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STAR ROSE GUARANTEE. 

 We guarantee every Star Rose 

 to bloom the first blooming 

 period after purchase; failing 

 which we will replace the plant 

 or refund its cost. The guarantee 

 does not make the Roses bloom ; it 

 is the quality of the plants which 

 makes our guarantee safe. 



FREE WITH EVERYORDER. 



We not only send you cultural 

 directions that will make Rose- 

 growing easy but also to each 

 1936 customer will be sent, if 

 requested, the current issue of 





a 



little 



mag- 



azine, "Success with Roses" and Rose News. 



Each issue will tell what to do in your garden. It is 

 illustrated and full of entertaining true stories about 

 our new Roses, Rose people, Rose events, etc. We 

 travel far and wide to find and inspect new Roses. 

 We test them here before offering them to you and 

 we are constantly in touch with Rose experts in 

 every Rose nation. In "Success with Roses" and 

 Rose News you, too, will enjoy these experiences. 



For quite complete information, read our book 

 "HOW TO GROW ROSES," over 200 pages. 

 (See details, page 30.) 



Our TRADE-MARK. As a 



merit-mark of Quality, signifi- 

 cant of the national recognition of 

 Roses of such distinction, the Star 

 Rose Trade-Mark was registered 

 with the United States Govern- 

 ment. Wired fast to every Star 

 < <« Rose is this Trade-Mark, a 

 durable, celluloid, Star-shaped tag 

 bearing the name of the Rose on the 

 back. That tag is your insurance 

 certificate, a token which comes 

 direct to you from this firm of 38 

 years' standing. We supply the 

 Roses and we guarantee your success. 



VISIT STAR ROSE-GARDENS. West Grove 

 is on U. S. Highway No. 1, 40 miles from Phila- 

 delphia, 60 miles from Baltimore, 10 miles south of 

 the Lincoln Highway at Coatesville. 150,000 Roses 

 will be in bloom for you all summer and fall. (Red 

 Rose Inn is right alongside Star Rose Gardens.) 

 Come any hour, any day. Visitors always welcome! 



A^C&is^ 



/ President 



*Mme. Cochet-Cochet 



H.T. 



(See Front Cover) 



(C. Mallerin, 1934.) Plant Patent No. 129. Coppery pink. 

 This winner of the 1932 Bagatelle Gold Medal is one of the 

 loveliest of the new Roses, the flowers reminding us of the 

 beautiful, but hard to grow, Los Angeles. Long-pointed buds of 

 coppery pink, flushed orange, open to 43^-inch flowers of splen- 

 did form, of the same color as the bud except that the orange 

 softens to gold. The petals vary from 20 to 40, and when open 

 they disclose a mass of golden stamens. As the flower ages the 

 color changes to soft satiny pink with attractive tints but does 

 not lose any of its loveliness and is unusually clear and refreshing 

 at all times. Sweet honey-like fragrance. The plants are tall, 

 with good foliage. This is one of the most free-blooming Roses 

 we grow. Experts judging this Novelty in our fields without 

 exception have shown great enthusiasm. $1.50 each; 3 for 

 $3.75. 



No further discount on this patented Rose 



fern fhumb ( 



Certificate of Merit 

 American Rose Society > 



>» ) 



("Peon" by J. de Vink.) Plant Patent applied for. Introduced 

 in America by The Conard-Pyle Co. "A red Rose-bud the size 

 of a grain of wheat, a bloom that can open inside a thimble, and 

 a young plant you could cover with a coffee cup" — that, in a 

 "nut-shell," is Tom Thumb. 



One of our friends wished us to name it "Little Red Riding 

 Hood" because of the charming color of the little flowers. 

 Another urged that we call it "Mickey Mouse"; to be sure its 

 pea-green leaves are no larger than mouse ears, but since famous 

 Tom Thumb was a perfect specimen of manhood in miniature, 

 that name best fits this charming little Rose. 



The color of the bud is deep crimson which grows slightly 

 lighter as the bloom opens, and then you discover a bonnie 

 bright eye in the heart of each flower, which is formed by a touch 

 of white at the base of each one of its twelve or fifteen petals. 



"Tom Thumb" is as sturdy as he is little; as hardy as most 

 rugged Roses. Try planting several in your rock-garden, 

 or make a group of them among your perennials or as a border 

 to your pool or to your Rose-bed. Tom Thumb will thrive, will 

 bloom and bloom and bloom all season through, and then come 

 bravely through a winter of many degrees below zero in the 

 open, and be right there to greet you when the tulips bloom. 



He even responds to window-sill care, and for cottage, apart- 

 ment, or palace, will win his way as a favorite. Our friends 

 declare that he is a bewitchingly fascinating "Little Prince of a 

 Rose." Ideal for children, too. 



Pot-plants (ready in April). $1 each; 12 for $10, postpaid. 

 No further discount on this Rose 



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JAN 1 \ 1335 



The Tom Thumb Rose 



