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FOUR GREAT AMERICAN 



HARDY EVERBLOOMINQ HYBRID=TEA ROSES 



Shown in colors on plate opposite 

 A sterling collection of American introductions, three of them productions of the same growers who gave us the Los Angeles 

 Rose, a variety that is acknowledged both here and among iioted growers of Europe as one of the finest bedding Roses ever 

 raised, and we feel confident that the four varieties here offered will prove equally satisfactory. 



MISS LOLITA AR3IOUR 



(Howard & Smith, 1920) 



The unique coloring of this novelty is a combination of tints 

 difiScult to describe, and is absolutely distinct from all other 

 varieties. The flowers are of large size, full double, with petals 

 of great substance and delighfully fragrant. As the flowers 

 expand they develop to a deep, coral-red with 

 a golden, coppery-red suffusion, the base of 

 the petals a rich golden-yellow with coppery- 

 red sheen. The general col- 

 or effect is very faithfully por- 

 trayed on the color plate op- 

 posite. The plant is a 

 strong, vigorous grower, and 

 very free-flowering. 



At the great Bagatelle Gar- 

 dens in Paris, France, 

 where competitive 

 trials of new Roses 

 are made from all the 

 renowned growers of 

 the world. Miss Lo- 

 lita Armour was sin- 

 gled out in 1921 for 

 the highest prize, a 

 Gold Medal, while at the Test 

 Garden of the American Rose 

 Society at Portland, Oregon, it 

 was awarded the Silver Medal 

 and Bronze Certificate of the 

 City of Portland. Strong two- 

 year-old California grown plants, 

 $2 50 each. 



Mrs. S. K. Rindge 



(Howard & Smith, 1920 



This beautiful and distinct -kt r- u t u„„ 



New Californian Hybrid-Tea Rose 



Rose was sent out last year for Fragrant Bouquet. (Offered on page 127) 

 the first time, and has given 



general satisfaction. It is of strong free-branching habit of 

 growth, with dark green mildew-proof foliage, long pointed 

 buds, carried erect on stiff stems. Color clear rich chrome-yel- 

 low, which, as the flowers mature, become suffused with sal- 

 mon-pink. The flowers are of good size, moderately double 

 and are produced freely and continuously. Hugh Dickson 

 Ltd., prominent Irish growers of new Roses, in commenting 

 on this variety, say: "We are of the opinion that this Rose 

 is the bedding yellow which we have so long been looking for. 

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



rose: marie 



(Domer. 1918) 



We first saw this beautiful Rose in California in 1919, where 

 its remarkable freedom of bloom and its beautiful buds and 

 well-formed flowers of a pleasing clear rose-pink arrested our 

 attention. We distributed a large number of plants the past 

 two seasons and have received many 

 ^ favorable reports, and our own experi- 



ence with it has been most gratifying, 

 and we have no hesitancy in pro- 

 nouncing it the best Ijedding Rose of 

 its color to-day. It produces ideal 

 long I;uds which open into large 

 flowers of splendid form; a 

 valuable acquisition. Strong 

 two-year-old plants, $1.50 each. 



\%'illiam F, Dreer 



(Howard & Smith, 1920) 



A beautiful Rose of the same 

 parentage as Los Angeles, and 

 which, for delicacy of coloring, 

 is not comparable to any other 

 variety, it reminding one of the 

 delicate tints of some varieties 

 of water lilies. The flowers, 

 which are similar in shape to 

 Los Angeles, and like that va- 

 riety, beautiful in all stages of 

 development, are at their best 

 in the half-expanded flower. 

 These, in expanding, are of a 

 soft, silvery shell-pink, the base 

 of the petals of a rich golden- 

 yellow which, at certain stages 

 of development, gives a golden 

 suffusion to the entire flower, 

 this golden suffusion being par- 

 ticularly brilliant early and late 

 in the season. 

 We have received numerous favorable com- 

 ments on this variety, among which we par- 

 ticularly appreciate that from the President of 

 the American Rose Society, who says: 

 "I certainly wish to congratulate you on the Rose William 

 F. Dreer, a vase of which I have cm my desk at this writing. 

 There is in it a charm of wonderful color, form and fragrance," 

 as well as the following from Henry Morse & Sons, Rose Spe- 

 cialists, Eaton, England: 



"We think you should know our opinion of your wonderful 

 Rose William F. Dreer. We have tested it by the side of seventy 

 other novelties from various raisers all over the world and have 

 come to the conclusion that this Rose takes the highest place and 

 is a sterling novelty worthy to rank by the side of its relative 

 Los Angeles. We predict for it a great future." 



At the great Scotch Horiicultural Show, in 1921, Hugh Dick- 

 son Limited, of Belfast, Ireland, were awarded the Gold Medal 

 for a vase of William F. Dreer. Price, strong two-year-old 



California grown plants, $2.50 each. 



SPECIAI. OFFER 



We will supply one Strong two-year-old plant each of the above Four Great American Roses for $8.00, or three plants of each, 

 12 plants in all, for $22 50. 



