For Masses of Color 



Star® 



TAMANGO 



NEW FOR 1971! 



9,/MfJ FIoribunda - ( The House of Meilland.) Plant Pat. 2857. We 

 {■/ are delighted to be able to introduce such a fine new FIori- 

 bunda as Tamango — a luminous velvety red flower on a tall, healthy plant. 

 It has three important areas where it is above average: flower size and quality, 

 vigor and hardiness, and profusion of bloom. 



These oval buds are so dark they look almost black at times, and they open 

 to 4-inch flowers with 40 or more petals. Usually buds are in massive clusters 

 of a dozen or more, all blazing forth at once. Petals are gracefully curved, and a 

 cluster of bloom has the appearance of one large rich velvety flower. The deep 

 red color lasts for days. This is a sturdy plant, taller than most Floribundas, 

 and freely branched. Deep glossy green leaves cover the canes down to the 

 ground. Neither vicious winters nor sweltering heat seems to affect the plant. 

 Blooms freely and continuously till frost. 



A rose for all uses — for long-lasting cut flowers as well as colorful garden 

 display in beds. Its height makes it well adapted for planting as a screen or 

 hedge. Light tea fragrance. 



$3.75 ea.— 3 or more, $3.30 ea. 



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FIoribunda. (Swim & Weeks.) 

 Plant Pat. 2792. A heavenly 



lavender FIoribunda — the first of this color to 

 ^SP win the All-America Award. It's an utterly 

 charming flower, unique in shape as well as color. 

 In the bud form it is extremely dainty and trim, 

 just right for a boutonniere, and so completely dif- 

 ferent from other roses that it immediately attracts 

 comment. As the bud slowly opens, it spreads wide 

 to about 33^2 inches, to show its ruffled petals. 



Nothing flat or dead about this color. Buds are a 

 warm ruby-pink, and flowers rich lavender with a 

 band of ruby at the petal edges. And this lovely 

 color is unchanging. The wavy, scalloped petals 

 form a neat; full flower — firm, lasting, never loose 

 or windblown — and with a strong perfume. Stems 

 hold one flower, or sometimes small clusters. The 

 plant is low and bushy, with plenty of bloom. Dark 

 green, disease-resisting leaves are in nice scale with 

 the flowers. 



If you are not yet "sold" on lavender as a color 

 for roses, we urge you to see Angel Face . . . and 

 we dare you to resist its charms! 



$3.50 ea.— 3 or more, $3.10 ea. 



ANGEL FACE 



