How to Choose and Use Star® Roses 



Before you make out your order for roses, be sure you choose the best kinds for the spot where you will 

 plant them. If you have the place for a bed of roses — fine! For an "all-purpose" dozen, easy to grow and 

 supplying a variety of colors all season, we suggest these — 



Camelot — orange-pink 

 Chicago Peace — 



lively pink and yellow 

 Chrysler Imperial — deep red 

 First Prize — two-tone pink 



Golden Girl — yellow 



Miss All-American Beauty — 



deep pink 

 Mister Lincoln — scarlet-red 

 Peace — yellow tinted pink 



Pink Peace — dusty rose 

 Queen Elizabeth — shell-pink 

 Scarlet Knight — bright red 

 Tropicana — orange-red 



(See page 25 for a Special Offer of these 12) 



BUT there are many places around your home where you can plant and enjoy roses without 

 allotting them a special bed or garden of their own. For example — 



Roses can be used instead of shrubbery, to provide a 

 nice low hedge between your yard and your neighbor's. 

 Low-growing Floribundas like Red Pinocchio and 

 Europeana (dark red), or taller ones like Fire King 

 (bright red), Spartan (coral). Fashion (apricot-pink) 

 or Sunspot (yellow) are fine for this purpose. 



Any of the Miniature 

 roses (see pages 38 and 39) 

 are delightful around the 

 base of a bird bath. Or 

 why not plant Miniatures 

 in a quiet nook of their 

 own near your kitchen 

 door, where you can see 

 them as you wash the 

 dishes? 



If you have a garage with 

 blank, bare walls, that's the 

 perfect place for a climb- 

 ing rose like Blaze (scarlet) 

 or Rhonda (coral) or 

 Golden Showers (yellow). 

 Put up a trellis so that you 

 can train the canes and 

 tie them in place. 



Does every house on your 

 street have a fronting of ever- 

 greens? A nice variation 

 would be to add several 

 bright rose bushes. The ever- 

 greens will act as a handsome 

 background for the flowers. 

 For this use, we recommend 

 the Grandifloras Queen Eliz- 

 abeth (light pink), Camelot 

 (coral), Scarlet Knight or 

 Golden Girl. Or 

 if you'd like lower 

 growing kinds, 

 Floribundas such 

 as Rumba (multi- 

 color). Gene Boer- 

 ner (pink) or Zam- 

 bra (orange) would 

 be very colorful. 



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Here are a few more pointers on choosing 

 and using roses: 



For landscaping purposes, where your chief aim 

 is to make a splash of color in your yard, plant three 

 of the same kind together in a group. For example, 

 if you want a really gay spot with many flowers of 

 yellow, red and orange — all in one — try 3 Rumba 

 planted together; for a dash of deep rich red — 3 

 Europeana; pure bright yellow — 3 Sunspot; salmon- 

 pink — 3 Fashion; pure white — 3 Saratoga. 



For a tall hedge planted in either a straight or a 

 curved line, use Betty Prior. For a low hedge, use 

 The Fairy. 



For sure fragrance, we suggest these Hybrid 

 Teas: Candy Stripe, Chrysler Imperial, Crimson 

 Glory, Fragrant Cloud, Mirandy, Miss All-American 

 Beauty, Mister Lincoln, Oklahoma and Tiffany; also 

 the Floribundas Angel Face, Saratoga and Spartan. 



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