NEW COLOR FOR YOUR GARDEN 
SONIA 
1975 All-America Award Winner 
(See also front cover) 
ZONA 
Grandiflora. (Weeks.) A rose of flashy golden copper, as colorful as the state for which it is 
B* pamed. Arizona combines all the shades of the Painted Desert, from the brilliance of noonday 
to flaming scarlet sunsets. 
Urn-shaped buds of coppery orange swirl open to full flowers of golden copper brushed with 
shades of scarlet. Up to 44 inches across, with as many as 32 firm, satiny petals that gently roll out- 
ward, Blooms have a surprisingly long life, until the petals drop clean and show the next buds al- 
ready in color. An alluring tea fragrance adds to your enjoyment, 
The plant grows tall and strong, making 4 neat background ... symmetrical and upright. There's a 
profusion of decorative flowers throughout the season, on straight, sturdy stems for cutting. Abun- 
dant, dark green, semi-glossy leaves right down to the ground, Resistance to disease is well above 
average. Perfectly hardy, A splendid new All-America Award winner for 1975. Plant Pat. 3568. 
$4.90 ea.—3 or more, $4.60 ca. 
ARIZONA 
gonmia 
Grandiflora. (The House of Meilland.) A new 
and delicate color that defies the camera. 
Brand-new for 1975, it comes to us from the 
celebrated House of Meilland in France. We are 
proud to be able to introduce this newcomer to 
America, and we anticipate a great future for it. 
Sonia has so many good points that it’s hard 
to enumerate them. This sophisticated rose is a 
rare beauty with a “young” feeling... soft, lu- 
minous coral of exceptional form, In Europe 
it’s a fabulous florist’s rose and here in America 
it has proved itself to be a splendid! garden rose 
as well. 
It’s impossible to capture the airy lightness of 
this rose—soft yet lively, rich yet luminous. It 
fairly shines with life and radiant beauty. You 
never tire of admiring it. These lively, enticing 
blooms look as though all the pastels of the 
rainbow had been lightly brushed across each 
petal... a rich coral in cool weather, softer in 
the heat of summer. 
The blooms are up to 4 inches across, on 
good strong stems. Petals are of such heavy sub- 
stance that they have a longer life than usual, 
They roll back gently and ever so slowly, so that 
an open bloom is a long time showing its high- 
centered, perfect form. 
The long buds of classic beauty are what we 
normally expect only from a florist. A truly 
majestic bloom of attractive star form, firm and 
satiny. Exceptionally lasting on the plant and as 
cut flowers. We have had them last over eight 
days in the home. 
The plant is vigorous, quite tall and very 
freely branched, with a broad but upright habit 
of growth. Foliage is larger than average, fresh 
light green in color. The bush is practically 
always in bloom, from early summer on. So 
eager to grow—the more blooms you cut, the 
faster it grows and the more flowers you get. 
Young as spring itself, Sonia has another 
claim to distinction. It has proved to be the first 
rose since Talisman to be equally well suited to 
both garden and greenhouse use. Plant Sonia 
and you'll congratulate yourself on having a 
brand-new rose, and one of the best. 
This enchanting rose is named for the young 
daughter of Alain Meilland and granddaughter 
of Francis Meilland, the renowned originator of 
the Peace rose. Plant Pat. 3095. 
$4.50 ea.—3 or more, $4.20 ea. 
SEE STAR? ROSE INDEX 
on page 6 
