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SPRING 

 1949 



GENERAL INDEX 



Page 

 Aids for Rose Growing. . . 37 



Carnations 36 



Chrysanthemums. . . .24-31 



Delphiniums 34 



Perennial Garden 33 



Perennials (Assorted) .32,33 

 Phlox 35 



Regal Lilies 34 



Roses 



Climbers 22,23 



Floribundas 18,19 



Hybrid Teas 1-17,40 



Miniatures 20,21 



Other Roses 17 



Shasta Daisies 36 



Supplies 37 



CHRySANTHEMUM 

 INDEX ^ 



Page 



Alabaster 26 



Algonquin 27 



Ambassador 31 



Apricot Glow 30 



Avalanche 28 



Barbara Small 27 



Bess Witt 31 



Betty 28 



Bokhara 24 



Burgundy 28 



Burma 27 



Carnival 24 



Champion Cushion 30 



Charles Nye 24 



Charnwood 26 



China Gold 26 



Chippewa 28 



Conqueror 26 



Cydonia 30 



Don Juan 26 



Dubonnet 24 



Eggshell 27 



Elsie 28 



Eric the Red 31 



Ermalinda 30 



Eugene A. Wander 28 



Fireglow 30 



Forward 26 



Fred F. Rockwell 24 



Galahad 31 



Glowing Spoon 27 



Goblin 30 



Golden Carpet 25 



Gold Lode 31 



Gold Mine 26 



Gold Standard 26 



Harbor Lights 30 



Heatherbloom 29 



Henry Sutcliff 26 



Hilda Bergen 31 



Huntsman 25 



Igloo 31 



Indiana 26 



Indianola 31 



Indian Summer 27 



Jasper Spoon 27 



Jean Treadway 27 



Jewel 30 



Joan Helen 24 



Kay Tashima 31 



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Here is our main catalog for Spring, 1949. It was written and edited, ready 

 for the printer, while Roses were still in the best of bloom. Indeed, because 

 the printer insisted on having copy in September we put on extra pressure the 

 week following our Red Rose Rent Day, which was September 18. 



We wish it had been possible for every person who uses this catalog to 

 pay us a visit such as we had that day — two big busloads of folk from the 

 Potomac Rose Society at Washington, another from the Harrisburg Rose 

 Society, and smaller groups from many other places. It would be of interest 

 for every one of you to see, not alone our greenhouses and storage and packing 

 departments, our office, and the grounds around the homes of our officers, but 

 also the extensive Rose-growing fields near Red Rose Inn that have been more 

 than doubled in size the last two years. 



You would have enjoyed seeing the British Consul General of the Phila- 

 delphia area pay the rent of one red Rose for our land, to an heir of William 

 Penn, PhiUp Penn-Gaskell Hall. Also, his daughter, little Amy Penn-Gaskell 

 Hall, christened our New Miniature Rose Red Elf. You would have learned 

 much worth while from the day's program and would have enjoyed hearing 

 both Dr. J. Horace McFarland, President Emeritus of the American Rose 

 Society, and Dr. R. C. Allen, its Secretary, who has doubled its membership. 

 But more than all these, a visit here at that time would have given you the op- 

 portunity to see growing side by side, hundreds of plants of every Rose in 

 this catalog. 



There was a glorious chance, of which o\ir visitors made good use, to check 

 kinds they liked best. These were in grand display in the big fields. Also, our 

 good friends Mrs. Otho E. Lane, Mrs. William S. Dutton, and members of the 

 West Grove Garden Club had made numerous Rose arrangements that were 

 most attractive. This then is our advice: 



A visit to Star Rose Gardens and to Red Rose Inn at any time that Roses 

 are in bloom is most worthwhile. Furthermore, we practice what we preach. 

 This letter is being written in Vancouver, British Columbia, in the course of a 

 visit to important Rose plantations on the Pacific Coast, especially near Portland 

 and Seattle. In June and July, we completed our Rose journey into eight 

 nations of Europe (our third since the war) in search of most important Roses 

 wherever found. We continue to take active part in the splendid work being 

 done for you by the All-America Rose Selections, whose awards we consider 

 of foremost merit. 



In the face of increased costs on all sides, we have kept Rose prices down 

 to wartime levels, as you will note; any further raise we hope to defeat by in- 

 creased efficiency in production and sales. We would like to help you get 

 best results with the Best Roses in America, selected and grown by this 

 fixm. We also offer carefully chosen aids for growth, and controls for pests 

 that still bother. These will help you with minimum outlay, to get maximum 

 growth, bloom, and resulting enjoyment. Thus we try hard to choose the finest, 

 to grow the best plants, and to help you to produce prize-winning blooms in 

 your own gardens. If you like our performance, we'd appreciate a word from 

 you to your friends. We strive to deserve your continued interest in aU that 

 we offer. 



THE CONARD-PYLE CO. 



WEST GROVE, PA. 



V / President 



Page 



King Midas 27 



Korean Princess 24 



Kristina 31 



Lavender Lady 29 



Lavender Lassie 30 



Leda 26 



Lola 29 



Magnolia 27 



Major Edward Bowes. . .31 



Mandalay 30 



Mayland Yellow 26 



Meditation 24 



Mellow Glow 25 



Mme. Chiang Kai-shek. .25 



Mrs. H. E. Kidder 31 



Mrs. P. S. du Pont III. .29 

 My Lady 30 



Nellie Richardson 26 



Nita 26 



Page 

 Nuggets 30 



CHRYSANTHEMUM INDEX, continued 



Page 



Silver Ball 27 



Cilver Sheen 31 



Summertime 25 



Sylvia 31 



Symphony 27 



October Rose 31 



Ohkwan 31 



Olive Longland 25 



Orange Queen 26 



Orchid Jewel 30 



Pink Radiance 27 



Pink Spoon 27 



Powder Puff 25 



Rheingold 31 



Romany 27 



Rose Princess 26 



Rose Spoon 27 



Ruby Pompon 30 



Sandy Richie 26 



September Bronze 30 



September Cloud 30 



September Gold 30 



Tapestry 25 



Tasiva 29 



The Chief 29 



Titan 26 



Viking. 

 Vulcan. 



31 

 26 



Westbourne 26 



White Jewel 30 



White Spoon 27 



White Wonder 25 



Wychwood 25 



Yellow Avalanche 25 



Yellow Spoon 27 



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