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 quality plants and secondly, 

 shipping them in an efficient and 

 proper manner. Your rose is 

 inspected for the third time just 

 before it is placed in the shipping 

 carton. Sufficient moisture is 

 included with the plant and 

 scaled in by a poly wrapper. 

 This package will hold your rose 

 in perfect condition for a week 

 to ten days after you receive it. 

 If you can't plant at once, store 

 in a cool dark place — do not 

 open until ready to plant. 



(above) Floribunda. (The House of Meilland.) Plant Pat. 



2740. This is a real bright, peppy orange color, with just a 

 hint of red. The bud and open flower are perfectly formed, with flowers 

 coming several to the stem. The foliage is leathery and a refreshing ivy-green 

 color. The medium-height plant is bushy, vigorous and hardy. Has a light 

 sweetbrier fragrance. 



$2.50 ea.— 2 or more, $2.20 ea. 



(top center) Floribunda. (Camprubi.) Plant Pat. 2376. 



This beautiful white rose produces many flowers all the 

 time because it has the unusual ability to grow new canes from the base 

 and sides of the plant while in full flower. Blooms are pure white, opening 

 from small shapely buds to well formed, medium-sized flowers. Plant is 

 compact and grows to medium height. A very pleasing fragrance adds to 

 its great value. 



$2.50 ea. — 3 or more, $2.20 ea. 



(below) Floribunda. (The House of Meilland.) Plant 

 Pat. 1761 . Here is an outstanding, iridescent, oriental 

 (^^ red — a bright, orange-red, further enhanced with clear yellow stamens. 

 ■^ The low, compact bush is well-branched with dense foliage of an 

 attractive bright green. Masses of these brilliant flowers come in clusters 

 of 12 to 15 large-petaled blooms. Planted as a hedge, this rose will give tre- 

 mendous flushes of color all season long. 



$2.50 ea.— 3 or more, $2.20 ea. 



AW roses in this catalog are 



everblooming unless 



stated otherwise 



OTHER FLORIBUNDAS 



APRICOT NECTAR. Floribunda. (Boerner.) 

 /^t^ Plant Fat. '2594. A gay, dancing flower 

 i^p with rich delightful, liaunting fragrance. 

 Color is a lovely, rich apricot. Firm buds 

 open into graceful flowers 4 to 5 inches across. 

 The plant is sturdy, medium tall and very well 

 branched; covered with bright green, very clean 

 foliage. 



$3 ea. — 3 or more, $2.65 ea. 



BETTY PRIOR. Floribunda. (Prior.) A 

 wonderful old rose brought back by popular de- 

 mand. Large, spreading clusters of bloom resem- 

 bling red dogwood in shape, size and color cover 

 the plant in profusion. Rich, spicy fragrance. 

 Plant is probably the tallest of all Floribundas, 

 growing to 4 feet or more. Superb for shrub or 

 hedge use. Very hardy. 



$2 ea. — 3 or more, $1.75 ea. 



FLORADORA. Floribunda. (Tantau.) A great 

 f^^ favorite for years, Floradora is noted for its 

 '/^^ very showy, 5 petaled blooms of brilliant 

 ^^ geranium or cinnabar-red. Flowers are of 

 good form and come in sprays of 6 to 12 blooms, 

 making a massive and impressive display. The 

 vigorous plant grows to medium height and is 

 strongly upright. 



$1.75 ea. — 3 or more, $1.55 ea. 



FRENSHAM. Floribunda. (Norman.) Was 

 awarded a Gold Medal by the American Rose So- 

 ciety. This radiant rose is probably one of the best 

 for hedge use. Frensham is a deep crimson with 

 beautifully formed buds. A constant bloomer, 

 with bushy plant growing to 3 feet and just about 

 as broad. A vigorous, hardy plant. 



$1.75 ea. — 3 or more, $1.55 ea. 



LA FONTAINE. Floribunda. (The House of 

 Meilland. ) Plant Pal. 20Jfl. As clear a yellow as 

 you will find in any rose. This is a good deep yel- 

 low that fairly shines. Flowers are large, up to 5 

 inches across, semi-double and are borne abun- 

 dantly and continuously on a solid, low growing 

 plant. Foliage is small and leathery, a very rich, 

 very attractive green making the yellow blooms 

 even more outstanding. 



$2 ea. — 3 or more, $1.75 ea. 



SARATOGA. Floribunda. (Boerner.) Plant 

 fSS^ Pat. 2299. Has pure white, gardenia-like 

 *^^ flowers. Blooms are exceptionally large, 

 "■^ as much as 4 1-2 inches across. The well- 

 formed buds are cream-colored and open to pure 

 white. This rose offers a profusion of fragrant 

 bloom all season long. The plant reaches 2 l^ 

 to 3 feet in height and has glossy, green foliage. 



$2.75 ea.— 3 or more, $2.40 ea. 



SPARTAN. Floribunda. (Boerner.) Plant Pat. 

 1367. A beautiful, clear coral color, very bright. 

 The solid blooms are 3 to 3 3'^ inches across when 

 fully open from the deep coral, well-pointed buds. 

 Clusters of these bright, beautiful flowers come 

 all season long and are excellent for cutting. Plant 

 is tall and strong, reaching 2 J-^ to 3 feet in height 

 with glossy foliage. Fragrance is exceptional. 



$2.50 ea.— 3 or more, $2.20 ea. 



SWEETHEART ROSE. Floribunda. (Dueher.) 

 Also known as Cecile Brunner, but generally 

 called "The Sweetheart Rose." This rose is truly 

 an old sentimental favorite and a fine rose as well. 

 Bloom is very double but small and of a delight- 

 ful shell-pink with a subtle yellow tint. Sweeps 

 or sprays of very fragrant bloom cover the low, 

 shrub-like bush. Foliage is fine, delicate and lacy 

 — very attractive in itself. 



$1.75 ea. — 3 or more, $1.55 ea. 



VOGUE. Floribunda. (Boerner.) Plant Pat. 



/m^ 926. A very pleasing Floribunda that offers 

 'a^P a great deal in the way of bloom, color, 



"^ growth and all-round appeal. Large flow- 

 ers come in masses. . . each a soft, pleasing 

 coral-red. Plant is tall, upright and quite vigor- 

 ous with attractive deep green foliage. 

 $2.25 ea. — 3 or more, $2 ea. 



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