AMERICAN PILLAR, 



a favorite on two 



continents 



(Mme. A. Meilland) 

 Plant Pat. 591 



50 YEARS WITH ONE AIM- 



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Our catalog of 1903 stated in its introduction, "We are the 

 largest originators of new roses and new cannas in this country 

 today." There followed a list of Rose introductions which in- 

 cluded Clara Barton (named for the founding president of the 

 International Red Cross, and introduced in 1899) and a number 

 of early Van Fleet climbers, among them May Queen (1898) and 

 Philadelphia (1902). 



Other kinds introduced long ago included such famous kinds as 

 Sir Thomas Lipton (1904), Birdie Bly and American Pillar 

 (1906), the latter illustrated here with a copy of its first color 

 illustration, made from an artist's painting before the days of 

 color photography. American Pillar became one of the most 

 popular of climbers, in this country, in Europe and in England, 

 as it still is, after 40 years of continuous sale. 



The policy of originating, seeking and introducing worthy new 

 Roses has been continued, with a proud roster of popular modern 

 varieties such as Spanish Beauty (1928), Mrs. P. S. du Pont 

 (1929), Ami Quinard (1930), Editor McFarland and Soeur 

 Therese (1931), Condesa de Sastago (1932), Angels Mateu 

 and Mme. Cochet-Cochet (1934). 



Our first miniature Rose, Tom Thumb (1936) was followed by 

 others— Pixie and Baby Gold Star (1940), Midget (1941) and 

 Sweet Fairy (1946). 



A "Time Garden" could be planted, using those fine varieties 

 and continuing with (to name but a few): Christopher Stone 

 and Snowbird (1936), Mme. Henri Guillot and Flash (1938), 

 Girona (1939), Good News (1940), Blanche Mallerin (1941), 

 Red Ripples and Grande Duchesse Charlotte (1942), Lowell 

 Thomas and Crimson King (1943), Floradora and Horace 

 McFarland (1944) and the almost unbelievably beautiful Peace 

 (1945). 



PEACE 



(Mme. A. Meilland) 



Plant Pat. 591 



THE PRIZE-WINNER 



In 1941, as a seedling, Peace won the Gold Medal of the National 



Horticultural Society of France. 



1942: "Most Beautiful Rose of France" award. 



1944: Gold Medal Certificate, International Rose Test Garden, 



Portland, Oregon. 



1946: All- America Rose Selections award with the highest score 



ever given any Rose, before or since. 



1946 and 1947: Rated 9.5 and 9.4 out of a possible 10 by votes of 



American Rose Society members the country over. 



1947: "Best Rose of the Show" at Tennessee Rose Society 



Show and Grand Sweepstakes Award at Portland, Ore., 



Rose Festival. The blue ribbon winner at countless other 



Rose shows in all sections of the country. 



Its greatest prize of all, the joy it has brought to home 



gardeners everywhere. 



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• PEACE (Mme. A. Meilland). Plant Pat. 591. 

 Photographs give but a hint of the incred- 

 ible beauty of Peace. The buds are golden 

 with a flush of pink along the petal edges. They 

 open very slowly, giving long-lasting blooms which 

 show delicate tints of yellow, pale gold, cream and 

 ivory blending on each petal to a lightly ruffled 

 edge of pink. They are clear, bright, living colors, 

 merging one into the other like the fresh and lovely 

 colors in the perfect complexion of a happy child. 

 Though the very double bloom is huge, it is con- 

 stantly fresh looking and gives the effect of delicate 

 loveliness even in the fully open flower, which is 

 as beautiful as the bud. The colors vary and the 

 of tints is an enchanting thing to watch, as it differs from 

 day to day and from flower to flower but is always beau- 

 tiful and always in harmony, like the different, shimmer- 

 ing colors of a rainbow. 



The plants of Peace are as remarkable as the blooms, with 

 long, straight, magnificently strong stems and handsome, 

 shining, dark green foliage. The blooms come in glorious 

 succession and hold their form and freshness an unbeliev- 

 able time, either as a cut-flower or on the bush. Truly, 

 Peace is a Rose which "has everything." $2 ea.; 3 for $5. 



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