MONTEZUMA 



GR. Plant Pat. 1383. Perhaps as much as any other, this 

 rose typifies the Grandiflora witli its wonderful Hybrid 

 Tea-like hlooms and its plentiful supply of flowers. Its 

 marvelous color and form are a picture of beauty. Brilliant 

 rosy salmon blooms — each a high-centered flower of 40 

 petals — come on long, strong stems. The bud is a long, 

 slender one — beautiful in itself. The tall plant, magnificent 

 in dower and foliage, grows to from 3 to 5 feet, makes an 

 impressive sight and ought to be planted where it will not 

 hide other, lower-growing kinds. Montezuma features good, 

 strong stems, and you can cut the hlooms with real pleasure. 

 Everyone I know who has Montezuma in his garden is ex- 

 tremely partial to it. In particular, they all are entran"ed 

 by its wonderful color, and, of course, by its outstanding 

 form, especially in the half-open and fully open flower. 

 I think that you will be also, if you like richness and high 

 eye appeal in your roses. Montezuma has both. $2.75 ea.; 

 3 or more, §2. -10 ea. 



LOVE SONG 



H.T. (Gladys Fisher) Plant Pat. 1360. Yellow and water- 

 melon-pink as seen in the solidly substantial bud below is 

 a rare combination in roses. These colors are as sharply 

 delineated — yellow on the undersides, pink on the upper- 

 sides — as though they had been painted there by hand. 

 The hud more than lives up to its promise of the fully open 

 flower, for it is then that Love Song reaches its high note. 

 The open bloom is huge. I have counted more than 100 

 petals. As they unfold, they reveal more and more pink, 

 and the transformation from the all-yellow bud to the all- 

 pink bloom is a fascinating thing to watch. The Love Song 

 plant bears these fine blooms freely and one to the stem. 

 It grows to middle height in good, sturdy style, and pro- 

 duces excellent foliage of the waxy kind which is so attrac- 

 tive. Vigor is one of its qualities also. To round out Love 

 Song's appeal is a kind of fragrance that is easy to appreciate 

 — not the strongest in the world, but a delight nonetheless. 

 $2.50 ea.; 3 or more, $2.20 ea. 



^fcx This sign 

 ^3& s denotes All- 

 America Award 

 Winners through- 

 out this catalog. 



MONTEZUMA 



GARDEN PARTY 



^ H.T. (Swim) Plant Pat. 1814. Upholding the 

 ^§M tradition of its parents, Peace and Charlotte 

 Armstrong, this splendid rose also captured an All- 

 America award. Its big, finely sculptured blooms are a 

 combination of soft pastel colors . . . rich ivory in the 

 center giving way to creamy tones and finally to a flush 

 of lovely appleblossom-pink. Garden Party has 25 to 30 

 enormous flaring petals, and blooms come in rapid 

 succession on a tall, strong, vigorous plant. Handsome 

 foliage adds to the attractiveness of the bush. You'll 

 be charmed comp etely by the beautiful bud and the 

 full richness of the open flower. Since 1960, the year 

 Garden Party won the big prize, it has become a fa- 

 vorite — one that's certain to please you. $3 ea.; 

 3 or more, $2.65 ea. 



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