
The 1973 Clll-Clmerica Winners 
Gypsy 
Hybrid Tea. (Weeks.) This husky, hardy plant grows 5 
feet tall and gives you wave after wave of dazzling 
blooms. Its dusky orange-red color lasts very well even through 
the heat of midsummer. Good-sized blooms with 35 to 40 large 
petals, usually carried only one to a stem. The photo at the left 
shows it as a lively cut flower. 
Foliage is glossy rich green, healthy and plentiful. Gypsy 
will set the pace for strong, tall growth and lasting color. It was 
hybridized by O. L. Weeks, who also gave us this year’s Per- 
fume Delight. Plant Pat. 3163. (Also see page 52.) 
$4.90 ea.—3 or more, $4.55 ea. 

ELECTRON 
Electron 
Hybrid Tea. (McGredy.) The winner of top prizes in 
S Europe as well as the All-America Award. Long buds and 
large, very full flowers of exhibition form, with high center and 
beautifully placed petals. The color is a very bright, very lus- 
cious, deep rose-pink. Both the rich color and the pleasing 
fragrance last well. Perfect for cutting, free blooming and an 
eye-full at all stages. 
Bushy and vigorous, with abundant, dark green leaves 
that form a dense background for the electric-pink flowers. 
Blooms are borne singly and in clusters. Plant Pat. 3226. 
$3.90 ea.—3 or more, $3.60 ea. 
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Be OFFER 109 
THE 1973 
ALL-AMERICA 
WINNERS 
ELECTRON | 
GYPSY 
MEDALLION 
$12.70 | 







SHOP FOR ROSES 
THE EASY WAY 
There’s no need to use valuable time and gaso- 
line running around to find the roses you want. Sit 
down with this catalog and do your choosing in 
the comfort of your armchair. Use the order blank 
we provide and mail it in the postpaid envelope 
with the assurance of receiving top-grade rose 
bushes at the right time for planting. WE PAY 
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STAR” ROSE 
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£6 
STAR ROSES are guaran- 
| teed to grow and bloom as they should for the 
first blooming season after purchase. If they 
“Last fall | ordered several rose bushes 
and was I ever pleased. What a root 
system! There were 4 or more canes on 
every bush. I have ordered from other 
companies but I have never gotten rose 
bushes like yours.” 
Mrs. E. W., Tennessee 
“We have between 200 and 300 bushes, 
but never received bushes as beautiful 
as these before. Even the ones we got 
from you a couple years ago were 
bigger and healthier than we got from 
anyone else.” 
L. G. N., Ohio 

do not, we will replace them or refund the 
purchase price. 


