﻿★VASSAR 
  CENTENNIAL 
  

  

  Beautiful 
  NEW 
  

  

  VASSAR 
  CENTENNIAL 
  

  

  Named 
  to 
  Commemorate 
  the 
  

   100th 
  Anniversary 
  of 
  famed 
  

   Vassar 
  College 
  

  

  H.T. 
  (Meilland.) 
  Plant 
  Pat. 
  App. 
  

   For. 
  This 
  fine 
  rose 
  was 
  selected 
  by 
  

   a 
  committee 
  from 
  Vassar 
  College 
  

   and 
  named 
  Vassar 
  Centennial. 
  It 
  is 
  

   a 
  worthy 
  choice, 
  as 
  you 
  will 
  in 
  all 
  

   likelihood 
  agree 
  yourself 
  when 
  you 
  

   see 
  Vassar 
  Centennial 
  in 
  your 
  gar- 
  

   den. 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  richness 
  of 
  apricot 
  

   tones 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  lovely, 
  delicate 
  

   shades 
  of 
  pastel 
  peach; 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  

   stages 
  of 
  its 
  development, 
  from 
  the 
  

   solid 
  bud 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  open 
  bloom, 
  

   its 
  beauty 
  is 
  fetching. 
  The 
  open 
  

   flower 
  with 
  its 
  :{0 
  to 
  40 
  large, 
  grace- 
  

   fully 
  coi 
  ling 
  petals 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  

   inches 
  across. 
  It 
  emerges 
  from 
  a 
  

   shapely 
  bud 
  which 
  is 
  pointed. 
  The 
  

   plant 
  carries 
  such 
  buds 
  and 
  flowers 
  

   profusely 
  — 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  stem, 
  which 
  

   makes 
  this 
  rose 
  ideal 
  for 
  cutting. 
  

   The 
  bush 
  grows 
  superbly, 
  reaching 
  

   middle 
  height 
  the 
  first 
  year 
  and 
  

   thereafter 
  inclining 
  to 
  tallness. 
  Its 
  

   foliage 
  is 
  good 
  and 
  the 
  canes 
  and 
  

   stems 
  are 
  strong. 
  Vassar 
  Centennial 
  

   is 
  truly 
  a 
  splendid 
  exhibition-type 
  

   rose 
  — 
  a 
  fragrant 
  rose 
  which 
  will 
  

   delight 
  everyone 
  who 
  grows 
  it. 
  

   §3 
  ca.; 
  3 
  or 
  more, 
  $2.65 
  ca. 
  

  

  EVERY 
  STAR 
  ROSE 
  IS 
  A 
  

   HIGH 
  QUALITY 
  PLANT 
  

  

  ★SUSPENSE 
  

  

  The 
  Rose 
  on 
  Our 
  Cover 
  

   NEW! 
  Captivating! 
  Lovely! 
  

  

  H.T. 
  (Swim 
  & 
  Weeks.) 
  Plant 
  Pat. 
  App. 
  For. 
  We 
  are 
  especially 
  happy 
  this 
  year 
  to 
  

   have 
  for 
  you 
  such 
  a 
  fine 
  collection 
  of 
  new 
  roses 
  — 
  outstanding 
  roses 
  in 
  a 
  wide 
  color 
  

   range. 
  Among 
  them, 
  the 
  gorgeous 
  newcomer, 
  Invitation, 
  holds 
  the 
  glamour 
  spot 
  

   on 
  our 
  cover 
  by 
  virtue 
  of 
  its 
  unusual 
  appeal 
  to 
  both 
  the 
  expert 
  and 
  the 
  amateur 
  rose 
  

   grower. 
  We 
  feel 
  that 
  this 
  great 
  rose 
  is 
  destined 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  heights 
  of 
  rose 
  fame, 
  

   and 
  (perhaps 
  more 
  important 
  than 
  that) 
  a 
  firm 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  hearts 
  of 
  rose 
  lovers 
  

   everywhere. 
  Invitation 
  has 
  a 
  rare 
  combination 
  of 
  good 
  qualities 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  most 
  unusual 
  

   beauty 
  of 
  color, 
  a 
  rich 
  salmon-orange 
  which 
  is 
  exceptionally 
  rare 
  in 
  modern 
  roses 
  

   . 
  . 
  . 
  excellent 
  form 
  in 
  bud 
  and 
  bloom 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  prettily 
  proportioned 
  bush 
  whose 
  enormous 
  

   vigor 
  provides 
  many 
  branches 
  decked 
  out 
  with 
  fine, 
  semi-glossed 
  foliage 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  flowers 
  

   which 
  come 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  to 
  the 
  medium 
  long 
  steins 
  and 
  in 
  sufficient 
  quantity 
  to 
  give 
  

   you 
  many 
  wonderful 
  bouquets 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  and 
  far 
  from 
  least, 
  a 
  strong, 
  intense 
  and 
  thor- 
  

   oughly 
  delightful 
  fragrance. 
  The 
  flower 
  is 
  substantial, 
  having 
  25 
  to 
  35 
  thick 
  petals 
  

   and 
  reaching 
  almost 
  5 
  inches 
  across. 
  The 
  plant 
  grows 
  upright 
  to 
  medium 
  height 
  and 
  

   is 
  beautifully 
  compact 
  and 
  bushy. 
  Its 
  sturdiness 
  of 
  character 
  seems 
  to 
  defy 
  casual 
  

   treatment 
  ... 
  it 
  will 
  grow 
  for 
  anybody. 
  Tested 
  and 
  proved 
  from 
  coast 
  to 
  coast, 
  

   Invitation 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  with 
  high 
  enthusiasm. 
  You, 
  too, 
  will 
  love 
  it. 
  $3 
  ea.; 
  

   3 
  or 
  more, 
  $2.65 
  ca. 
  

  

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