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PERNET-DUCHER'S NE1¥ YEI.L012V 



HYBRID-TEA ROSE (Pemetiana Type) 



SOUVENIR DE CLAUDIUS PERNET 



In this new variety we undoubtedly have one of Mr. Pernet- 

 Ducber's masterpieces. We are indebted to this veteran French 

 Rose specialist for so many of our important varieties and the fact 

 that Mr. Pernet-Ducher has selected this variety to name in mem- 

 ory of his son Claudius, who gave his life in the World's War, is 

 ample evidence of his own estimate of this great Rose. 



We give below Mr. Pernet-Ducher' s own description, 

 all of which we can indorse from our own observations 

 during the past season. 



" A most vigorous grower of erect branching habit, 

 beautiful, brilliant green foliage, few thorns, long pointed 

 buds of exquisite shape, carried on long stiff stems. Very 

 large full flowers with elongated deep petals, a beauti- 

 fully formed bloom. Color most striking sunflower-yel- 

 low, deeper in the centre, without any color blending, 

 and which is retained without fading even in the warmest 

 weather." 



It was awarded the Gold Medal at the Bagatelle Gar- 

 den trials in 1920, and in the same year also received the Gold 

 Medals at the Rose Show in Paris and at Antwerp. 



Strong budded plants ready for delivery April 15th, $5.00 each 

 limited, and orders will be booked in rotation as received. 



Pernet-Ducher*s 



New Ynr.Low 



Hybrid.Tea Rose 



SouvENiH DE Claudius Fernet 



TWO J«EW CAI.IFORNIAN HYBRID-TEA ROSES 



MRS. WILLIAM C. EO AN (Howard & Smith, 1922) 



Named in honor of the wife and life companion of Mr. Wil- 

 liam C. Egan, whose love for horticulture is well known and 

 appreciated by all of the amateurs who read the American Gar- 

 dening Magazines, and whose unique and beautiful garden, 

 "Egandale," on the shore of Lake Michigan, has very appro- 

 priately been called a "Lake Shore Paradise" by the editor of 

 the American Rose Annual. 



The christening of this beautiful Rose was one of the many 

 memorable features at a birthday dinner given in Mr. Egan's 

 honor by the Garden Club, of Illinois, in April, 1921. 



New American 



HYBRiD-TEA Rose 



Mrs. William C. Egan 



Rose Mrs. William C. Egan is an extremely vigorous, 

 healthy grower, and which places it in a class with such well 

 known popular varieties as Caroline Testout, Radiance, Red 

 Radiance, Lady Ursula, Lady Alice Stanley, Rose Marie and 

 similar strong healthy growers that has made these varieties popu- 

 lar both as individual plants in the small garden as well as for 

 mass effect in large plantings, its long pointed buds are of abso- 

 lutely perfect form, measuring fully 2§ inches in length, and de- 

 velop into flowers of good shape. In color it is a two tone 

 pink, the reverse of the petals of a particularly pleasing shade 

 of soft light pink, the interior deep flesh color with a 

 golden line at the base of the petals. These flowers are 

 supported on long, stiff stems, lasting in good condition 

 either on the plant or when cut for an unusu- 

 ally long time, and are produced most freely and 

 continuously throughout the season, a record of 

 6 plants in the garden of Mr. Egan planted last 

 spring showing a total of 298 blooms, or an 

 average of practically 50 blooms per plant, a 

 record which, under like conditions, has been 

 equalled only by a few other varieties. 



Price. Strong two-year-old California grown 

 plants, $2.50 each. 



FRAGRANT BOUQUET 



(Howard & Smith, 1922) 



1 Another gem, the name of which has been suggested by its 

 * remarkable sweet scent and its free-flowering habit, each in- 

 dividual plant as seen in the Rose field of the originator being 

 a veritable bouquet. The plant is of compact habit of growth with flowers of medium 

 size, of a delicate flesh pink, with the base of the petals a golden yellow. Illustrated on 

 page 128. 

 Price. Strong two-year-old California grown plants, $2.50 each. 



