• SPRING 1932 • STAR GUIDE TO GOOD ROSES • 



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Oak -Hardy Hybrid Rugosa Roses ( 



Other Rugosas on\ 

 opposite page / 



Rugosa Roses in their original form are tlie only absolutely hardy "everblooming" Roses. They 

 arc very spiny, growing \'igorousIy from 4 to 10 feet high. The fohage is curiously wrinkled, hence the 

 name. They will grow ahnost anywhere — even on barren, wind-swept slopes and in seashore sand. 



*MAX GRAF. Spreading in growth. The loveliest Rose for embankments 



*MAX GRAF. A Rose that trails over embankments and stone walls, covering them with handsome, 

 crinkled, glossy green fohage that is persistent well into winter. Every spring this lovely green ground-cover 

 becomes decorated with large, single, apple-blossom-pink flowers, with petals prettily crimped. A vigorous, 

 hardy, and highly satisfactory plant to cover Lirge areas quickly. %1 each; 12 for $7.50; 100 for $60. 



1^ AGNES. See color illustration below. Buttercup- 

 yellow buds, opening fawn-color. Flowers with a 

 fruit}' fragrance come all along the branches in 

 early June. $1.50 each. 



Order No. 23239 



*F. J. GROOTENDORST. See color illustration 

 below. Small, bright crimson flowers like baby 

 carnations. Grows to 33^ or 4 feet and blooms con- 

 tinuously. An ideal hedge-plant. $1 each. 



November ii, 1931 



Three years ago I ordered 25 F. J. Grootendorst Roses and planted a hedge above a wall. The hedge has been delightfully 

 satisfactory. Now I am endeavoring to establish a permanent hedge of these Roses around my place. — E. W. S., Washington, D. C. 



•AGNES. The Beautiful Yellow Rugosa Rose 



•F.J. GROOTENDORST. Everblooming Hedge Rose 



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