• SPRING 1932 • STAR GUIDE TO GOOD ROSES • 



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Everblooming Star * Roses, continued 



• SOUV. DE CLAUDIUS PERNET. 

 Pcrnct. Flowers of the most striking 

 sunflowcr-yellow, with the recurving 

 outer petals becoming cream with sharp 

 demarcations; very large and full. Does 

 not give its best blooms until the weather 

 lias become permanently warm. A great 

 Rose to grow for exhibition bk)oms. SI ea. 



• PRESIDENT HOOVER. H.T. 



New. Multicolored. The color is 

 a combination of scarlet, yellow, 

 cerise-pink, and flame, strikingly 

 unique. The buds are pointed; the 

 flowers large and fragrant. Long 

 stems; Listing when cut. $1.50 each. 



• RAPTURE. H.T. Pink and 

 coraL The color is better and more 

 Listing than Alme. Butterfly; the 

 open flower has a few more petals, 

 and in the autumn the tints of yel- 

 low, pink, and coral on a cream 

 background are glorious. $1 each. 



• ROSE HILL. H.T. Bright pink. 

 Large, long-pointed buds open to fuH, 

 double blooms which, when fully open, 

 are imbricated but not flat. The color is a 

 brilhant pink that does not blotch. Fragrant. The 

 long cutting stems are nearly thornless. $1 each. 



• SUPERB. H.T. Silver-pink. The buds are large 

 and pointed. Blooms large, very double, and soft 

 silvery pink in color. A "superb" Rose among the 

 more delicate shades. 

 $1 each. 



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•Etoile de France. An intensely fragrant Rose 



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 •Souv. de Claudius Pernet 



• THE GENERAL. H.T. Crimson. A low- 

 growing, healthy plant that produces fuH, perfect 

 blood-red flowers throughout the growing season. 

 $1 each. 



• SOUV. D'ALEXANDRE BERNAIX. H.T. 

 Maroon. A Lirge, crimson-maroon, full, globu- 

 lar Rose on a low, compact bush. Deliciously 



perfumed, long lasting, and the color does 

 not blue. $1 each. 



• VILLE DE PARIS. Pernet. See 

 illustration in color on page 20. 

 Off'ered in the Star Dozen, page 21. 



•WESTFIELD STAR. H.T. A 

 white Ophelia with a lemon sheen. 

 When the flowers open, the petals 

 recurve back, quill fashion, and 

 form a regular star, hence its name. 

 $1 each. 



• WLLLOWMERE. Pernet. Color 

 is salmon-pink, overcast with hght 

 orange and lightened at the base with 

 just a suspicion of gold. $1 each. 



•WILHELM KORDES. H.T. Gol- 

 den salmon. A variable Rose. When 

 well grown, produces gorgeous blooms 

 of salmon, gold, copper, and red. 

 Worth a trial. $1 each. 



• ETOILE DE FRANCE. H.T. Crimson. 

 The colored illustration does scant justice to 

 this Rose, which has really magnificent, 

 intensely fragrant, long-lasting, full flowers 

 which are produced all season and are espe- 

 ciafly fine in the fall. $1 each. 



PRirFS 'UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED;, 2-YEAR, FIELD-GROWN, STAR • SIZE ROSES, $1 EACH; 12 for $10; 

 1 iviv./1-.kJ 100 for $80. (25 or more at 100 rate). See order sheet for low delivery cost 



See complete Rose Index, page 46 



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