Dear Friends, 



Occasionally one of you has commented 

 that you can't grow roses to look like the 

 pictures in our catalog. On the other hand, 

 I often feci the photographer has failed to 

 capture the true form and color of the bloom 

 that I have observed in our fields all summer. 

 Also, in writing descriptions it is difficult to 

 create a word picture that means the same 

 thing to you and to me. So you see we have 

 a problem of communication. 



For this reason I have asked George 

 Ohlhus, our Nice President, to help us both. In his forty years of rose 

 growing he has had the opportunity to know roses intimately — great 

 numbers of varieties and also great quantities of them as they grow 

 in our fields. His extensive experience here with us should be of value 

 in helping you select the right roses for your enjoyment. 



Sincerely, 



S. B. Hutton, Sr. 

 Chairman of the Board 



How to Choose the Roses 



You Buy 



Before you try to pick the roses to buy, you should decide what you 

 want your roses to do for you. Do you want big tall plants for a bed, 

 or low ones for a border or edging? Is fragrance important to you? 

 Or do you want large, perfect flowers above all else? Think first 

 about your wants, and then you will be able to choose the varieties 

 more intelligently. 



Here arc my thoughts and my own personal opinions about some of 

 the roses we grow and how they can give you the most satisfaction 

 and pleasure. 



Suppose you simply want a bed of 12 in your yard for outside color 

 and also to supply plenty of cut bloom for the house — in other words, 

 an "all-purpose" dozen of plants easy to grow and with blooms in 

 assorted colors. This would be my choice: 



Camelot — orange-pink 



Chicago Peace — lively pink and yellow 



Chrysler Imperial — deep red 



Golden Girl — yellow 



Miss Ail-American Beauty — deep pink 



Mister Lincoln — scarlet-red 



Pascali — white 



Peace — yellow tinted pink 



Pink Peace — dusty rose 



Queen Elizabeth — shell-pink 



Scarlet Knight — bright red 



Tropicana — orange-red 



See page 31 for a Special Offer of this dozen. 



Roses that take prizes at the shows are also perfect for use as cut 

 blooms in your home. The American Rose Society compiled this list 

 from the kinds that won the most prizes in rose shows in 1968: 



Royal Highness 



Peace 



Mister Lincoln 



Queen Elizabeth 



Montezuma 



Granada 



Tropicana 

 Swarthmore 

 Crimson Glory 

 Chrysler Imperial 

 Tiffany 

 Camelot 



My own personal choice of the finest 6 to give you beautiful cut 

 blooms for the house would be: 

 Royal Highness — shell-pink 

 Mister Lincoln — deep red 

 Miss All-American Beautv — deep pink 

 Peace — yellow blend 

 Chicago Peace — pink blend 

 Angel Face — lavender 



See page 31 for a Special Offer of l/iit six. 



And here arc three more special groups that may be helpful for 

 reference: 



TALL ROSES 



American Heritage 



Christian Dior 



Garden State 



John F. Kennedy 



Lady X 



Laura 



Mister Lincoln 



LOU- GROWERS 

 Crimson Glory 

 Love Song 

 Lowell Thomas 

 Mrs. P. S. duPont 



Mount Shasta 



Pascali 



Pharaoh 



Pink Peace 



Queen Elizabeth 



Swartiimore 



Picture 



President Eisenhower 



The Doctor 



.SO.ME VERT ER.WR.l.VT ROSES 



Angel Face Mirandy 



Camelot Miss Ail-American Beauty 



Candy Stripe 

 Chrysler Imperial 

 Crimson Glorv 



Mister Lincoln 

 Oklahoma 

 The Doctor 



My favorites among the many-flowered Floribundas are: 

 Angel Face Gene Boerner 



Europcana Saratoga 



Fashion .Sunspot 



Fire King 



For landscaping purposes, where your chief aim is to make a splash 

 of color in your yard, plant three of the same variety 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 Europcana; 

 Pure bright yellow — 3 Sunspot; 

 Salmon-pink — 3 Fashion; 

 Pure white — 3 Saratoga. 



I like very much all four of the new kinds — Pharaoh, Laura, Star- 

 burst and First Prize. 



For a tall hedge planted in either a straight or a curved line, use 

 Betty Prior. For a low hedge, use The Fairy. 



As for climbing roses — for quantity of bloom, vigor, toughness and 

 all-round use, nothing quite equals the scarlet Improved Blaze, but 

 the yellow Golden Showers is almost as good. 



For shell-pink blooms and tremendous hardiness and vigor, the 

 climber New Dawn will grow anywhere. 



For high quality, continuous red bloom on long stems, the two 

 climbers Don Juan and Red Empress are excellent. 



For an especially tough, strong, upright bush growing 8 to 10 feet, 

 with quantities of continuous color, plant Pillar of Fire. Or for an 

 isolated spot calling for color, a single plant of Otto Linne will liven 

 it up no end. 



Climbing Peace is a strong, colorful plant but is often shy on bloom. 

 My own preference is the lovely new pink Rhonda — always in bloom. 

 It is medium tall growing to 8 feet but a strong grower and quite 

 trouble-free. 



But my favorite of all the recent roses is the fragrant, deep rich 

 pink Miss Ail-American Beauty. .She'll win a beauty contest any- 

 where! 



The most unusual and distinctive of all the recent new kinds is the 

 free-blooming Floribunda Angel Face, with its lovely lavender color, 



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