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1937 CATALOG AND ROSE GUIDE 
RUGOSA ROSES 
The two varieties we offer are unusual 
in that they are ever blooming, very thorny 
and are not subject to the ravages of insect 
pests. They require no winter protection 
and we highly recommend them for hedg¬ 
ing and for planting in the cemetery. 
GROOTENDORST RED. Blooms continually 
in bright red flowers each resembling a 
small red carnation. 
Price_$0.60 
GROOTENDORST PINK. Same as the red 
except the color is a deep rose pink. 
Price_$0.60 
BABY OR POLYANTHA 
TYPE ROSES 
These Roses are generally low growing 
type of forms of the rambler type of Rose. 
They bloom continually, are perfectly hardy 
and are excellent for bordering Rose 
gardens or for bedding. 
BABY DOLL. Well-shaped buds (which re¬ 
semble Cecil Brunner's sweetheart Rose) 
except Baby Doll furnishes clusters of pink 
and coppery yellow, tipped with Rose. It 
is very free flowering and very beautiful. 
Price_$0.60 
CATHERINE ZIEMET. Large clusters of pure 
white flowers. Very effective to set off 
other colors of Roses. 
Price _$0.60 
CECILE BRUNNER. A miniature hybrid of 
pink and yellow. Very tiny double bud, 
sometimes known as The Sweetheart Rose. 
Price_$0.60 
CHATILLON. Bright pink, semi-double 
flowers borne in immense clusters during 
the entire season. 
Price_$0.60 
ELLEN POULSEN. Large, compact clusters 
of bright rosy pink flowers, slightly fragrant, 
borne very profusely on a dwarf plant, 12 
to 18 inches. 
Price _ $0.60 
GLORIA MUNDI. Brilliant orange-scarlet 
flowers in great profusion. This is one of 
the new baby Roses and we think will be 
one of the most popular. 
Price_$0.60 
GOLDEN SALMON. Bright orange flowers, 
large clusters. 
Price_ 
GRUSS AN AACHEN. Orange red and yel¬ 
low buds opening to salmon yellow flow¬ 
ers. A very effective plant, in bloom con¬ 
tinually. 
Price_$0.60 
IDEAL. One of the most popular of all the 
Polyantha Roses. Immense clusters of red¬ 
dish black blooms on a compact plant. In 
bloom all the time. 
Price_$0.60 
KIRSTEN POULSEN. A very attractive Fall 
growing variety that blooms almost con¬ 
tinuously with large clusters of open scarlet 
flowers. 
Price_$0.60 
LAFAYETTE. Large semi-double flowers of 
striking light crimson which fade very little, 
open frilled form, blooms very liberally in 
clusters of forty or more. Very healthy and 
more than usually attractive. 
Price_ $0.60 
MISS EDITH CAVELL. We recommend this 
as the best red baby Rose. Blooms very 
freely. Blooms are brilliant scarlet red. Free 
growing, symmetrical bush. 
Price_$0.60 
Baby Roses are gaining in popularity 
every year. For borders or low hedges they 
cannot be ^beaten, and they also make 
lovely Rose beds. A trip to the Municipal 
Rose Garden at Topeka, Kansas, or the dis¬ 
play in our gardens will demonstrate the 
wonderful effects of these Roses. 
OLD FASHIONED YELLOW 
ROSES 
These Roses were quite the thing in 
Grandmother's Garden, and they require 
no more attention than the old Elm tree. 
HARRISON'S YELLOW. Semi-double bright 
yellow flowers covering the bushes early in 
the spring. Perfectly hardy, requiring no 
protection in the A;inter. 
Price _ ._.$0.75 
PERSIAN .YELLOW. Double deep golden 
yellow flowers that bloom late in the spring. 
Hardy. 
Price _ $0.75 
HUGONIS. Called the Sacred Rose of 
China. Very early in the spring, before 
the foliage appears, the branches are cov¬ 
ered thickly with yellow single blossoms. 
Should be grown as a shrub. 
Price 
$0.60 
$0.75 
