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13 IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA.

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FOUR GRAND ROSES
SUNSET.
METEOR
MERMET
THE BRIDE

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MERMET.--One of the finest roses grown. The buds are very large and globular, the petals being recurved and showing to advantage the lovely bright pink of the center, shading into light creamy pink, reminding one of La France in its silvery shading. A strong grower and fine bloomer. Each 10c.
THE BRIDE.--This is undoubtedly one of the finest white roses ever offered. The buds are very large and of exquisite form, and the full flower very double, measuring from 3 1/2 to 4 inches in diameter. The color is a delicate creamy white. The blooms will last in a fresh state, after being cut, longer than any other white variety. Each 10c.
SUNSET.--This exquisite orange yellow variety is one of the finest Tea Roses grown. The flowers are large and double. The exquisite shades of coloring found in this variety can only be compared to the gorgeous colors of a summer sunset; hence the name. It is deliciously fragrant, a strong growing and free flowering variety. Each 15c.
NEW RAINBOW.--This new rose from California was awarded a silver cup by the State floral society. The color is a lovely shade of deep coral pink, striped and mottled in the most unique manner with intense crimson, and elegantly colored with rich golden amber at center and base of petals. It makes beautiful buds, and the flowers are extra large, very sweet, and of great depth and substance. It is a most charming new variety. Each 15c.

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EMPRESS AUGUSTA VICTORIA.--The finest white rose in existence for summer blooming. It is a true Tea Rose, soft pearly white, remarkably fragrant, a strong, healthy grower, with bold, beautiful foliage. It is a continuous bloomer, the buds being of elegant perfect shape, while the full, open flower is unsurpassed and shows no center. Very fragrant. Each 20c.

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MALMAISON.--Flower extremely large; quartered and double to the center; color flesh white, clear and fresh. Each 10c.
MADAME HOSTE.--This is an exceedingly beautiful, new ever-blooming rose, extra large flowers, and superb buds very full and delightfully perfumed; color soft, canary yellow, deepening at center to pure golden yellow, beautifully flushed with pale amber; edges and reverse of petals rich creamy white; has proven excellent for garden culture. Each 10c.
LA FRANCE.--Undoubtedly the most perfect type of a cut-flower rose. No variety surpasses it in delicate coloring--silvery rose, shaded pink, with a satiny sheen over all its petals. Flower large, keeps well, and of distinct pervading fragrance. Each 10c.
MARECHAL NEIL.--Very bright, rich golden yellow; very large, full and perfect form; of vigrous climbing growth and a free bloomer. This is unquestionably the finest of all Tea roses; truly magnificent. We have seen greenhouses devoted to a single plant of this variety, from which it was not unusual to cut five hundred to two thousand flowers per day. Each 15c.
AMERICAN BEAUTY.--One of the best and most valuable roses, both for garden and house culture. Color rosy crimson, exquisitely shaded and very handsome. Extra large full flowers, exceedingly sweet, makes magnificent buds, is a good bushy grower, very hardy and a constant bloomer. Each 20c.
ETOILE DE LYON.--A magnificent Tea rose introduced from France; brilliant chrome yellow, deepening at center to pure golden yellow; flowers very large, double and deliciously fragrant. Each 10c.
PERLE DES JARDINS.--Fine straw yellow, sometimes deep canary yellow; very large and of most perfect form. Each 10c.