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For flowers of great magnificence, 

 these four are leaders of the Hybrid Teas. 

 Their great, many-petaled blooms are 

 always handsome, even in midsummer 

 heat. 



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^Confidence. 



See at left. 



^Mirandy. 



See page 14. 



*Peace. 



See page 3. 



^^Symphonie. 



See page 9. 



OFFER 6 



-^Confidence 



^CONFIDENCE. H.T. (Meilland.) Plant Pat. 

 1192. This is the loveliest of pastel Roses. It is a 

 peach-toned Rose, a delicious blend of bright, light 

 tints, rather like fresh peach ice cream, with its 

 yellow, white and peach-pink colors melting one into 

 the other. Its form is also notable, with long stream- 

 lined buds opening to great trumpets of bloom, the 

 outer petals rolling back in a wide ruff about its long, 

 closed center. 28 to 38 petals; opening buds 2 to 3 



inches long and full blooms up to 6 inches across. 

 Richly fragrant. 



Confidence has a good, sound plant; upright, but 

 stoutly broad and well branched, 3 to 4 feet tall. 

 New growth comes fast with many shoots, producing 

 a lot of rebloom quickI3^ It won both Bagatelle and 

 "Most Beautiful Rose of France" award in 1951, the 

 second Rose ever to take both honors. $2 ea.;3 or 

 more, $1.75 ea. 



^CHARLES MALLERIN. H.T. (xMeihand.) 

 Plant Pat. 933. This is a gorgeous Rose, with buds 

 and blooms of midnight crimson velvet, the "black- 

 est" big red Rose to date. It does not blue. Its form, 

 as well as its coloring, is exciting, with 30 or 40 

 petals, broad and heavy, and a high, cone-shaped, 

 handsome center. It is richly, gloriously fragrant. 

 The plant is vigorous and tends to throw some 

 extra-tail blooming canes without 

 much regard for symmetry, at times. 

 Good, disease-resistant foliage. 

 Those who have been testing it 

 report that it is unusually resistant 

 to black-spot and mildew. A truly 

 thrilling new Rose. $2.50 ea.; 

 3 or more, $2.20 ea. 



-^ Charles Mallerin 



Roses planted 

 this spring will 

 bloom THIS 

 JUNE, and right 

 along with older 

 plants, all summer 

 and fall. There is 

 nothing quicker 

 than Roses for re- 

 sults. Even annuals from seed 

 take longer to come into bloom. 

 Also, Rose plants grow fast, 

 giving full effect the first year ; there is no 

 long wait with Roses. (This applies to 

 all Roses except Climbers and some mis- 

 cellaneous types on page 24.) 



