Examine Both Sides of the Picture 



Did you e\'er liear lliis story that has 

 been told of General Grant? When 

 about to leave the home of a prominent 

 Oriental, where he had been graciously 

 entertained, he presented his host with a 

 beautiful picture elegantly framed. 

 Promptly the recipient turned the pic- 

 ture over and examined the back, with 

 consequent disappointment. 



But this catalogue is no "frame-up." 

 We have tried to picture to you our 

 products but with this difference: that 

 what is back of the pictures we consider 

 of far greater importance than the pic- 

 tures themselves. We do advertise, but 

 our best advertisement is a superior 

 product. Wherever our Roses go our 

 reputation grows, and this doubtless 

 helps to explain the fact that our busi- 

 ness steadily continues to grow. 



We long ago adopted the star as our 

 symbol, indicating that our aim is noth- 

 ing short of the highest standards. For 

 example, during the past six months we 

 have traveled no less than 10,000 miles 

 in our search after the best varieties, 

 best methods, and the best grown plants; 

 thus we are enabled wisely to eliminate 

 from our lists varieties that may have 

 been superseded and in their place to 

 offer other obtainable sorts of proved 

 merit. In this way we are able to protect 

 our customers from the disappointment 

 of second-rate goods, and, furthermore, 

 are able, with the star as our trade- 

 mark, to build a broader confidence 

 upon a guarantee such, we believe, as is 

 offered by no other firm. 



We guarantee C. &" J. Roses to bloom 

 the first regular blooming period after 

 planting, or your money back. This does 

 not cover loss by insect pests or winter-kill. 



REMEMBER, it is not the guarantee 

 which makes the Roses bloom, but the qual- 

 ity of the Roses which enables us to make 

 this guarantee. 



THE CONARD& JONES CO. 



''The Star Rose Growers*' 



ANTOINE WINTZER, Vice-President 

 R. T. SATTERTHWAIT, Secretary 

 E. P. GROFF, Treasurer 



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FROM WEST VIRGINIA 



April I r, 1923. 

 On the 9th inst. I received a box of plants from 

 you which were, without qualification, the finest 

 plants I have ever received from any rose-grower. 

 There were fourteen roses in the shipment, every 

 one of which was splendidly rooted and with strong, 

 healthy canes. I have some thirty more rose plants 

 ordered from several otlier rose-growers, but after 

 the reception of the order from you, I am certainly 

 sorry I did not order all from you. — John H. 

 Hatcher, Beckley, W. Va. 



LATER— NOTE THE DATE 



April 13, 1923. 

 As some of the plants I am. getting in from other 

 florists are, to say the least, undesirable, I ^Adll need 

 a few more of your Star size plants to fill up jmy beds. 

 — John H. Hatcher. 



FROM NEW YORK STATE 



June 18, 1923. 

 At our meeting of the Garden Club at the Rose 

 Test-Garden at Hudson Park yesterday, the mem- 

 bers were so enraptured at the results we have 

 obtained from the use of your roses, that they want 

 to make up their lists at once, for future plantings,— 

 Thos. J. Wade, Secretary and Forester, Commissioners 

 of Parks, Docks, and Harbors, New Rochelle, N. Y. 



FROM INDIANA 



I am pleased to forward herewith a check which 

 I won at our local rose show this year, with roses 

 cut from the plants bought from you this spring. 

 I can imagine no better use for the money than to 

 spend it for additional roses. — Paul N. Prass, 

 South Bend, Ind. 



FROM OHIO 



June II, 1923. 

 Having purchased roses from you for quite a few 

 years, and possessing every Tea and Hybrid Tea 

 you list in your late catalogue of famous Star 

 brand, I will say I have never received any better 

 or healthier bushes from anyone than yours are. 

 They all grow and, if not, you always replace same 

 gladly. I am always glad to instruct a beginner 

 to buy C. & J. Roses. I showed 120 vases of roses 

 at the Columbus Rose Show, June 10, 1923, and 

 received third prize; last year I received first. — 

 Ralph E. Cook, Columbus, Ohio. 



FROM KANSAS 



March 6, 1923. 



In March of 192 1 I secured my first order of roses 

 from your stock. I have had the greatest satis- 

 faction in caring for my roses and they have re- 

 sponded so readily to my work that they seem to 

 almost talk to me. Next to my family they have 

 given me the most satisfaction and pleasure I have 

 ever experienced in my life. 



The Etoile de France gave me 55 beautiful roses 

 last season; the Ophelia, 62; the Radiance, 62 won- 

 derful roses; and the Red Radiance gave me 56. 

 The last one of the latter was picked October 24, 

 1922. — Mrs. Fred H. Oakes, Kingman, Kans. 



FROM PITTSBURGH, PA. 



Exquisite rose blooms at less than one cent each 



We kept a record of our rose bushes last season. 

 Our first lilooius were cut May 20 and the last on 

 November 22. In all, we cut over 3,100 roses. — 

 R. M. Ihrig, Dormont, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



NOTE. Mr. Ihrig's order amounted to $29.30 for 29 

 plants. The first year's blooms averaged over 100 roses 

 per plant. 



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