Robin Hood and Red Glory are used almost exclusively as Hedge Roses; Pillar of Fire, The Fairy and Otto Linne 
can be used as Hedge Roses and also as specimens, and for wonderful spots of color as small group plantings. 
ROBIN HOOD 
Robin Hood stands up big, bold and beautiful, as though 
saying, ‘‘Look at me!” That, of course, is what people do. 
They can’t help it. Robin Hood is such a lush producer of 
wonderful cherry-red or deep pink flowers—whole clusters of 
them—that it appears to be one massive bloom itself. The 
thought that you have such flowers blooming very heavily in 
the spring and abundantly all season is intriguing. This 
splendid hedge rose can be maintained at any height you like 
above 3 feet simply by shearing or pruning. It grows very 
densely and compactly, forming a formidable barrier. Foliage 
is rich, healthy, and good looking. Robin Hood grows willingly 
in any soil, and is hardy to well below zero temperatures. 
Plant 18 to 24 inches apart. Don’t confuse this fine plant with 
Red Robin or Ragged Robin. Robin Hood is far superior. 
6 for $4.45; 12 for $8.45; 24 for $15.95; 48 for $28.95; 
96 for $49.95. 
THE FRIENDLY FENCE SPECIAL 
ENOUGH ROSES TO PLANT BOTH SIDES OF A 40-FOOT WALK 
THE FABULOUS FAIRY 
You have a treat in store if you do not yet know The Fairy 
. . . something of a fabulous character among the better 
shrub roses. It’s an absolutely foolproof plant that has every 
good quality and no bad ones. Plant it alone and you have 
a beautiful, 4-foot shrub that bears hundreds of appealing 
seashell-pink flowers. Plant it in a row and you have a 
splendid, colorful hedge. The Fairy grows vigorously and will 
be eventually as broad as it is high. Its foliage is something 
like that of boxwood—small, shiny and beautifully green. . . 
adding an ornamental quality that would make the bush 
desirable even if it had no flowers. The lovely pink flowers 
come on the bush in great numbers, and they are there all the 
way from spring to frost! With many shrub or hedge roses, 
the bloom comes only in May or June, but with The Fairy, 
it is continuous. The:Fairy is unusual in another way, too . 
it is so yvieoreus and so hardy that it will flourish anywhere, 
oe _ , even in semi-shade. It needs no special soil 
_ preparation and you never have to spray it or 
dust it. The delightful little flowers make at- 
tractive bouquets. You can cut all you want 
I suggest planting 2 of Phe Fairy, one on each side 4 THE FAIRY s 
of your walk at the entrance, and 2 more, one on 18 RED GLORY and leave plenty ot wae Ee : : 
2 : 18 ROBIN HOOD Consider how you might use this unique rose 
each side. where your walk terminates. VFhen, on Value $31.80 - ¥! 8 a 
each side of the walk. plant Red Glory and Robin fie on your place. Do you need a planting along 
Hood alternately. This will make a beautiful and Only 32, 4 9 5 your property line? Do it beautifully with 
interesting planting which will flower all season. 
The Fairy. Do you want an unusual planting 
Space 2 feet apart. ORDER OFFER 46 at the terrace or patio edge? Or around the 
RED GLORY 
(Hybrid 311) Plant Pat. 1885. This rose makes an out- 
standing hedge, too. It grows to 4 or 5 feet, is neat, orderly 
and easily maintained. The plant is bushy, upright and hand- 
somely foliaged. It is almost continuously smothered from 
spring to frost with clusters of vivid red, semi-double flowers 
like those in the picture. If you set the plants from 18 to 24 
inches apart, depending upon the density you want, you'll 
have an easy-to-keep, permanent, good looking, flower- 
covered hedge fence . . . the friendliest fence in the world. 
The circular, close-up picture gives you a very good idea of 
the bright beauty of Red Glory’s flowers. Perhaps you would 
want to consider this one along with the other two varieties 
as proposed in The Friendly Fence Special offer on this page. 
