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10 OF THESE ARE ILLUSTRATED IN NATURAL COLORS 



Among our patrons are many who depend on us each year to supply them with plants to produce prize- 

 winning blooms. This Prize-Winning group has been compiled for them. 



Leonard Barron (on front cover). This is an advance in size and hardiness over any similar variety. 

 Richardson Wright is notable for lasting long when cut and for penetrating fragrance, while Editor McFarland 

 is unique in its color, form, and continuous bloom. 



The descriptions of this set of twelve Super-Star if Roses tell the merits of each in a few words and all 

 in this collection have our unquahfied approval. 



Here you have a well-balanced variety of colors. You have Roses that will bloom from June until hard 

 frost and produce flowers that will win prizes for you at your local flower show. 



• LEONARD BARRON. H.T. (The Conard-Pyle 

 Co., fall 1931.) Pink and Copper. This Rose attains 

 its greatest beauty when the flowers are fufly 

 opened. The mammoth blooms are a harmonious 

 blending of pink, salmon, and copper, exquisitely 

 sweet-scented. An extremely hardy and robust 

 bush, blooming profusely through the growing 

 season. Iflustrated in color on front cover, and 

 further described on page 5. $2.50 each. 



• EDITOR McFARLAND. H.T. Rose-pink. This 

 Rose won a Certificate of Merit of the First Class 

 from the Lyonnaise Society of Horticulture in 1929. 

 The coloring in the flower is a cheerful, clean, rose- 

 pink veiled v/ith amber, that withstands summer 

 suns. The buds are neatly formed, long, slender, 

 and are borne on lengthy cutting stems. A vigorous, 

 healthy bush that produces flowers abundantly. 

 Colored iflustration and further description on 

 page 5. $2.50 each. 



• AMI QUINARD. H.T. A black-Iustred red Rose. 

 The deep crimson-maroon background is overcast 

 with a soft blackish sheen that produces a variety 

 of effects as the sunhght plays over it. Always a 

 vigorous and upright grower, this Rose blooms pro- 

 fusely. The slender, pointed buds are borne on 

 long stems, often singly, sometimes in candelabras. 

 This velvety black beauty opens cup-shaped, semi- 

 double, and is distinctly fragrant. The enthusiastic 

 comment of one of America's leading landscape 

 architects — "Worth travehng a hundred miles to 

 see that Rose alone." $2 each. 



• MRS. ERSKINE PEMBROKE THOM. Pernet. 

 Lemon-yellow. Long buds of perfect form, which 

 open to a medium-sized, double flower of clear, deep 

 lemon-yeflow. Makes a strong, upright-growing 

 plant with quantities of flowers in June and in the 

 fafl. The fohage is notably free from disease and is 

 dark, bronzy green. A leader in lemon-colored 

 yellows. $1 each. 



• LI BURES. Pernet. Multicolored. See in color 

 on opposite page. The bud first shows maroon, 

 graduaUy hghtened with orange and yeflow as the 

 flower expands. These tints blend into new ones 

 until the outer petals assume a velvety purple- 

 crimson while the center becomes old-rose suffused 

 with yeflow. Fragrant and spectacular. $L50 each. 



• SYRACUSE. H.T. Color iflustration on inside 

 front cover. Tight crimson buds with large, firm 

 center cone and wavy petals. The open bloom is 

 very double and the outer petals recurve. Blooms 

 last unusuafly long and the brifliant color lasts 

 equafly wefl. Fine for cutting. In growth it is 

 upright, tafl, and vigorous. The abundant, healthy 

 fohage is dark green, leathery, and disease-resistant. 

 Rose connoisseurs praise Syracuse highly. It has a 

 mild fragrance. $1.50 each. 



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• THOMAS A. EDISON. H.T. (The Conard- 

 Pyle Co., fafl 1931.) Two-tone pink. It has the 

 sturdy growth and healthy fohage that has en- 

 deared Radiance to the American pubhc. Large, 

 pointed buds are produced in great quantities. The 

 color of the open flower is soft flesh-pink inside with 

 hght likic-pink on the reverse of the petals toning to 

 deep yeflow at the base. Blooms wifl last five or 

 six days, if cut in the early bud stage. As the flower 

 opens, the petal tips curl outward emphasizing 

 distinctly the two tones of pink. Color iflustration 

 and further description on back cover. $2.50 each. 



• TALISMAN. H.T. Multicolored. See color il- 

 lustration on opposite page. A glorious mixture of 

 orange, yeflow, and rose-red in irregular proportions, 

 varying with every bloom. Exquisite buds on long, 

 straight, cutting stems. This striking ensemble of 

 colors is especially attractive in autumn when the 

 coloring becomes more vivid and intense. The 

 fragrance is spicy. $1 each. 



•E. G. HILL. H.T. Crimson. Perfectly formed 

 double flowers, richly fragrant on strong erect stems. 

 This Rose ranks among the best red everbloom- 

 ing varieties. See color iflustration and description 

 on page 5. $1.50 each. 



•NUNTIUS PACELLI. H.T. Snow-white. An 

 excellent white bedding Rose. It is nearly a con- 

 tinuous performer, often blooming singly, but 

 sometimes three or four on a spike. Its petals are of 

 great substance, unaffected by sun or rain, and the 

 purity of the white is retained to the end. It is very 

 fragrant, a rare quahty among white Roses. The 

 plant is vigorous, of medium height, hardy, and 

 the foliage ample and healthy. $1 each. 



• DIRECTOR RUBIO. H.T. Cochineal-pink. See 

 in color on page 12. Of medium height and compact 

 form, it makes an ideal bedder. The bud is cerise- 

 scarlet, opening to a very large and fairly double 

 bloom, sweetly scented, of solid cochineal-pink. The 

 petals are uneven in shape, some notched. It is out- 

 standing both in luminous color and bizarre form, 

 for the center cone is odd and the petals of the fully 

 opened bloom are ruffled like the feathers of a swan. 

 This new type of Rose will be a center of interest in 

 any garden. $1.25 each. 



• GOLDEN GLEAM. Pernet. Buttercup-yeflow. 

 Exquisite, long shaped buds of buttercup-yeflow, 

 heavily marked with carmine-scarlet. _ See color cut 

 on opposite page. The open flower is clear yellow 

 without shading, and comes on strong stems. A fine 

 Rose for specimen blooms. There is a slight fruity 

 fragrance. This Rose won a Certificate of Merit 

 from the National Rose Society. Try it at your 

 local flower show. $1.25 each. 



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I'd like to congratulate you on Golden Gleam. It is the gold- 

 enest yellow I have ever seen and I've tried the best ones, I 

 believe. I am enthusiastic about it. — E. H. S., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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