* ETERNAL YOUTH. Page 4. Q) a lel 
(D. Aicardi.) Plant Pat. 332. Clear pink. You 
will be enchanted with the fresh youthful 
beauty of this Rose from Italy. The exquisitely 
formed clear pink blooms are at times suffused 
with salmon and they stand firm and erect, 
with the poise of aristocrats, which they really 
are in the Rose World. A charming, new Rose 
whose delicate pastel shades make it delight- 
fully different from other pink Hybrid Teas. 
$1.25 each; 3 for $3.15.¢ 
* FIESTA. H.T. (Armstrong, 1940.) Plant 
Pat. 389. In form, size and petalage this Is a 
splendid Rose and its unique coloring makes 
it most attractive. The ground-color is creamy 
white and the large, full blooms are thickly 
marked with even, narrow stripes of pink, 
charmingly unique and totally unlike any 
other Rose or flower. The plants are sprawly. 
$2 each; 3 for $5.¢ 
* GIRONA. @) Hea (es Dot... 1939:) 
Multicolored. Lovely buds of Turkey-red 
and golden yellow open to blooms of 20 to 30 
petals. The outside row of petals becomes 
light Tyrian rose and makes a lovely collar 
for the inner petals of soft golden yellow—a 
charming color combination. The petals are ; 
heavy textured and the blooms are President Herbert 
Hoover type, with alluring, rich, attar-of-rose fragrance. 
This beauty has been referred to as ‘‘the Rainbow Rose” 
for It presents so many colors in its different stages of 
development. A splendid Rose for cutting. $1.25 each.* 
* GOLDEN SASTAGO. Page 7. Q) Heals CP. Dot.) 
Buttercup-yellow. Another great Everblooming Rose 
from Spain, which we might call a sister of the lovely 
Radio for both are sports of the great Condesa de 
Sastago, and all are noted for splendid robust growth, 
remarkable freedom of bloom, and rich Rose fragrance. 
Early mn the season you may find coppery sunset tints 
on Golden Sastago, but they disappear later and leave 
a clear, gleaming yellow, deliciously fragrant flower in a 
setting of superb dark foliage. $1 each.* 
*ECLBEN STATE. Page 6. @) H.T. (F. Meil- 
land.) Plant Pat. 303. Golden yellow. The long- 
stemmed, full-petaled blooms make splendid cut-flowers 
and come with remarkable freedom throughout the 
growing season. After exacting trials with a number of 
other aspirants, this Rose was chosen by Rose experts 
as the theme Rose for the 1939 California Exposition. 
A tall-growing golden yellow variety with faint clove 
fragrance. $1 each; 3 for $2.50.¢ 
%* Dorothy James 
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* HECTOR DEANE. H.T. (S. McGredy & Son, 
1940.) Plant Pat. 361. Carmine and salmon. An ideal 
Rose for cutting. The long-pointed buds open to flowers 
of carmine and salmon that delight you with their 
rich Rose fragrance. $1.50 each; 3 for $3.75.¢ 
* ILE DE FRANCE. H.T. (Gaujard, 1940.) Propaga- 
tion rights reserved. Salmon-pink. tall-growing, 
fragrant Rose, winner of gold medals at Lyon and 
Bordeaux, 1939. Long buds open to large, brilliant 
salmon-pink flowers with orange at the bases of the 
petals. $1.50 each; 3 for $3.75.¢ 
* KOROVO. H.T. (M. Leenders.) Peach-blossom- 
pink. Long-pointed, slender buds of rich coral-pink 
open to long-lasting, delightfully fragrant, 50-petaled 
blooms of appealing peach-blossom-pink. The golden 
stamens on wine-red filaments add to the beauty of 
this flower. $1 each.* 
%* LADY LECONFIELD. H.T. (Burbage.) White. 
One of the choicest, long-lasting Roses with rich, 
penetrating Rose fragrance. The beautifully formed, 
long buds of light sulphur-yellow open to creamy white 
and finish pure white. The flowers come on long, firm 
stems and are excellent for cutting. $1.25 each.* 
“HOW TO GROW ROSES" 
18th Edition entirely revised 
By J. Horace McFarland, L.H.D., 
and Robert Pyle 
192 pages; cloth bound 
32 pages in natural colors 
1940. See front cover. De- 
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