THE PIONEER OF A NEW RACE OF ROSES 



A NEW 

 SPECIES 



"HUGONIS" 



UNLIKE ANY 

 OTHER ROSE 



Recently brought from China and obtained by us through Veitch, of England, just before the war. 

 now have vigorous, field-grown plants, on their own roots. 



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This is an illustration of the individual flowers and 

 shows the masses of bloom each slender branch will pro- 

 duce. The branches arch gracefully, like the Spiraea Van 

 Houttei. Our plants are on their own roots. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 



AGRICULTURE 



Bureau of Plant Industry 



Washington, D. C, February 12, IQ18 

 Mr. Robert Pyle, c, o The Conard & Jones Co., 

 West Grove, Pa. 

 I have never known of climatic injury of any kind to 

 Rosa Hugonis during the seven years it has been under 

 my observation. At Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, 

 Mass., where the winters are anything but mild, it is 

 regarded as one of the most hardy rose species. \'ery 

 truly yours, (Signed) \V. Van Fleet, Physiologist. 



Report by Plant Explorer E. H. Wilson of the 

 ARNOLD ARBORETUM 



Where this Wonderful Rose May Be Seen 



"It is an upright-growing shrub with slender and 

 spreading branches on which the fragrant flowers are 

 borne in yard-long sprays of soft yellow. As I write in 

 mid-November, the foliage is still on the shrub and has 

 assumed a dark purple tint." 



Order No. 855S. April 23. 1918. 



The Riigosa magnifica plants are fine and the Hugonis 

 and Pillar Roses also. They are the kind of stock that 

 justifies the reputation which vour, firm has acquired in 

 Rose-culture.— A. C. M., Caldwell, N. J. 



We had Hugonis in bloom during the last snowstorm and I 

 never saw a more beautiful sight. — Mrs, W. Van Fleet, 

 Washington,' D. C, spring, 1917. 



Hugonis is unlike any other Rose we know. We have 

 watched it for years and have never yet known even a 

 tip of a single branch to winterkill. The same excellent 

 report comes from trials made in Massachusetts and 

 Wisconsin. 



It bloomed here, this year, the first week in May, two 

 weeks ahead of our otherwise earliest Roses. 



It is a spectacular show in itself. Ev^ry branch of 

 the previous year's growth becomes lined on all sides, 

 to the very tip, with closely set, wide-open, single 

 flowers like dainty yellow hollyhocks, and the branches 

 bend over with the 'weight of bloom. 



For bouquets and decorations, Hugonis is simply 

 fascinating, the lovely arching sprays and delicate 

 foliage will make displays of distinction obtainable from 

 no other early spring flower. Also, it is in full bloom 

 when few other flowers are available. 



This unique species is fine for shrub planting and 

 makes a symmetrical bush about 6 feet in height and 

 the same in diameter when fully matured. Picture this 

 exquisite bush on your lawn, or at the corners of yoiir 

 house, in early spring. Think of the pleasure of looking 

 forward daily from about the last week in April, when 

 the buds begin to form, till the plant is a mass of fairy- 

 like flufty bloom the first week in May. 



When through blooming you will still have a most 

 beautiful bush, for the acacia-like foliage on arching 

 branches makes a most decorative shrub which, as far 

 as we are aware, is never touched by disease of any kind 

 but is clean and healthy always. An added attraction is 

 the ruby-colored young shoots springing from the 

 roots, this color gradually changing to a soft green as 

 the shoot ages. The foliage remains on the plant until 

 well into the fall, when it assumes a purple hue. 

 Why not be the first to introduce this unique Rose 

 in your neighborhood? 



ROSA HUGONIS— A GEM 



Editor Horticulture: 



I note yours as to Rosa Hugonis in current issue. I have a strong- 

 growing vigorous plant sent me by our old friend, Jackson Dawson, 

 which is a thing of beautv at this present time. It has been out 

 three winters and passed through the last unprotected and comes 

 out uninjured — as good a test of hardiness as could be had. This is 

 the third vear of its blooming, always pleasing and admired by all. 

 I have never seen anv "bugs" or troublesome insects on it; it is 

 free from the uglv tho'rns of the Scotch rose; each branch is a gar- 

 land of most beautiful yellow, elegantly garnished with small deep- 

 colored foliage. I hold it as a gem. Yours, C. \\ . Hoitt. 



Nashua, N. H., May 21, 1918. 



PRICES. Strong, field-grown plants, 2 years old, to 

 produce bloom next spring, $2 each; larger plants, $3.50 

 and $5 each, according to size, D. 



C. & J. Hugonis Roses are grown on their own roots 



*'YARD-LONG SPRAYS OF BEAUTIFUL YELLOW BLOOMS*' 



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