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YILLE DE PARIS (HT). Globular buds and big bowl-shaped 
flowers of clear unblemished yellow. 
WILHELM KORDES (HT. 1922). Long pointed buds and dou¬ 
ble, high centered flowers of deep golden salmon, overspread 
with a tint of copper and veined with red. Very fragrant. 
Vigorous, compact growth. 
ERWIN S SPECIAL ROSE OFFER 
This offer contains 10 of the most beautiful roses we 
grow. All healthy and free blooming. Shipped ready 
to be put into their new homes and start producing 
beautiful roses. 
1 Crusader 
1 Red Radiance 
2 K. A. Viktoria 
1 Mary, Countess of 
Illchester 
1 Dame Edith Helen 
Shipped postpaid to 
for only 
1 Radiance 
1 Rev. F. Page-Roberts 
1 Marie. Grand Duchess 
of Luxembourg 
1 Pres. Herbert Hoover 
$ 6)70 
Patented Roses 
J\[ationally Advertised and Priced 
AMELIA EARHART (Plant Patent No. 63). Truly a 
“magnum” Pernet, large, yellow, vigorous. Large 
ovoid bud, cream with blushes; flowers very full, 
graduating from a deep yellow center to an outer 
collarette of large cream petals with a blush overtone ; 
extremely fragrant. Each $1.50, per dozen $15.00. 
NIGRETTE (Illustrated on Front Cover). “The Black 
Rose of Sangerhausen” (Plant Patent No. 87). The 
cup-shaped flowers are intensely deep maroon, with 
blackish velvety sheen, and are deliciously fragrant. 
It is the darkest of Roses, appearing almost black from 
a little distance. The petals do not burn in the sun. 
Plant is continuously in bloom, spending most of its 
energy in forming blossoms. Each $2.00, per dozen 
$ 20 . 00 . 
TEXAS CENTENNIAL (HT. Patent Applied For). Color, 
brick-red, with a dainty shade of gold; center of 
flower lighter red, toning to dark pink as the bloom 
ages. The bud is long pointed, opening into a large, 
moderately fragrant flower, carried on a long, strong 
stem. Sport of President Herbert Hoover. Resists 
heat better than any known red. Each $1.00, per 
dozen $10.00. 
GOLDEN CLIMBER (Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James. Plant 
Patent No. 28). The Hybrid-Tea-flowered Climber. The 
most interesting and unusual feature is that its hardi¬ 
ness is combined with blooms of Hybrid Tea type and 
quality, long lasting and almost always solitary on 
stems often 18 inches or longer. It is very hardy. 
Golden Climber received the Gold Medals of the Massa¬ 
chusetts Horticultural Society, the American Rose So¬ 
ciety, and the Certificate of Merit of the National Rose 
Society of England. Each $1.50, per dozen $15.00. 
COUNTESS VANDAL (Plant Patent No. 38). At all the 
Rose shows in Europe during the season of 1931 this 
rose took first prizes, medals, and awards of commen¬ 
dation. making a veritable sensation in the Rose world. 
Its long, pointed buds are coppery salmon and golden 
yellow, opening to large, bronzy pink flowers frequent¬ 
ly more than 5 inches across, its long, deep petals re¬ 
flexing in a graceful manner so that it has an ex¬ 
quisite delicacy of form unapproached by other varieties 
of similar size. Upright and vigorous ; bronzy foliage 
and prolific flowering habit. Each $1.00 ; per dozen 
$ 10 . 00 . 
John Russell 
Souv. De Geo. Pernet 
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