PR ONMCLAD, RU@OSA’? ROSES 
Rugosa Roses in their original form are the only absolutely hardy “‘ever- 
blooming” Roses. They spread freely from the roots. The hybrids, for the 
most part, are equally hardy, retain the recurrent blooming habit, but are less 
liable to spread. They are very spiny, growing vigorously from 4 to 10 feet 
high. The foliage is bright green, rough, and curiously wrinkled. They 
require little attention beyond thinning out the dead wood and keeping them 
m bounds. They are too rank to plant among Hybrid Tea Roses, but they 
make fine hedges and enclosures for the Rose-garden, or backgrounds in 
shrubbery, or as single specimens. They are indestructibly hardy and will 
grow almost anywhere—even on barren wind-swept slopes and seashore 
sand. Rugosa Roses laugh at insects and diseases, which bother them very 
little. In short, they ask for the least of care. 
*CONRAD F. MEYER. (Illustrated on opposite page.) The finest of the 
Hybrid Rugosas, producing very fragrant, silvery pink flowers of large size, equal 
to Hybrid Teasin form. It blooms heavily nm June and occasionally thereafter. 
The bush is extremely vigorous—give it plenty of room, at least 3 feet on every 
side; or against a building or over an archway, its 6, 8, or 10 feet of growth may 
easily be trained. The foliage differs from the type in being less corrugated. The 
plant, while not so hardy, is sufficiently rugged for almost all situations. $1 each. 
*F,. J. GROOTENDORST. A new combination of the Baby Ramblers with 
the Rugosa. Bright red flowers of small size, fringed and double, produced freely 
and continuously in large bunches, through spring, summer, and fall. It will, if 
allowed, in three years, reach a height of 5 feet or more, with foliage almost equal 
to the original Rugosa. Though it can easily be kept lower, it makes a splendid 
shrub or specimen bush, or the finest type of everblooming hedge. $1 each. 
*MAX GRAF. A new trailing Rugosa, with clusters of large and lovely 
bright rosy pink single flowers, borne freely in June, seldom blooming afterward. 
Extremely hardy, grows vigorously, and is highly desirable for planting on em- 
bankments or trailing over rocks, mixing splendidly with the Wichuraianas. 
The foliage is unique, practically disease-proof, and very beautiful. $1 each. 
*NOVA ZEMBLA. An almost white sport from Conrad F. Meyer, which it 
resembles. It is not quite so vigorous, but it blooms more freely late m the season, 
and if anything, more hardy. Looks well planted with its parent. $1 each. 
*SIR THOMAS LIPTON. Double white flowers of large size, borne freely 
all summer and fall on a sturdy, ironclad bush of great size, which has the desirable 
foliage of the original Rugosa. Very hardy. $1 each. 
*xROSA RUGOSA ALBA. (Illustrated on opposite page.) A white-flowered 
form of the original species. Bud is delicately tinted with pink, but opens into a 
large, five-petaled flower of great beauty. Deliciously fragrant. $1 each. 
*ROSA RUGOSA RUBRA. The original “species”? wild Rose from Japan 
and Kamchatka. Fine for massing or hedges; absolutely hardy. Vigorous, very 
spiny, with rough, wrinkled foliage. Flowers are large, five-petaled, and very 
fragrant, varying from bright pmk to deep carmine, with big golden centers. 
It blooms very early, and continues all summer, leaving behind a wealth of enor- 
mous seed-hips like little apples. $1 each. 
Order No. 2632 September 7, 1925 
The Roses which we ordered from you have proved very satisfactory. We planted them at 
Lake Pleasant in the Adirondack Mountains. As you stated, they continued to blossom from a 
short ane after they were planted until Iate in the fall—J. B. G., Speculator, New York. 
The Conard-Pyle @. || * 
ROBT. ee Pres. 
ROSES, $1 each; 10 for $9.00; $50.00 per 100 
25 or more at 100 rate. For delivery cost, see page 98 
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