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7rom West OnovE^^^^ 



• These good Star Roses from West 

 Grove are plants of solid worth. 

 They are grown with knowledge earned 

 from 73 j^ears' experience as Rose Special- 

 ists. — "Look at the record." 



The Nursery business was begun here 

 about 1830, by Thomas Harvey on land 

 adjoining our present Rose-growing acres. 

 About 1860 Alfred F. Conard formed a tree- 

 nursery partnership with Charles Dingee. In 

 18(y8 — 73 years ago — with the assistance of 

 Antoine Wintzer from Alsace, these men he%an 

 here the first National Mail-Order Rose- growing 

 business in the U. S. A. In 1897 this same Alfred 

 F. Conard as President, with Antoine Wintzer 

 as Vice-President, founded The Conard & Jones 

 Co. The following year they were joined by 

 Robert Pyle who, upon the death of Alfred F. 

 Conard in 1906, became, and continues to be 

 President. In 1924 the firm name became The 

 Conard-Pyle Co. Sidney B. Hutton is now Vice- 

 President. This business has gro\\Ti enormously 

 and employs many helpers, but all work under 

 the personal supervision and direction of owners 

 and specialists of long training. 



A prominent horticultural professor recently 

 introduced the undersigned as "President of the 



THE STAR ROSE 

 TRADE-MARK 



Is a durable, celluloid, 

 star-shaped tag bearing the 

 name of the Rose on back. 

 You have the satisfaction 

 of always knowing a Star 

 Rose by name when it 

 blooms. Insist on having 

 the Star Rose Trade-Mark 

 on every Rose plant you 

 purchase. N. B. A red 

 circle on any Rose tag is 

 the mark of a Conard-Pyle 

 Co. plant patent. 



GARDEN 



FOR 

 ICTORY 



firm that grows the best Roses in the 

 United States." That reputation may be 

 the natural outcome of a fervent ambition: 

 "We aim to grow the best Roses for 

 America." As a result of our extensive 

 travels, every important Rose-gro^^'ing 

 country of Europe has steadily added to 

 our rich store of varieties and of knowl- 

 edge. We have attracted, retained, and trained 

 much talent and skill; all these enable us to 

 grow better and still better Roses. 



To be sure, it does cost more to insist on cover- 

 crop fed land, double-depth plowing, seedhngs 

 for understocks — all of these the slower harder 

 way, but better. Our acreage is not yet too large 

 for us to have each bush specially pruned when 

 new growth is being shaped to make maximum 

 blooming wood, and for all to have Rose-food, full 

 cultivation, to be systematically sprayed so that 

 every leaf factory keeps at work till frost. Then, 

 with roots intact, plants are carefully hfted with 

 a huge U-blade power digger. 



All this does cost more. Star Roses are worth 



more. But in spite of all 

 increased costs to us the 

 prices of Star Roses have 

 not been raised. 



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President 



STAR ROSE 

 GUARANTEE 



We guarantee every Star 

 Rose to bloom the first 

 blooming period after pur- 

 chase; failing which we \\ill 

 replace the plant or refund 

 its cost. 



For more than thirty- 

 four years we have been 

 living up to the terms of 

 this guarantee. The guar- 

 antee does not make the 

 Roses bloom; it is the 

 quality of the plants which 

 enables us to make this 

 guarantee. 



To Each 1 943 Customer 



will be sent, if requested, 

 the current issue of our little 

 magazine, "SUCCESS WITH 

 ROSES," or for a year free on 

 request with orders of $5 or 

 more. Each issue will tell what 

 to do in your garden. It is illus- 

 trated and full of entertaining 

 stories' about; new Roses, Rose 

 people. Rose events, etc.We also 

 send you cultural directions. 



FRONT COVER ROSE 



^GRANDE DUCHESSE CHARLOTTE. 



mmm^a^ H.T. (Ketten.) Introduced 

 f7mltSy by The Conard-Pyle Co. Prop. 

 "^T * rights reserved. This Rose 

 aristocrat provides a new shade of red 

 such as may be seen on old tapestry, a 

 color not known in any other Rose. Tlie 

 beautiful, long, streamlined buds are a 

 burnt-carmine color and open to firm- 

 petaled blooms which do not fade but 

 gradually change to a lovely begonia- 

 rose. When unfolding, the 25 petals 

 recurve and make a delightfully informal, 

 artistic flower with a hint of carnation 

 iragrance. $1.50 ea. ; 3 for $3.75. t 



(See Index to Contents Page 30) 



Copyright, 1943, by The Conard-Pyle Co. 



"How to Grow Roses'' 



By McFarland and Pyle 



1^2 pages, cloth 

 hound, 32 panics 

 in natural colors. 



Price $1.10, postpaid, or with a 

 $10 order only 60 cts., postpaid. 



