Dreer's Select 

 Potted Roses 



Novelties and Varieties of 

 Recent Introduction — Cont. 



Golden State 



F. Meilland, 1938. Patent Pending. A truly gorgeous 

 Rose, superior to most other yellows in vigor, erect- 

 ness of growth, and abundance of bloom. An excellent, 

 continuous blooming garden Rose with a lovely clove- 

 scent. Its long buds open to glowing hearts of yellow- 

 orange. The flowers are borne sometimes singly some- 

 times in small clusters on fine erect stems. Each 

 flower has from 40-50 petals which when they unfold 

 change to a deep unfading buff veiled with salmon. 

 Awarded in 1937 the Gold Medal, Bagatelle, Paris, and 

 chosen the official Rose for the Golden Gate Interna- 

 tional Exposition, 1939. Has disease-resistant foliage 

 and is fine for cutting. $1.25 each; $12.50 per doz. ; 

 $100.00 per 100. 



McGredy's Sunset 



McGredy, 1937. Patent Pending. The outside of the 

 petals is a clear Buttercup yellow tipped with orange 

 while the inside is chrome-yellow flushed with scarlet 

 as the blooms open. The color is intensified as the 

 blooms expand and it is at its best when fully open. 

 Flowers are of medium size, full and shapely with a 

 pleasing fragrance, borne very freely on strong upright 

 stems. Excellent in hot weather. Certificate of Merit, 

 N. R. S., 1936. $1.25 each; $12.50 per doz.; $100.00 

 per 100. 



McGredy's Triumph 



McGredy & Son, 1934. U. S. Plant Patent No. 190. 

 A delicately scented Rose with very large, full petaled, 

 perfectly formed flowers of a glistening cerise color 

 overcast with orange. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz.; 

 $80.00 per 100. 



Miss America 



Nicolas, 1937. Plant Patent No. 264. A wonderful new 

 Rose which has almost everything a good Rose should 

 have. Full of vigor, fine healthy foliage, extreme hardi- 

 ness, a lovely color, fragrance, and persistence of 

 bloom. The color is flesh with salmon and gold suffu- 

 sion with faint gold at the base and frequently with a 

 salmon center. Flowers average 65 petals and are pro- 

 duced singly on long stems all through the season. 

 First Certificate of Merit, Colle Oppio, Italy, 1937. 85c 

 each; $8.50 per doz.; $70.00 per 100. 



Mme. Joseph Perraud 



Gaujard, 1934. A real beauty of an enchanting Nas- 

 turtium buff straying to a charming shade of shell pink. 

 It is the nearest approach to pure buff. Was awarded 

 the Bagatelle Gold Medal 1934 and chosen as the "Most 

 Beautiful Rose" at Lyon, France. $70.00 per 100. 



Pink Dawn 



Howard & Smith, 1935. A very pretty Rose of ex- 

 ceptional merit. Perfectly full, double flowers of a 

 deep rose opening to lovely pink with an orange base. 

 The showy blooms have a sweet fragrance. Of sturdy, 

 upright habit and fine for garden display and for cut- 

 ting. $70.00 per 100. 



Poinsettia 



Howard & Smith, 1938. The name of this beautiful 

 Rose was suggested by Dr. J. H. McFarland when 

 visiting our trial garden some years ago. The vigorous 

 plant is fairly tall. The semi-double flowers are bright 

 scarlet In color. They are produced profusely during 

 the whole season. $80.00 per 100. 



President Boone 



Howard & Smith, 1936. This Rose Is bound to appeal 

 to everybody, as It combines a magnificent color with 

 good form and vigorous habit. The color Is deep velvety 

 crimson beautifully veined with an entrancing velvety 

 black. This glorious large Rose could be described as 

 a Crimson Radiance, for It has the disease resistance 

 and vigorous habit of Radiance. Also a delightful and 

 rich fragrance. $70.00 per 100. 



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R.M.S. Queen Mary 

 R. M. S. Queen Mary 



H. A. Verschuren, 1937. Plant Patent No. 249. A glori- 

 ous combination of vivid shades blending rich glowing 

 salmon with exquisite pure pink and orange base. The 

 buds are long and pointed, and the gracefully formed 

 flowers have an intriguing fragrance. Awarded 4 Gold 

 Medals and 3 First-Class Certificates in Europe and 

 U. S. A. $100.00 per 100. 



Rosenelfe 



Kordes, 1939. The loveliest of the famous Poulsen 

 introductions, a very double form of Else Poulsen and 

 of a silvery rose-pink color. Graceful Gardenia-like 

 blooms borne one to a stem. Blooms all summer long 

 and gives a most effective ^outdoor display. Also 

 splendid for boutonnieres. $70.00 per 100. 



Sequoia 



J. Verschuren-Pechtold, 1939. A vigorous upright- 

 growing Rose on the type of Heinrich Wendland. Lus- 

 cious pumpkin-flesh blooms suffused apricot and shading 

 lighter at the petal edges. Very free blooming, with 

 one flower to each strong wiry stem. $100.00 per 100. 



Signora 



D. Aicardi, 1936. Plant Patent No. 201. A highly 

 colored new Rose with large long-pointed buds of bril- 

 liant orange-red opening into very large, double blooms 

 of a striking orange-apricot changing to apricot suf- 

 fused with gold and displaying a pink shading on the 

 outer petals. Very free blooming and of upright, bushy 

 growth. Gold Medal Colle Oppio, 1935. $1.00 each; 

 $10.00 per doz.; $80.00 per 100. 



Souv. de Jean Soupert 



Soupert & Notting, 1929. A lovely cream-colored 

 Hybrid-Tea of splendid vigor. The long, tapering, deep 

 golden yellow buds slowly unfold to broad cream- 

 colored blooms of heavy texture and with a delicious 

 fragrance. A strong grower with varnished disease- 

 resistant foliage. $60.00 per 100. 



Sunny Days 



H. A. Verschuren, 1939. The perfectly pointed buds 

 of this charming Rose are of a mellow chrome-yellow. 

 When fully open the nicely shaped flowers are of the 

 same shade as the buds but somewhat lighter at the 

 edges of the outer petals. Of vigorous growth with 

 abundant dark green foliage. $100.00 per 100. 



Symphony — Pink Frau Karl Druschki 



Weigand 1934. Plant Patent No. 79. An everbloom- 

 Ing Hybrid-Perpetual, bearing handsome, massive, per- 

 fect flowers, often six Inches in diameter, on stout 

 sturdy stems. The buds are blush pink opening to pale 

 rose, deep pink In the center of the flower, shading 

 white to the edges. The open flowers are full and 

 symmetrical in shape. $70.00 per 100. 



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Where the prices are given "per 100" only these will apply to any number of plants. 



