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-kRosa. Hugonis, "The Golden Rose of China" 



• ROSA HUGONIS, ''The Golden Rose of China." 



Species. See illustration. The aristocrat of hardy 

 flowering shrubs. The extreme hardiness of this lovely 

 "Golden Rose of China," its habit of blooming early 

 in May, and the long wands of fairy-like blossoms, all 

 go to make Hugonis one of the most valued Shrub 

 Roses. The graceful, arching branches are completely 

 covered with bloom to the very tips in early May. This 

 beautiful shrub Rose, with its dainty foliage and grace- 

 ful growth, makes a distinctive and almost impenetrable 

 hedge. Plant 15 inches apart. Requires no attention, 

 and blooms best when planted in unjertilized soil. 75 cts. 

 each.f Write for quantity prices. 



Species and Old- Fashioned Roses 



• AUSTRIAN COPPER. Copper-red and golden yellow. The 

 delight of landscape architects for flashing color in a shrub 

 border. The single blooms are coppery red on the inside and 

 vivid yellow on the outside of the petals. 75 cts. each.f 



ir BIRDIE BLYE. Pink. A continuous-blooming Shrub Rose 

 which produces a profusion of clustered, long-pointed carmine 

 buds and fragrant rose-pink blooms. 75 cts. each.f 



• HARISON'S YELLOW. Bright yellow. The well-known 

 bright yellow Shrub Rose. Blooms in May. 75 cts. each.f 



• NELLY CUSTIS. White. The "Wishing Rose of Washing- 

 ton." Our stock is from Mt. Vernon, Va. A small Shrub Rose 

 with little, white, delightfully fragrant flowers in clusters. 

 $1 each.f 



• SWEETBRIAR. Pink. Small, single, pink blooms on a 

 strong-growing plant that is valued for the spicy fragrance of 

 its foliage. 75 cts. each.f 



• YORK AND LANCASTER. Damask. Striped red and 

 white, but occasionally all red. First known in 1551 and named 

 for the War of the Roses — the Yorkists wore white Roses, the 

 Lancastrians red. and this Rose symbolized the union of the 

 two factions. $1 each.f 



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*Rosa Rouletti. Bud is a little larger than a grain of wheat 



•ROSA ROULETTI. Miniature Rose 



Arctic hardy. This miniature Rose is rapidly attain- 

 ing popularity as a rock-garden "gem" and as an edging 

 plant in front of Rose-beds. The plant grows about 

 6 inches tall in bushy form, is healtliy and hardy 

 and blooms from early summer until frost. The tiny, 

 rose-pink, quite double flowers are less than an inch 

 in diameter. A real little treasure. See illustration. 

 3-inch pot-plants, 75 cts. each.f 



SPECIAL: Rouletti, for edging. It blooms all 

 season. Plant 4 to 6 inches apart. $50 per 100. 

 No further discount from this price. 



"A^Golden Moss. New. 



Charming Moss Roses — Very Hardy 



•GOLDEN MOSS. H.Moss. (P. Dot, 1932.) 

 Buff^-yellow. See illustration. Moss Roses have 

 been garden favorites for centuries. There have 

 been white, pink, and light red varieties but never before 

 has there been a yellow one. Fat pinkish buds open a 

 rich golden buff^ with a pinkish tint and age to cream- 

 white. The corolla has a delicious Rose perfume which 

 is almost hidden under the pungent scent of the mossy 

 calyx. $1 each.f 



•BLANCHE MOREAU. White. Bud long-pointed 

 and well mossed. 75 cts. each.f 



•CRESTED MOSS. Deep pink. 75 cts. each.f 



•HENRI MARTIN. Crimson. Flower medium size. 

 75 cts. each.f 



OFFER 22. One each of the 4 Moss Roses, $2.70. 



•STAR GUIDE TO GOOD ROSES 



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