Annual East-Texas *J$ose Festival 
Celebrated at Tyler, October 3,4> 5, and 6,1935 
is becoming one of the chief attractions for Rose-lovers throughout the 
United States. More than 50,000 people now attend this Festival annually 
Texas Centennial blooms held by Queen Louise 
Boren, great-granddaughter oj John Karner, 
a hero of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836 
New Salmon-Pink Rose 
STRATFORD 
Plant Patent applied for 
Originated by J. H. Nico¬ 
las, internationally-known 
hybridizer. To be distributed 
on a cooperative financial 
basis with Robert E. Lee 
Foundation, for reclaiming 
the 1104-acre Robert E. Lee 
estate, Stratford-on-Potomac. 
Our Deep Pink Rose 
QUEEN LOUISE 
BOREN 
(Dixie Rose Nursery, 1936) 
Queen J^ouise of The House of "Borens 
Reigning in the Annual East-Texas Rose Festival oj 1934 
The 1935 Festival was lengthened from two days to four, because of 
added features of entertainment. A new feature is the annual football game 
between outstanding colleges. This year Temple University played Texas 
A. & M. College. Among features of entertainment are noonday luncheons 
and evening banquets where America’s leading rosarians discuss Rose culture; 
a mammoth floral parade; horse show; informal social functions for visitors; 
the Queen’s reception and ball following her coronation; and open-air sacred 
concerts in the city parks on Sunday. 
Also originated by J. H. 
Nicolas. Christened at the 
Queen’s Coronation, October, 
1934, by J. H. Nicolas in 
person. A sister Rose to Strat¬ 
ford, as both these new Roses 
are crosses of the golden yel¬ 
low Marechal Niel and the 
rich pink La France. 
Free Automobile Tours for Visitors "Daily 
Every day during the Festival visitors are shown the most accessible 
Rose-fields in the great Tyler Rose Area, where more than 6,000,000 Rose 
bushes are grown in the fields annually. In this area more than one-third 
of America’s commercial field Roses are produced each year, including many 
new varieties of the United States and Europe. 
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