AMERICA’S BEST 
ductions. Nevertheless year after year 
some varieties are discarded to make room 
for the newer roses that show a decided 
improvement over them. 
All Roses on this page are 50c each; 
$5.00 per dozen, postpaid. 
GERMAIN'S 
"HARMONY COLLECTION" 
Includes eight varieties that blend 
perfectly in color. 
Etoile De Holland - Mrs. E. P. Thom 
Feu Joseph Looymans - Talisman 
Kaiserin Victoria - Mrs. L. Swisher 
Los Angeles - Miss Rowena Thom 
Regular value, $4.00 
Collection Price, $3.25 Postpaid 
MME. EDOUARD HERRIOT. i&Jf&se! 
Buds coral red shaded with yellow at the 
base. Open flowers of a superb coral red. 
MME. HENRI QUEUILLE. 
large full flowers, strong, vigorous, healthy 
growth and freedom of flowering. In color it 
is a pretty shrimp or coral pink. 
MME. JULES BOUCHE.^^ wh ^ u e d ^ f 
good size, long pointed; flowers full double, 
very lasting, moderately fragrant, white, 
center tinted blush, on long stems. 
MME. NICOLAS AUSSEL. X^lVredfn 
the very long, shapely tapering bud that 
develops into a large full double flower of 
an exquisite opalescent salmon pink. 
MRS. A. R. BARRACLOUGH. One of Q the fin- 
introduoed. We have in this variety a most 
distinct and valuable addition, of a bright 
but soft sparkling carmine-pink of even tone. 
MRS. AARON WARD. ?5f s r 4‘%o?o”„T 
shape in roses than in the soft tawny gold¬ 
en yellow buds of this old favorite variety. 
The Best Yellow 
MRS. ERSKINE PEMBROKE THOM. best 
bedding rose we have today. It is of clean 
healthy vigorous growth with abundant dark 
bronzy disease-resisting foliage. A con¬ 
tinuous free bloomer throughout the season. 
Full double flowers of deep yellow. 
Edith Nellie Perkins 
EDITH NELLIE PERKINS. 
The buds are long 
and pointed, the 
outside of the petals are of cream and blush 
shaded with orange at the base, the inner 
face is salmon-pink with golden-orange base. 
MRS. S. A. VAN ROSSEM. ' BolS 
with a unique color combination not found 
in any other variety, a most striking blend¬ 
ing of dark vivid orange and apricot on a 
golden yellow ground. 
MRS. HENRY BOWLES. w2?S 
glowing pink, opening to big full flowers. 
Because of its good clear color, good sub¬ 
stance and freedom of bloom, we place it 
among the best pink roses. 
PADRE. 
A Perfect Rose 
unr ioum dei i A vivid brilliant shade of 
MKo. JLirliN dell. cochineal-carmine with 
large, long-pointed bud and full double, 
cupped, moderately fragrant flower. Vig¬ 
orous free flowering habit. One of the fin¬ 
est roses grown. 
MRS. LOVELL SWISHER. £ SuluT^meHL 
The color of the buds is a deep coppery sal¬ 
mon at the base, merging to salmon pink 
at the tips. As the flower expands the color 
deepens to a coppery tinge toward the cen¬ 
ter. They are delightfully tea-scented. 
MRS. PIERRE S. DU PONT. 
of a reddish gold opening to a semi-double, 
cupped, very lasting fragrant flower of a 
deep golden yellow. See page 79. 
An exquisite variety in a color 
that is distinct from any other. 
It is a beautiful shade of coppery orange 
crimson. 
p *Ti ekjc'E The color is difficult to describe 
rAiiEiNv^c. but in genera^ ; s scarlet-car- 
mine, varying at times to orange-scarlet and 
carmine. Provides an amazing quantity of 
wonderful buds for cutting. 
PRESIDENT HOOVER (See color Page "T"). 
DAniAkirE Brilliant rose-pink buds, open- 
KAUIAINLaC. jng well-formed shining flow¬ 
ers with lighter tints on the reverse of the 
petals; globular in shape and very fragrant. 
Den d a tm a lice An even better rose in 
KeU KAUIANL-e. habit than its parent, Ra¬ 
diance, bearing big, globular flowers of deep 
rose-red. 
REV. F. PAGE ROBERTS, or m^nd 
color. Long pointed buds of coppery red 
and yellow, opening to fragrant flowers of 
golden yellow. 
dace mi a die The buds are long and point- 
KUot MAKlfc. ed> the petals large and well- 
rounded. The color is a delightful pure 
rose pink. 
dac| yn ( - )ne t * ie outstanding newer yel- 
uiin. | ow roses . brilliant golden yellow 
on long rigid stems. Fragrant. 
SCHWABENLAND The lowers are large, 
omn WADtlNLAlNL). over five inches in diam¬ 
eter, of great depth, with high spiral center. 
In color it is a luminous rich rose pink. 
SOUVENIR DE CLAUDIUS PERNET.J^btoom 
are clear sunflower-yellow, unstained by any 
other color. An old favorite. 
^IIHRIIRCT A beautiful yellow suffused with 
a u in du . oran g e a t the center, buds and 
developed flowers of good form, sweet 
scented. 
A Great Rose 
T a i km am The Rose of Many Gold Medals. 
i/\lioivi/un. A combination of shadings of 
gold, apricot, yellow and deep pink or old- 
rose. The outside of the petals is bright yel¬ 
low, gold, and pink; as the flower develops 
and the petals unfold they become bright 
apricot, gold and deep rose-pink. 
vatedi Akin A most distinct dark colored 
vaicrlainl;. variety, a rich deep velvety 
scarlet maroon and a splendidly formed high 
centered flower of remarkable keeping qual¬ 
ities. 
VII i E DF PARK An excellent deep yellow— 
ville uc r/\Kii. a distinct sunflower color— 
and a decided improvement on Pernet. 
WII HFI M KORDF^ A rich capucine red 
WILHeLM KUKUtb. with coppery su ff U sion 
overlaying a golden-salmon ground, always 
beautiful and particularly high colored early 
in the season and in the autumn. 
WILLIAM F. DREER. ‘aI’SK 
and in color silvery pink shading into golden 
yellow. 
JOANNA HILL. 
Joanna Hill 
Large buds and blooms 
that are high pointed. Col¬ 
or is a delicate shade of golden yellow, deep¬ 
ening toward the center to a warm apri¬ 
cot tinge. Fragrant and free flowering and 
especially fine for cutting. 
Lady Forteviot 
LADY FORTEVIOT. 
Large buds opening to 
artistic moderately-dou- 
ble, well-lasting flowers of, delightful fruity 
fragrance and pleasing color—orange on the 
inner face with a bright canary-yellow base 
and the back of the petals paler and in¬ 
clined to apricot. 
Olympiad 
/-MviiDiAn The color is a lustrous ori- 
vJLYMrlAU. ental scarlet, its depth and 
warmth accentuated by a bright golden base. 
This richness is further intensified by a 
marvelous velvety sheen that renders the 
flower exceedingly effective, especially in 
artificial light. 
81 
