SPRING, 1937 



GXd 



•AUTUMN. H.T. See illustration. Burnt- 

 orange, red, orange, and pink. A rainbow of 

 autumn's glorious colors is what this splendid Rose 

 produces during the growing season. The straight 

 buds of deep burnt-orange open to 3-inch flowers 

 of the same burnt-orange stained and splashed 

 with red, orange, and various shades of pink. It 

 never loses that "richness," even when the petals 

 are ready to fall. It has 25 to 30 petals and is 

 fragrant. The plants are upright, with large, 

 leathery, very dark green foliage. The blooms are 

 exceptionally lovely as they open slowly in cool 

 fall weather, just before hard frost. This is one of 

 the best cut-flower Roses as the blooms come on 

 strong, erect stems and are long-lasting. 75 cts. ea.* 



• CECIL. H.T. Yellow. Clear yellow, 5-petaIed 

 flowers come 3 or 4 in a cluster and carry a mass 

 of golden stamens. Free blooming. $1 each.* 



•CHARLES K. DOUGLAS. H.T. See page 13. 



•CHARLES P. KILHAM. H.T. Coral-red and 

 orange. The plants produce perfect flowers on long 

 cutting stems. The long-pointed buds open to fully 

 double, finely formed flowers of coral-red with an orange 

 base, a beautiful color combination. Slightly fragrant. 

 75 cts. each.* 



•DAINTY BESS. H.T. Rose-pink. 

 This Rose is dainty, adorable, and alto- 

 gether charming in its simplicity, for it 

 has only 5 petals, but the flowers are 

 large, 3 to 4 inches across, and the petals 

 are quaintly ruffled. The blooms come 

 continuously all season , both singly and 

 in clusters, and 'he attractive rose-pink 

 flowers are decorated with a mass of 

 stamens on wine-red filaments which 

 add the final artistic touch to the beauty 

 of Dainty Bess. This single-flowered 

 Rose is incomparable in delicacy of ap- 

 pearance and quantity of bloom. It 



grows about 33^ 



feet. On a near-by 



estate 150 Dainty 



Bess are used as 



an artistic screen 



around the swimming-pool. 75 Cts. 



each.* 



•Duchess 

 75 cts 



of Wellington 

 each* 



•Autumn. 75 cts. each* 



•GRUSS AN AACHEN. Ben.-Bour. White to car- 

 mine. A dependable continuous-blooming bedding or 

 border variety. While on short stems and not good for 

 cutting, the large, fully double flowers 

 of flesh-pink, salmon, and yellow are a 

 continuous delight in the garden. A 

 splendid, oak-hardy, symmetrically 

 growing, everblooming Rose for edging 

 driveways. Has 80 petals and is mildly 

 fragrant. 75 cts. each.* 



•DUCHESS OF WELLINGTON. 



H.T. See illustration. Yellow. Extra 

 long-pointed buds of golden orange open 

 to large, loose flowers of saffron with 

 the delicious fragrance of the old Tea 

 Roses. It has 17 petals. Big, bushy 

 plant with healthy foliage. It is con- 

 tinuously in bloom from June until 

 frost. This Rose is often later than 

 others in getting started, but once 

 growth starts it makes up for lost time 

 and blooms with the rest. 75 cts. 

 each.* 



10 



Roses to Cut for Indoor $JLA5 

 Enjoyment. (Value> $765) 



These Roses are all long-stemmed and not- 

 ably long-lasting when cut. All are distinctly 

 different. One customer's record averaged 

 60 blooms per plant for these varieties (at 

 about lc. each). Eight kinds are shown in color 

 in this Catalog. 



Lady Ashtown 

 McGredy's Scarlet 

 Mme. Butterfly 

 Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont 

 Pres. Herbert Hoover 



Edith Nellie Perkins 



E. G. Hill 



Etoile de Hollande 



Joanna Hill 



Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria 



ASK FOR OFFER 9 



•Director Rubio. 90 cts. each* 

 See Rose Index, page 30 



•DIRECTOR RUBIO. H.T. See illustra- 

 tion. Cochineal-pink. If you want a Rose 

 with "a. personality", here it is, for it is 

 totally unlike any other Rose in form and 

 vivid coloring, which, by the way, is retained 

 almost without fading until the petals drop. Tliis 

 is an unusual and valuable characteristic in any 

 Rose. The color is cochineal-pink, very pleasing, 

 and the fully opened, many-petaled, mammoth 

 blooms, which are held erect on rigid stems, are 

 often from 6 to 7 inches across. 90 cts. ea.* 

 Gold Medal, Saverne, 1929. 



* QUANTITY DISCOUNTS 



_x ( 15% on 12or More Roses [See Exceptions] 

 U CT \ 20% on 25 or More Roses L on Page 2 J 



