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MAGNIFICENT NEW 

 EVERBLOOMING SHRUB 



EACH CANE BEARS ENORMOUS TRUSSES OF DEEP ROSE-PINK FLOWERS 

 DOZENS TO THE BRANCH— HUNDREDS TO THE BUSH 



In 1959, Mr. John Lemon, our 

 Vice-President, was visiting the 

 famous hybridizer of new roses, 

 Mr. Herbert C. Swim (see Royal 

 Highness, pp. 1 & 3) in Southern 

 California. The talk turned to 

 kinds of roses which need almost 

 no care and which may be used as 

 specimen plants for lawn or garden. 

 Mr. Swim remarked that he had a 

 rose in his test garden which he 

 thought might fit the requirement 

 very well. Since the rose was com- 

 paratively unknown, he suspected 

 that it had never been tested and 

 evaluated adequately. Mr. Lemon 

 returned to West Grove with bud- 

 wood of the variety, and for the 

 past several years we have been 

 giving Otto Linne the same thorough 

 testing which we give all new kinds. 

 Much to our surprise, Otto Linne 

 has turned out to be even more than 

 Mr. Swim or any of us had hoped 

 for. We are offering it here for the 

 first time. We think that you will 

 like it. 





otto Linne produces trusses so loaded with 

 beautifiil, double pink blooms that it is hard 

 to believe your eyes. 1 regret that as yet we 

 do not have a color picture to show you. 



OTTO LINNE (full name, Gartendirektor Otto linne) was first introduced by 

 Peter Lambert of Germany in 1934 — almost 30 years ago In the light of this his- 

 torical fact, I must apologize for referring to the rose in the headline as "new" — 

 and yet I feel justified by another historical fact . . . which is that in this country 

 today 9,999 (a conservative figure) people out of every 10,000 who grow roses have 

 never seen Otto Linne and have never heard of it! To the vast majority, therefore, 

 this rose is new; and our re-introduction of it, or re-discovery, is news. 



The fact that Otto Linne is a rose shrub, rather than just a shrub, is the kind of 

 news which will make many a rose grower happy; for it has qualities which, as I 

 have said, have never been truly evaluated and certainly never appreciated before. 



Let me tell you about Otto Linne. It grows to about 3 to 4 feet, its strong canes 

 carrying big heads or trusses of the most delightful deep rose-pink flowers you 

 have ever seen! In the American Rose Annual of 1937, it was stated that "the 

 first stem from a dormant bud carried 170 blooms!" I, myself, cut the truss at the 

 left and had it photographed, but I did not count the flowers. I was too much 

 taken by the beauty of the rose to do more than admire it. While I was at it, I had 

 to admire the foliage, too, which is a light, clear, beautiful green in color, and 

 leathery in texture. It is very abundant, making the bush itself substantially full 

 and attractive. The plant is very vigorous, grows upright proudly and appears here 

 at West Grove to be as completely free of any disease as any other flowering shrub. 

 It blooms all the time. One truss of flowers makes a whole bouquet! 



One of Otto Linne's parents, incidentally, is Robin Hood, which is pictured on 

 page 44. Quite a parent! A distinguished and talented family, in fact! Plant one or 

 more in your yard this spring — and please yourself, your family and your neighbors. 



$5 each; .3 for $12.75 

 Not more than 3 to a customer this spring! 

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