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SELECT ROSK- 



New American Hybrid-Tea Rose 

 Miss Lolita Armour 



ROSE MARIE (Domer. 1918) 



(Illustrated in colors on the plate opposite) 

 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 limited number of plants the past 

 season and have received many favorable reports, and our own 

 experience with it during the past season has been most grati- 

 fying, and we have no hesitancy in pronouncing it the best bed- 

 ding Rose of its color to-day. It produces ideal long buds 

 which open into large flowers of splendid form; a valuable 

 acquisition. Strong two-year-old plants, $2.00 each. 



Wll,1.IA^l F. DRBBR 



(Howard & Smith, 1920) 



A beautiful Rose of the same parentage as Los Angeles, 

 and which, for delicacy of coloring, is not com- 

 parable 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 variety, 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 

 particularly brilliant early and late in the season. 



We have received numerous favorable comments on this variety, 

 among which we particularly appreciate one received from the 

 President of the American P.ose Society, who says : 



"I certafnly wish to congratulate you on the Rose William F. 

 Dreer, a vase of which I have on my desk at this writing. There is 

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



Another extensive American grower says he considers it superior 

 to the popular Los Angeles, while a famous English Rose specialist 

 expresses himself more than pleased with the results he had with it in 

 England. Strong two-year-old California-grown plants, $2. .50 each. 



Four New American 



HYBRID=TEA ROSES 



We take pleasure in offering this sterling collection of American 



novelties; three of them productions by the same growers who gave 



us the Los Angeles Rose, a variety tl;at has proven itself one of the 



\^ finest bedding Roses ever raised, and we have every reason to believe 



that the varieties now offered will prove equally satisfactory. 



MISS I.OI.ITA ARMOUR 



(Howard & Smith, 1920) 



The unique coloring of this novelty is a combination of 



tints difficult to describe, and is absolutely distinct 



from all other varieties. The flowers are of large 



size, full double, with petals of great substance 



and delightfully 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 



plant is a strong, vigorous grower, and very free-flowering. A 



Rose for which we predict great popularity. Strong two-year-old 



California-grown plants, $2.50 each. 



MRS. S. K. RIXDGB 



(Howard & Smith. 1920) 



This is, undoubtedly, the finest yellow Rose we have. While 

 in some stages of development, as well as in growth, it resembles 

 Golden Emblem, it is a stronger grower, and its rich, chrome- 

 yellow flowers as they mature, become suffused with salmon-pink. 

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



New American Hybrid-Tea Rose William F. Drbbr 



Wo will supply one each of the above 4 new »orU for $9. 



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