First Come Best Served, and Why! 



Because Roses are scarce — more scarce than we have 

 ever known them to be. We estimate that there are, on 

 the average, three purchasers for every Rose that will 

 be offered for American gardens this coming spring, 

 and even Mexico is coming back to us for large quan- 

 tities of Roses, as in pre-war times. 



But it is not the increase in demand so much as the 

 short supply that prompts us to warn our patrons of 

 exact conditions — Roses are scarce for many reasons: 



1st. The Federal Horticultural Board have erected, 

 in Quarantine 37, an embargo barrier which shuts out 

 from America all foreign-grown Roses, except Novelties. 

 These imports in the past amounted to over 3,000,000 

 Roses a year, according to census reports. 



2d. The supply of American-grown Roses is far below 

 normal, due to wartime and post-wartime conditions, 

 viz.: Government 50 per cent restriction on coal; 

 deflection of labor in the North to strictly war work, 

 and in the South to growing high-priced cotton, left 

 growers the alternative of paying prohibitive prices for 

 labor or reducing their output, and the output was 

 reduced. Today Roses are scarce, there is no doubt of 

 that. Fortunately, for us, we expect to have our full 



Look for the Durable Celluloid Name 



quota of stock; we foresaw the situation and supple- 

 mented our own supply early. We believe we 

 shall be prepared to fill all orders as usual, but we are 

 thus forewarning our patrons to place their orders 

 early so that stock can be reserved and sent at right 

 planting-time. 



Another point, which all know, is the "reduced pur- 

 chasing power of the dollar." We know we could get 

 more money for Roses than we ask; our business needs 

 it, and at the present cost of living, our workers need it. 

 On the other hand, we know that our workers cannot 

 benefit (and everyone of us here are workers) unless we 

 first benefit our patrons. Every solid business is founded 

 on that law, but what means quite as much to us is to 

 attain our ambition and cherished desire — that C. 6° /. 

 patrons shall get the best that their money will buy in any 

 market, that is why our prices are not higher. 



Nursery agents, as a rule, where found today, are 

 offering Roses for sale at $1.50 each. The Roses listed 

 below are as large or finer, and you can order easily by 

 mail for only $i each, or at less than $1 if you order 

 ten or more at one time. If you would get the best, 

 don't delay, order today and get Star Brand Roses. 



Label on Every C. & J. Star Size Rose 



Index to The Best Roses for America (page^) 



Intelligent buyers will appreciate this classification, we believe, 

 showing Rose families, etc. 



June-Blooming Roses — Page 



(Which make a glorious show in "Rose 

 Season" and are entirely hardy even in the 



North.) 18-25 



Hardy Climbing Roses and Ramblers for 

 Covering Archways, Trellises, Fences, Banks, 



Walls and Buildings 18-21 



Wichuraiana or Memorial Roses 18 



Rugosa Roses (very hardy) 22 



Moss, Briar, Provence Roses 23 



Green, Blue, and Striped Roses, and Roses 



Extraordinary 23 



Hybrid Perpetual Roses 24—25 



Ready-made Collections of Choicest H.P.'s. . . 25 



Roses Selected for Northern Climates 25 



Colored Cover-page Offers 2, 50 



Page 

 Everblooming Roses — 



(The following will bloom from spring until 

 frost, but require winter protection in the 

 latitude of Pennsylvania.) 



Our Reliable Collection and Other Sets 



10, 14, 16, 19, 25, so 



Hybrid Tea Roses 10-13 



Tea Roses 15 



Polyantha Roses 16 



Bourbon, Bengal, and China Roses 17 



Climbing Roses of the Everblooming Class. . . 17 



"How to Grow Roses." A Book 9 



Rose-Garden Requisites 49 



Insecticides 49 



Abbreviations Used 



A.B., Austrian Briar 



Ben., Bengal 



Bou., Bourbon 



C.Ben., Climbing Ben- 

 gal 



Ch., China 



C.H.T., Climbing Hy- 

 brid Tea 



C.P., Climbing Poly- 

 antha 



C.T., Climbing Tea 



Dsk., Damask 



H.B.. Hybrid Briar 



H.Ch., Hybrid China 



H.M., Hybrid Multi- 

 flora 



H.P., Hybrid Perpetual 



H.R., Hybrid Rugosa 



H.S.B., Hybrid Sweet- 

 briar 



H.T., Hybrid Tea 



H.W., Hybrid Wichu- 

 raiana 



M., Moss 



Mult., Multiflora 



N., Noisette 



P., Polyantha 



Per., Pernetiana 



Rug., Rugosa 



S.B., Sweetbriar 



Spec, Species 



T., Tea 



T.P., Tea Polyantha 



W., Wichuraiana, or 

 Memorial 



VARIETY 



Aglaia 



Agnes Emily Carmen 



Alberic Barbier 



Alexander Hill Gray 



Alice Aldrich 



Alister Stella Gray 



America 



American Beauty 



American Beauty, Climbing , 



American Pillar 



Anna de Diesbach 



Archduke Charles 



Arthur R. Goodwin 



Aimt Harriet 



AviateuT Bleriot 



CLASS Page 



Mult. 



H.R. 



H.W. 



T. 



H.R. 



N. 



Mult. 



H.P. 



C.H.W 



H.M. 



H.P. 



Ben. 



H.T. 



H.W. 



H.W. 



15 



• 

 2-yr. 



CtS. 

 75 



il.50 

 $1 



VARIETY 



Augustus Hartmaim. . . . 



Baby Doll 



Baby Dorothy 



Baby Rambler, Crimson. 

 Baby Rambler, Pink . . . 

 Baby Rambler, White . . . 

 Baby Rambler, Yellow. . . 



Baby Tausendschon 



Ball of Snow 



Barbarossa 



Baron de Bonstetten . . . . 



Beaute Poitevine 



Beauty of Rosemawr. . . . 



Bessie Brown 



Bess Lovett 









-k 



CLASS 



Hage 



i-yr. 



2yr 







CtS. 



CtS. 



H.T. 



* 



35 





P. 



16 



35 



$1 



P. 



16 



35 



Si 



P. 



16 



35 



Si 



P. 



16 



35 



$1 



P. 



16 



35 



$x 



P. 



16 



35 



$1 



P. 



* 



35 





H.P. 



24 



35 





H.P. 



* 



35 





H.P. 



24 



35 



JSi 



H.R. 



* 



35 





Bou. 



* 



35 





H.T. 



* 



35 





H.W. 



18 



35 





VARIETY 



Betsy Van Nes 



Betty 



Birdie Blye 



Blanc Double de Coubert. 



Blanche Moreau 



Blue Rose 



Blumenschmidt 



Bon Silene 



Bride 



Bridesmaid 



Bridesmaid, Climbing .... 



British Queen 



Burbank 



Captain Christy 



Captain Hayward 



CLASS 



Page 



i-yr. 







CtS. 



P. 



* 



35 



H.T. 



13 





H. Ch. 



17 



30 



H.R. 



* 



35 



M. 



* 



35 



Mult. 



23 



35 



T. 



15 



35 



T. 



15 



35 



T. 



15 



35 



T. 



* 



35 



C.T. 



* 



35 



H.T. 



13 



35 



Bou. 



17 



35 



H.P. 



24 





H.P. 



* 



35 



• 



2-yr. 



ii 



75 



Rose Specialists 



The Conard & Jones Co. 



*This variety is offered in index only 