6 for $4.45; 12 for $8.45; 24 for $15.95; 48 for $28.95; 
96 for $49.95. 
PILLAR OF FIRE NEW! 
(Shamburger) Plant Pat. App. For. This is a NEW and 
interesting tall-growing, flowering shrub rose that is superb 
as an individual accent plant on the lawn or as a background. 
There’s nothing to stop you from planting several in a row as 
a tall hedge to screen out an objectionable view. Pillar of 
Fire grows to 8 feet or more and is always bright with flowers, 
each a coral-red beauty that sparkles in the sun. Coming in 
brilliant clusters from top to bottom of the plant, the flowers 
are, in effect, a pillar of fire. Using a sturdy pole or trellis 
for support, plant Pillar of Fire where you want a dominant 
mass of color—where you want an eye-catching focal point— 
or where you simply want a lot of beautiful, red flowers. 
It is equally attractive unstaked—but since the branches 
will spread gracefully, you’d need to give it more room. 
Pillar of Fire is a vigorous grower that produces strong, 
upstanding canes and a wealth of nice, attractive foliage. 
Note the special offer on the next page which gives you 
a good buy in three exceptional shrub roses, including Pillar 
of Fire, at a good saving. Pillar of Fire itself is priced at 
$3 ea.; 3 or more, $2.65 ea. 
MULTIFLORA. Suitable only for use as a tall, tough 
hedge on a large property such as a farm. Grows eventually 
to 8 to 12 feet tall as well as wide. Small white blooms last 
for two weeks in spring. Has red berries, like seed hips, in 
fall. 1-year plants. Plant 1 foot apart. 25 for $2.95; 50 for 
$5.45; 100 for $9.95; 1000 for $69.50—postpaid. 
46 
ee 991) Do it beautifully with The Fairy. Re- 
member this gem of a plant needs no spraying, no special 
soil preparation, no attention at all. It makes about the nicest 
flower-fence you’ve ever seen! $1.75 ea.; 3 or more, $1.55 
ea.; 25 or more, $1.40 ea. 
Of Special Interest... 
OTTO LINNE 
A Colorful Special Use Shrub Rose—or Lawn Specimen 
The story of Otto Linne is a strange one. Until we re-dis- 
covered this unusual, old rose and offered it in our catalog 
last year, it had been languishing in limbo—a forgotten 
beauty—for almost 30 years. This has been a great pity, 
for in all those years its qualities as a colorful shrub rose 
have been wasted ‘“‘on the desert air’, when they could have 
been appreciated in gardens across the land. From budwood 
that we obtained in California, we grew a few hundred plants 
and sold them, thus bringing back from total obscurity the 
splendid rose shrub first introduced by Peter Lambert of 
Germany in 1934 under the mouth-filling name of Garten- 
direktor Otto Linne. 
We have shortened the name for convenience, and increased 
our growing to provide more plants for more people to enjoy 
this very spring. Our enthusiasm for Otto Linne has been 
more than matched by the gardener-customers who now have 
it in their gardens. Perhaps, you will join them this time 
around. If you do, you will have marvelous trusses of bloom 
like those shown in the picture at the right. Otto Linne grows 
to about 3 to 4 feet, its strong canes carrying erormous 
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 (of Otto Linne) 
carried 170 blooms!’’ When the picture was taken, I did not 
count the flowers on any of the long, arching canes. I was too 
much taken by the beauty of the rose to do more than admire 
it. The foliage, too. It’s a light, clear, green color—leathery 
in texture, glossy, good to the feel. It is very abundant, 
making the bush itself substantially full and attractive. The 
plant is exceptionally vigorous, grows upward and arches 
outward gracefully. Here at West Grove, it appears to be as 
free of any disease as any other flowering shrub. It blooms 
all the time ... and one truss of flowers makes a whole 
bouquet! 
Plant one or more of Otto Linne in your yard this spring— 
and please yourself, your family and your neighbors. Former- 
ly $5—now only $3 ea.; 3 or more, $2.65 ea. 
