JOIN THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



and receive FREE - PORTRAIT 



To anyone who sends us his dues by December 31 . 1976 for a new membership in The American 

 Rose Society, we will give absolutely FREE a Portrait rose bush. 



Here's all you do: send us your check for $10.50 annual dues (made payable to The Conard-Pyle 

 Co.). We will send you your Portrait at proper planting time this spring, or if your membership is 

 received after May 10. it will be shipped in the fall. 



You will find many benefits by joining The American Rose Society: 



1 . The membership card is your passport to rose shows, rose gardens, rose meetings everywhere. 



2. The American Rose, a monthly magazine in full color, with timely articles on rose growing and 

 rose growers. 



3. A Handbook for Selecting Roses. A valuable guide. 



4. The American Rose Annual. Articles on roses, rose growing, rose people. Color illustrations. 

 260 pages. Price to non-members is $6.95. 



5. Access to the largest lending library of rose books in the country. 



6. Leaflets listing Private and Public Gardens open to members. Consulting Rosarians. Rose 

 Judges, cultural information, etc. 



7. Help with rose problems, free of charge. 



8. PLUS: a FREE Portrait rose bush from STAR ROSES when your new membership is sent to us. 



Join Now! Send us your $10.50 today. 



OFFER 30 



Join Now! Send us your $10.50 today. 



OFFER 30A 



THE 



PRESIDENT'S 



PERSONAL 



SELECTION 



DICK HurroN 



So frequently. I am asked. "Which is your favor- 

 ite rose?" For me it is impossible to have Just one 

 favorite so here is a special collection of my 1 1 

 favorite Hybrid Teas and Grandifloras. To these I 

 have added a bonus — that "oldie" Peace which is 

 still tops in any garden. 



You can't have more fun or pleasure from roses 

 than these twelve will bring you. And. I'll send them 

 to you for only $48.80. a saving of $1 1.00. They are 

 fully guaranteed to grow and bloom just like all of our 

 quality Star Roses. 



Sonia - true perfection 



(P. 4) 

 Chicago Peace - more 



beautiful than its 



parent (P. 17) 

 MedaHion - grand and 



elegant (P. 20) 

 Gypsy - fiery and 



"floriferous (P. 17) 

 Portrait - successful 



anywhere (P. 21) 



Perfume Delight - the 



perfect name (P. 6) 

 Mister Lincoln - fragrant. 



red perfection (P. 5) 

 Tropicana - the truest 



orange (P. 9) 

 Oregold - finest yellow (P 

 Double Delight - 



distinctively different 



(P. 2) 

 Arizona - a joy to cut (P. 7) 



4) 



PLUS PEACE. Yellow tinted pink. (P. 10) 



$48.80 



Save $n.00 — A Tremendous Value 



Index 



America 26 



American Heritage 16 



Angel Face 24 



Apollo 7 



Arizona 7 



Baby Gold Star 29 



Bahia 24 



Betty Prior 24 



Bicentennial 24 



Big Red 20 



Blanche Mallerin 10 



Blaze 27 



Blossomtime 27 



Camelot 23 



Candy Stripe 19 



Cathedral 24 



Chicago Peace 17 



Christian Dior 23 



Chrysler Imperial 10 



Circus 24 



CI. Crimson Glory 27 



CI. Peace 27 



Colorama 18 



Comanche 13 



Command Performance 15 



Condesa de Sastago 23 



Confidence 11 



Coral Dawn 27 



Crimson Gem 29 



Crimson Glory 23 



Don Juan 27 



Double Delight 2 



Eclipse 15 



Electron 23 



Europeana 25 



Fashion 25 



First Edition 1 , 3 



First Prize 16 



Fragrant Cloud 23 



Garden Party 9 



Golden Girl 21 



Golden Prince 23 



Golden Showers 26 



Granada 23 



Gypsy 17 



Helen Traubel 23 



John F. Kennedy 14 



King's Ransom 8 



Lady Elgin 19 



Lady X 18 



Laura 23 



Medallion 20 



Mirandy 23 



Miss All-American Beauty 12 



Mister Lincoln 5 



Montezuma 23 



New Dawn 27 



Oklahoma 14 



Oregold 4 



Pascal! 13 



Peace 10 



Perfume Delight 6 



Pharaoh 9 



Pink Peace 15 



Polynesian Sunset 23 



Portrait 21 



Prominent 3 



Queen Elizabeth 11 



Red Fountain 26, 28 



Redgold 25 



Rhonda 27 



Rose Parade 25 



Rosy Gem 29 



Royal Highness 8 



Saratoga 25 



Scarlet Knight 23 



Sea Foam 28 



Seashell 12 



Shooting Star 29 



Sonia 4 



Starburst 23 



Starina 29 



Summer Sunshine 23 



Sunspot 25 



Swarthmore 22 



Talisman 23 



Tamango 28 



The Fairy 28 



Tiffany 22 



Tropicana 9 



White Dawn 27 



White Gem 29 



Yankee Doodle 13 



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