mee SHADES—HYBRID TEA ROSES 
An American Rose Society Member writes: 
September 25, 1925 
Gentlemen: I have just returned from my vacation—a wonderful trip through half 
a dozen states—and one thing which stands out from the rest was my visit to West 
Grove. I want to thank you for your kindness and your beautiful Roses. I visited 
several gardens and nurseries from Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Conn., to West Grove, 
Pa., and I must say that the strong, healthy plants of the Conard- Py le Co. pleased me 
most of all—R. M. H., Meshanticut Park, R. I. 
*XADMIRAL WARD. A Rose of large size and very beautiful color. Big black- 
ish buds which open to well-formed flowers of violent crimson-red, shading toward 
deeper red and velvety purple. It is a fair bloomer; better in the autumn. $1 each. 
*CHARLES K. DOUGLAS. Flowers of striking crimson-scarlet that does 
not fade. A vigorous grower with an abundance of disease-resistant foliage. 
A comparatively new Rose that is highly recommended. $1 each. 
*CHATEAU DE CLOS VOUGEOT. Still holds its place as the darkest of all 
red Roses. The open blooms are full to the center, with dark velvety crimson 
petals shaded with black and tints of glowing scarlet. It is deliciously fragrant. 
Bush is low-growing, even sprawling in habit, and should always be planted in the 
outside row of a bed. The flowers keep well when cut and it blooms as freely as 
the average Hybrid Tea. This is the Rose to choose when you want a dark velvety 
red. $1 each. 
*CRUSADER. Notable for its full, pointed flowers of fine form, great broad 
petals, and heavy substance. Rich crimson-red, with somewhat lighter shading 
toward the center. The color “blues”? when the Rose is Ieft on the plant which, 
in our eyes, is a fault, but we learned to our surprise that a number of visitors to 
our Rose-fields thought otherwise and were, in fact, pleased with such change in 
color. (See illustration, page 16.) $1 each. 
*ECARLATE. A strong-growing, free-blooming Rose of brilliant scarlet color, 
and one of the hardiest of the Hybrid Tea class. The blooms are loose-petaled, 
medium in size, and only slightly fragrant. So much like Rose K. of K. that few 
people want both. $1 each. 
*FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. This is the Rose of the dreams of the ordinary 
citizen, and until he gets acquainted with other beautiful forms and colors in 
Roses, he pictures every Rose he wants to be just like this Francis Scott Key. 
The color is bright crimson which changes to bluish crimson as the flower ages. 
It 1s a wonder for size, and no other variety surpasses it for fullness and per- 
fection of form. During cold, rainy weather, the outside petals may stick and 
prevent the flower opening, as may happen with any large-petaled fully double 
Rose. Usually, however, you can depend on magnificent blooms that open freely 
in hot weather and they are especially fine in late summer. This is an Americar- 
bred Rose, as the name implies, a seedling of Radiance from which it has tn- 
herited many good qualities. (See illustration, page 16.) $1 each. 
Bought 386 Roses—Well Pleased 
Order No. 26929 October 27, 1925 
The writer will thank you to kindly have shipped to him by express 48 extra large 
size Dorothy Perkins Climbing Roses, color shell pink. The 386 Roses purchased from 
you last fall and this spring have come along just fine, and we are well pleased with 
them.—W. A. F., Olean, N. Y. 
% ROSES: $1 each; 10 for $9.00; $80.00 per 100 
| * STAR ROSE GROWERS 
25 or more at 100 rate. For delivery cost, see page 98 
_West Grobe, Pa. 
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