SEA FOAM-f^e unique 5-WAY ROSE 



NEW FOR 1965 



HYBRID SHRUB ROSE. (Ernest Schwartz) Plant Pat. 

 App. For. Brand new — and one of the most adaptable, 

 most remarkable and most useful roses of all time. It is 

 unique. It is entirely different and full of pleasant sur- 

 prises for you. It can be used in more ways and in more 

 places than any rose you have in your garden. Its versa- 

 tility helped win for Sea Foam the Gold Medal at the 1963 

 Rome International Contest of New Roses. 



These 2-inch, dou- 

 ble, well-formed 

 blooms open a pure 

 white and age grad- 

 ually to a delicate, 

 lovely cream color. 

 Sometimes in cool 



weather the edges of the petals are tinged with pink. 

 Grown naturally, it is an everblooming, flowering shrub. 

 It requires no special attention, for it is very tough, 

 hardy, vigorous and almost completely free of any dis- 

 ease. You will call this a "carefree" rose once you have 

 grown it. You'll know from your own experience that 

 you simply plant it — then forget it — except to admire it 

 all summer long. 



Sea Foam grows 2 to 3 feet high and as many feet wide. 

 The blooms come continuously all season in foamlike 

 clusters on a sea of green. The abundance of small, glossy 

 deep green foliage is an added attraction. The blooms also 

 have an intriguing odor of spice. Here are 5 ways you can 

 make beautiful use of Sea Foam, and you may find other 

 uses around your home and lawns . . . 



1 As a specimen plant in a featured spot, or in groupings on the lawn or at a 

 corner of the home. 



o As a border or a broad low hedge or fence at the front, back or sides of your 

 lawn or along the driveway, particularly at terminal areas or ends. 



J. Tied to a trellis or fence it makes a fine everblooming white pillar. 



4. As a ground cover in sunny locations or on a bank. 



J. At the top of a wall, draping over. Sea Foam becomes a graceful weeping rose. 



These and other treats are in store for you when you plant Sea Foam, the most versa- 

 tile white, everblooming, carefree shrub rose you have ever seen. $3 ea. ; 3 or more, 

 $2.65 ea. 



Sea Foam used as a friendly, living FENCE 



Close-up of Sea Foam Blooms 



Kingsville, Maryland 



Ernest Schwartz 

 Hybridizer of Sea Foam 



Mr. S. B. Hutton, Sr., 

 Chairman of the Board 

 Star Roses, 

 West Grove, Pennsylvania 



Dear Sidney: 



I sincerely appreciate your invitation 

 to write a few words about Sea Foam for 

 your Catalog. 



As you know, I have been a rose grow- 

 er for twenty-one years and a hy- 

 bridizer for a good many of them. 

 Nineteen years ago I conceived the idea 

 of creating a rose of rriany uses, but even in my dreams and fondest 

 hopes I never imagined perfecting a rose which would be all that 

 Sea Foam is ... I wanted a hardy, everblooming, carefree shrub 

 rose. This I got, but more too, for Sea Foam is also adaptable 

 as a climber, ground cover, border, fence or weeping rose. 



I have watched this creation of mine with fondness, it is true, 

 but also with objective interest for ten years. I have read the descrip- 

 tion of the rose which you have written for your Catalog. The uses 

 of Sea Foam which you recommend to your many customers are 

 completely accurate. 



I want you and your stafT of experts to know that I am pleased 

 (and honored) to have Sea Foam introduced to America's gardeners 

 by Star Roses. Your firm's worldwide reputation as leading rose ex- 

 perts together with your friendly and dependable business methods 

 give me assurance that Sea Foam will be properly presented today 

 and always. Sincerely yours, 



Ernest Schwartz 



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