WHY GROW ROSES? 
Why grow roses, when some other flowers are so much easier? 
Well, roses cast a spell on you. The very challenge of 
producing these magnificent blooms is enough to make rose 
growing the favorite hobby of thousands of both men and 
women. There’s the mystery of a bud developing from a stalk 
that only a few weeks before had been sharply pruned ... the 
anticipation of the first blooms on a brand-new variety ... the 
satisfaction of bringing your plants safely through an especially 
hard winter or dry summer. You feel closer to the elements, 
and you learn to appreciate sun and rain, the old basics. 
You don’t need a lot of expensive paraphernalia to raise 
roses. And if you have limited time, strength or funds, you can 
start on a modest scale. Even a few bushes will give you im- 
mense pleasure. 













Laura 
Hybrid Tea. (The House of Meilland.) “My wife fell 
in love with this rose” was the comment of a visitor to 
our garden. Its luminous salmon-pink flowers are ex- 
ceptionally appealing, with a nice perfume. Extra 
long buds and loosely cupped flowers, about 5 inches 
wide, slightly lighter on the outside of the broad 
petals. And this good color lasts until the petals fall. 
The total effect is light and airy. 
A very strong grower reaching a height of 3% to 4 
feet. Plant Pat. 2986. 
$3.90 ea.—3 or more, $3.60 ea. 



COMANCHE 
Comanche 
Grandiflora. (Swim & Weeks.) A decorative plant to 
bring showy color to a garden. The pointed buds are 
smoldering red on the outside, but as they open they show an 
orange-red on the upper side of the petals and a more rosy or 
“Indian” red on the underside. The blooms are double, medi- 
um size, and are carried like a crown at the top of great 
canes—6 to 8 in a cluster, on wiry stems. 
Tall and rangy, vigorous and free blooming all season long. 
Plant Pat. 2855. 
$3.75 ea.—3 or more, $3.45 ea. 
