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 al- 

 ways knowing a Star Rose 

 by name when it blooms. 

 Insist on having the Star 

 Rose Trade-Mark on every 

 Rose plant you purchase. 

 A red circle on a Rose tag 

 is the mark of a Conard-Pyle 

 Co. plant patent. 



STAR ROSE 

 GUARANTEE 



We guarantee every Star 

 Rose to bloom the first 

 blooming period after pur- 

 chase; failing which we will 

 replace the plant or refund 

 its cost. 



For more than thirty-two 

 years we have been living 

 up to the terms of this guar- 

 antee. The guarantee does 

 not make the Roses bloom; 

 it is the quality of the plants 

 which enables us to make 

 the guarantee. 



Dr. J. Horace IVIcFarland, 



Harrisburg, Pa., writes Oc- 

 tober 23, 1939: "Just a few 

 moments ago I had a tele- 

 phone talk with H. L. 

 Erdman, of Hershey (Direc- 

 tor of Hershey Rose-Gar- 

 den), and he told the same 

 story that R. Marion Hatton 

 (Secretary of the American 

 Rose Society) told: That 

 the Roses at West Grove 

 were the best he had ever 

 seen anvwbere." 



STAR GUIDE to 



This firm is Avorking to supply the folks who want the best 

 Roses that can be grown. There are man}?^ places where one 

 can find and purchase second-rate Roses — but the sources 

 where you get only the best are few. We aim to lead the latter 

 group. Long experience and training has taught us how to 

 produce and deliver beiler-than-average plants. Every year we 

 learn something new. But this idea is not new, that when 

 you pay a bit extra and get FIRST-RATE ROSES, you make 

 a good investment. So, our constant aim is, not to grow 

 Roses as cheaply as we can, but as good as we can. We spend 

 whatever ft takes to grow "The Best Roses for America." 

 For 42 years we have been striving to improve our stand- 

 ard: "The Best Roses for America." 



A few of our earlier patrons will recall that this Rose-grow- 

 ing enterprise was first erected on the foundation of experience, 

 and by the same Rose-growers who pioneered in starting 

 America's first National mail-order Rose business here in 

 W^est Grove, Pa., in 1868. 



Within the memory of the present writer, who trained 

 under those pioneers, we have tried growing our Roses in 

 Georgia, in North Carolina, and in Virginia. We tried Roses 

 grown for us in California and in the Pacific Northwest, but 

 from none of these states did we get as excellent Rose plants 

 as we produce here, budded low on Multiflora japonica 

 seedlings, in the rich clay loam of this "Garden County" of 

 southeastern Pennsylvania. And this year's crop, the latest — 

 tops them all. 



We still believe it pays to stick to one thing and to do that 

 one thing well. 



Everyone wants plenty of good blooms. To produce them, 

 you must have good Rose plants. How can you be certain, 

 when you order, that you will get good Rose plants? Because, 

 like flower seeds and diamonds, the outside appearances of 

 a Rose plant may be deceiving. One important safeguard is 

 to deal with a reliable firm. 



Star Roses, for the most part, are two-year-old tops on 

 three-year-old roots of Multiflora japonica seedlings, eastern 

 field-grown No. 1 plants, i. e. top grade. All second grade 

 are thrown out. If, in our grading, extra-large sizes appear, 

 they go right in with No. 1 grade. 



STAR ROSE-GARDENS . THE CONARD-PYLE CO. 



FRONT-COVER ROSE 



^MME. CHARLES MALLERIN. I IT. (C. 



Mallerin, 1939.) Propagation rij^hts reserved. When 

 the first blooms of this Rose appeared in our test- 

 fiardcn they were so beautiful and so different from 

 other Roses that No. 2936 was immediately 

 "spotted" as a really new color and a comin<z; variety 

 if the habit of growth, the health and productive- 

 ness of the plant passed our rigid test for a new Star 

 variety. It proved to be what was hoped for it, a 



Copyright, 1940, by 



healtliv. upright-growing, sturdy j^Iant with h>\elv 

 foliage and flowers of attractive form and enciiant- 

 ing color. The long, salmon-orange buds stand erect 

 as sentinels on thick, sturdy stems above the large, 

 leathery, ivy-green foliage, and expand slowly to 

 4-inch,^ 40-petalcd flaming orange-salmon blooms 

 with a faint veil of scarlet, which imparts an iri- 

 descence that gives a distinct individuality to this 

 Rose. The heavy-textured petals recurve and make 

 a beautiful flower. Sweet -clover fragrance. Gold 

 Medal, Saveriu. $2 each; 3 for SS.-f 

 The Conard-Pyle Co. 



