ROSES ARE SO EASY 
STAR® GUARANTEE The secret to beautiful roses is simple and very basic. If your soil 
grows good tomatoes it will grow marvelous roses. Take care 
Star Roses are guaranteed to grow and bloom as they when planting your roses—plant them right. The few extra min- 
should for the first blooming season after purchase. If they utes it takes will be well worthwhile. Water them when it gets very 
do not, we will replace them or refund the purchase price. dry and establish a regular spray or dusting program—it only 
takes a few minutes each week. Follow these simple rules and you 
too will have ‘‘success with roses.”’ 
Portrait 
» Hybrid Tea. Distinctive, rich and colorful. 
488° Portrait produces masses of beautiful urn 
shaped buds of delightful pink literally bursting 
into large creamy blooms edged a deep yet deli- 
cate satiny blush. Occasional gold tones wash the 
open bloom in glowing warmth while the solid 
pink reverse adds depth and sparkle. At least 50 
firm petals roll back to a fully double, high cen- 
tered, 4-inch bloom. As you would expect, a de- 
licious tea rose fragrance of old- 
fashioned perfume is present. Flowers 
come on well proportioned stems of 
medium length. Perfect to cut. 
Portrait is upright, growing tall 
and strong. It is freely branched . 
and holds its lovely blooms aloft for 
all to see and admire. The unusual 
vigor gives continuous quantities of 
eye-catching roses all season. 
Rugged hardiness com- op 
bined with masses of beau- y% 
tiful flowers make Portraita % 4 ~~ 
satisfying, carefree, easy- 
to-grow rose. Colorful 
and disease resistant—the perfect rose show all 
season. A rose so good a whole article about it 
appeared in The National Geographic. (Meyer.) 
Plant Pat. 3097. 
$3.90 ea.—3 or more, $3.65 ea. 
PASCALI 
PORTRAIT 
Seo 
Pascali 
>», Hybrid Tea. Delicate-looking buds open to perfect blooms of 
S soft creamy white with a warm ivory-yellow center. Flowers 
are high centered, perfectly formed, medium large, double, with 
over 35 satiny petals that curl back as they open. Plants are often 
over 4 feet high with strong stems. Excellent for cutting. Healthy 
dark green foliage. Exquisitely beautiful flowers and good plant 
wy habit make Pascali an unusually fine white rose. (Lens.) Plant Pat. 
5 2592. 
$4.50 ea.—3 or more, $4.20 ea. 
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