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PLANTING GUIDE sent with your order 



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If you have 



grown roses, you 



never before 

 will find 

 this 24-page booklet a helpful 

 guide to proper planting and 

 cultural methods. And if 

 you're an old hand at rose 

 growing, you will probably 

 want to look through it and 

 double-check on the proce- 

 dures you have been follow- 

 ing. From planting, through 

 pruning and spraying, the booklet describes and pictures the 

 steps to success with roses . . . and also gives pertinent facts about 

 the growing of bulbs and perennials. A copy is sent FREE with 

 every order we fill. 



JOHN F. KENNEDY 



Hybrid Tea. (The House of Meil- 

 land.) Plant Pat. 2862. This large- 

 flowered beauty tosses caution to the winds and 

 flaunts its colors in kaleidoscope fashion — con- 

 stantly changing. Buds are decidedly two-tone. 

 At first they are soft yellow flushed salmon-pink, 

 and as they begin to open they show carmine-red 

 on the inner side of the petals. A bright splash of 

 yellow spreads over the red at the center of the 

 flower. And this vivid contrast of red and yellow 

 lasts for the entire life of the bloom. The shapely, 

 well-pointed buds become 4 to 5-inch flowers with 

 40 to 50 broad petals arranged regularly in loosely 

 cupped fashion, with thick satiny texture. Light 

 tea scent. 



A wonderful, free-blooming, very vigorous rose 

 all season, likely to be deeper colored in cool 

 weather. Medium to tall in growth, with bright 

 green, waxy leaves and straight, stiff stems. Extra 

 free branching and dependable for repeated crops 

 of gaily colored blooms. 



$3.50 ea.— 3 or more, $3.10 ea. 



ROYAL HIGHNESS 



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C/ 2441. A distinguished name has been 

 given to this beautiful large white rose of lovely form, great style 

 and wonderful fragrance. Its long, gracefully furled buds are 

 lemon-white, carried on long strong stems. In both bud and open 

 stage the flowers are high pointed, showing a full but open center 

 when fully expanded. They average 35 to 40 broad glossy petals, 

 precisely arranged. The pure white, 5 to 6-inch, open blooms hold 

 their firm texture through all kinds of weather and enjoy a 

 long life. 



Growth is tall and upright to about 4 feet, with dark, healthy 

 foliage. Individual leaflets are pointed and rather narrow. Good 

 strong canes are crowned with bloom clusters all through the 

 growing season. The tea fragrance is especially noticeable . . . 

 and not often found in other white roses. You will appreciate 

 having this rose not only for its beauty but as a tribute to the 

 memory of the late President John F. Kennedy. 

 $4 ea. — 3 or more, $3.55 ea. 



