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Another sectional view of one of our six fields of 1930 Star Roses 



Rose Specialists (or 34 Years! 



Discriminating purchasers have learned that a slightly higher amount 

 invested in Star Roses provides a vastly better article. When you consider 

 your own investment in time and devotion to the plants you buy, after 

 their arrival, a few cents difference in first cost is slight when compared with 

 the greater growth and abundance of bloom that come from our guaranteed 

 Roses. 



Remember that we have been through the experience of importing Roses 

 by the carload from the Pacific Coast and from many other sections of 

 America, but our home-grown Roses that we have this year harvested, 

 practically all within 5 miles of our own storage cellars, are finer stock than 

 the best that we ever obtained elsewhere. And this refers to the quality 

 of the plants. 



"The Best Roses for America" was the slogan that we adopted many 

 years ago. It had to do first with the quality of the plants, but quite as much 

 with selection of varieties that might be expected to succeed for amateurs 

 in various parts of our country. 



We consider it an exceedingly important part of our business, as the 

 title of this catalog, "Star Guide to Good Roses," indicates, that we 

 should protect our patrons from disappointment, for such is the only thing 

 to expect from some Roses. We know of no other commercial establish- 

 ment in this country where is spent a fraction as much as is spent here on 

 collecting, testing, culling, and finally selecting only such varieties as are 

 worthy to wear our Star. 



By extensive travel throughout this continent and among the Rose- 

 growers abroad, we have established and are in first-hand contact with the 

 world's greatest hybridizers; we are in constant touch with sources of new 

 Rose-supply; we endeavor, and usually succeed, in obtaining here the 

 earliest plants available of each new Rose that appears. Then begins the 

 testing. Approximately 1500 varieties, not in commerce, are undergoing 

 such scrutiny in our Test-Garden at present. Usually three to five years 

 are required for thoroughgoing results and for developing, from among the 



choicest, basis for the stock with which 

 to provide our patrons. As a result of 

 this testing we are also able, as reflected 

 in the following pages, to offer not only 

 the best known but also many varieties 

 of Roses not elsewhere obtainable. 



REPORTS ON STAR ROSES 



June 2, 1030 

 Order No. 19599 



. . . they are the finest Roses 

 I have ever received from any- 

 one, and I have been buying 

 Roses for several years past 

 from Rose-growers in all parts 

 of the country. — J. H. DeB., 

 Syracuse, N. Y. 



April 4, 1930 

 Order No. 10651 



I have bought many plants 

 from different growers, but the 

 Star Roses were the best I have 

 ever seen. . . my next order 

 will be for Star Roses. — 

 J. C. J., Jr., Roanoke, Va. 



March 26, 1930 

 Order No. 32378 



There is surely a vast differ- 

 ence in your stock, and I'll have 

 no other since trying it. — 

 Mrs. K., St. Louis, Mo. 



May 23, 1930 

 Order No. 19487 



Last fall I purchased a few 

 Roses from two other dealers 

 and a few from you. Those 

 purchased from you are far 

 superior in every way to those 

 purchased elsewhere. — J. C. S., 

 Birmingham, Ala. 



April 11, 1930 

 Order No. 11930 



They are, unquestionably, 

 the best stock I have found, 

 and I have dealt with a 

 dozen different Rose-growers. — 

 A. M. O., Washington, D. C. 



Star Roses wrapped for packing 



This is the latest one of our five improved Rose Storage Houses 

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