruning recommended for the Hybrid-Teas; cut out all thin wood and cut back the stronger shoots to a promi- nent eye. Duchesse de Brabant. An old favorite, probably the most deliciously scented Rose grown ; bright silvery-pink, always in bloom. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. Harry Kirk. A splendid Rose, of most robust growth, with free- branching habit, flowering freely and continuously; the blooms are large, with large, smooth petals of great substance; the form is perfect, the buds long and elegant; color deep sulphur-yellow, passing to a lighter shade at the edges of the petals. Awarded a Gold Medal by the National Rose Society of England. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. Lady Hillingdon. A recent introduction, of a beautiful cop- pery shade of apricot-yellow, beautiful in the bud; a strong, vigorous grower and very free-flowering. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. Maman Cochet. An extra strong grower, producing its large buds and flowers in the greatest profusion; color deep rose-pink, inner side of petals silvery-rose; very double and exquisite in bud or when full-blown. 40 cts. each; $ per doz. Marie Van Houtte. White, tinted with yellow, often edged with rose; large, full, of fine form and an abundant bloomer. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. Molly Sharman Crawford. Large, full double, delightfully fragrant, free-flowering Rose of splendid form; creamy-white at first changing to pure white. 50 cts. each; $ per doz. Mrs. Herbert Stevens. A beaut
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