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HYBRID TEA ROSES 
YBRID TEAS are the most beautiful of everblooming Roses. From 
H earliest Rose-time until killmg frost, they are scarcely ever without 
bloom. The expensive Roses from the florists’ shops are Hybrid Teas, 
many of which do well outdoors in beds where they cover themselves with 
lovely flowers which may be cut at will. They provide infinite variety in 
form, in soft tints and sparkling colors. Some are double; some are single; 
and there are all degrees between. There are delightful shades of tinted, 
white, pink and red; yellow in all tones from cream to gold, and coppery hues 
like burning bronze. 
Midway between the Tea Roses and Hybrid Perpetuals, the Hybrid Teas 
happily combine the better qualities of both. They bloom more constantly 
than the Hybrid Perpetuals; they are more vigorous and hardy than the 
Teas, and many of them are deliciously fragrant. They need protection from 
zero weather and mmsects and diseases which try to bother them; but, on the 
whole, they do better without coddling and need only common-sense at- 
tention. Scattered through the followmg pages are varieties sometimes 
called Pernetianas marked (Pernet.). These comprise Roses of rich yellow, 
orange, and bronze shades with glossy foliage, alas, quite subject to black- 
spot but far too good to miss. (See Star Rose Dust for Black Spot, page 13.) 
The perfect Rose does not exist. No one variety combines all desirable 
qualities in the superlative degree. The Roses listed in the following pages 
are carefully chosen for individual qualities of growth or bloom, beauty of 
form or fragrance. Each has points of excellence, and some have nearly all 
the qualities that make a perfect Rose. For your convenience, we have 
assembled them into color classes so you will not have to read the entire 
rose section of our catalog to pick out the red roses if you prefer that color 
and likewise with the pmks, yellows or tinted kinds. 
June 16,1925. I understand now what the name Star Roses 
means. It simply means the finest that is possible io pro- The Conar d -P y l é @. 
duce in roses.—W. I. K., New Castle, Ky. Order No. 20754. ROBT. PYLE, Pres. 
