THE pioneer of a new race of hardy roses 
A New Species 
Unlike Any Other Rose 
★ “HUGONIS” 
Recently Brought from China 
By Plant Explorer E. H. Wilson 
This Rose is a spectacular show in itself. 
Every branch of the previous year’s 
growth becomes lined on all sides, to the 
very tip, with closely set, wide-open, single 
flowers like dainty yellow hollyhocks, and 
the branches bend over with the weight 
of bloom. 
Its hardiness is remarkable, for we have 
never yet known even a tip of a single 
branch to winterkill, and the same excel¬ 
lent report comes from trials made in 
Massachusetts and Wisconsin. 
In this locality Hugonis bloomed the 
first week in May, 1918, two weeks 
ahead of our otherwise earliest Roses. 
This unique species is fine for shrub 
planting and makes a symmetrical bush 
about 6 feet in height and the same in 
diameter when fully matured. Picture 
this exquisite bush on your lawn, or at 
the corners of your house, in early spring. 
Think of the pleasure of looking forward 
daily from about the last week in April, 
when the buds begin to form, till the 
plant is a mass of fairy-like fluffy bloom 
the first week in May. 
When through blooming you will still 
have a most beautiful bush, for the acacia¬ 
like foliage on arching branches makes a 
most decorative shrub which, as far as 
we are aware, is never touched by disease of 
any kind but is clean and healthy always. 
Earn distinction by being the first 
to introduce this unique Rose in your 
neighborhood. 
Yard-Long Sprays of Lovely Yellow Bloom 
ROSA HUGONIS—A GEM 
Editor Horticulture: 
I note yours as to Rosa Hugonis in current 
issue. I have a strong-growing vigorous plant 
sent me by our old friend, Jackson Dawson, 
which is a thing of beauty at this present time. 
It has been out three winters and passed 
through the last unprotected and comes out un¬ 
injured — as good a test of hardiness as could be 
had. This is the third year of its blooming, 
always pleasing and admired by all. I have 
never seen any “bugs” or troublesome insects 
on it; it is free from the ugly thorns of the 
Scotch rose; each branch is a garland of most 
beautiful yellow, elegantly garnished with small 
deep-colored foliage. I hold it as a gem. Yours, 
C. W. Hoitt, Nashua, N. H., May 21 , 1918 . 
REPORT BY 
Plant Explorer E. H. Wilson 
OF THE 
ARNOLD ARBORETUM 
Who Discovered This Rose 
in China 
“It is an upright-growing shrub 
with slender and spreading branches 
on which the fragrant flowers are 
borne in yard-long sprays of soft yel¬ 
low. As I write in mid-November, 
the foliage is still on the shrub and 
has assumed a dark purple tint.” 
Price for OWN-ROOT Plants: 1-yr., 
pot-grown, $1, postpaid. Field-grown, 
2-yr., $2.50; Star size, $3.50; Extra 
size, $5 □. 
Index to The Best Roses for America O^ges) 
Intelligent buyers will appreciate, we believe, this classification. 
showing Rose 
June-Blooming Roses — Page 
(Which make a glorious show in “Rose 
Season” and are entirely hardy even in the 
North.). 16-25 
Hardy Climbing Roses and Ramblers for 
Covering Archways, Trellises, Fences, Banks, 
Walls and Buildings. 16-19 
Wichuraiana or Memorial Roses. 16 
Rugosa Roses (very hardy). 20 
Moss, Briar, Provence Roses. 21 
Green, Blue, and Striped Roses, and Roses 
Extraordinary. 21 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses. 22-23 
families, etc. 
Page 
Everblooming Roses— 
(The following will bloom from spring until 
frost, but require winter protection in the 
latitude of Pennsylvania.) 
Star (★) Size. 25 
Our Reliable Collection and Other Sets. 
8 , 10 , 14 , 17 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 50 
Hybrid Tea Roses. 8-11 
Tea Roses. 12-13 
Polyantha Roses. 14 
Bourbon, Bengal, and China Roses. 15 
Climbing Roses of the Everblooming Class. . . 15 
Ready-made Collections of Choicest H.P.’s ...23 
Roses Selected for Northern Climates. 23 
Colored Cover-page Offers. 2 , 4 , 27 , 50 
“How to Grow Roses/* A Book. 7 
Rose-Garden Requisites. 49 
Insecticides. 49 
Abbreviations Used 
A.B., Austrian Briar 
Ben., Bengal 
Bou., Bourbon 
C.Ben., Climbing Ben¬ 
gal 
Ch., China 
C.H.T., Climbing Hy¬ 
brid Tea 
C.P., Climbing Polyan¬ 
tha 
C.T., Climbing Tea 
Dsk., Damask 
H.B., Hybrid Briar 
H.Ch., Hybrid China 
H.M., Hybrid Multi¬ 
flora 
H.P., Hybrid Perpetual 
H.R., Hybrid Rugosa 
H.S.B., Hybrid Sweet- 
briar 
H.T., Hybrid Tea 
H.W., Hybrid Wichu¬ 
raiana 
M. , Moss 
Mult., Multiflora 
N. , Noisette 
P., Polyantha 
Per., Pernetiana 
Rug., Rugosa 
S. B., Sweetbriar 
Spec., Species 
T. , Tea 
T.P., Tea Polyantha 
W., Wichuraiana, or 
Memorial 
VARIETY 
CLASS 
Page 
i-yr. 
2 -yr. 
★ 
size 
cts. 
cts. 
cts. 
Admiral Ward. 
H.T. 
* 
40 
Aglaia. 
H.M. 
* 
30 
60 
Alexander Hill Gray. 
T. 
24 
35 
65 
Alice Aldrich. 
H.R. 
20 
30 
60 
Alister Stella Gray... 
N. 
15 
35 
65 
America. 
Mult. 
19 
35 
65 
$1 
American Beauty.... 
H.P. 
* 
40 
75 
American Beauty, Cl.. 
C.H.W 
18 
40 
75 
$r 
American Pillar. 
H.M. 
19 
35 
65 
$1 
Anna de Diesbach. . . 
H.P. 
22 
35 
65 
$1 
Archduke Charles. . . 
Ben. 
15 
25 
50 
Arthur R. Goodwin .. 
H.T. 
* 
35 
VARIETY 
CLASS 
Pa/re 
i-yr. 
2 -yr. 
★ 
size 
cts. 
cts. 
cts. 
Aunt Harriet. 
H.W. 
18 
50 
Jl.so 
$3 
Aviateur Bleriot. 
II. W. 
l6 
35 
Augustus Hartmann. 
H.T. 
* 
35 
Baby Doll. 
P. 
14 
30 
60 
Baby Dorothy. 
P. 
14 
30 
60 
90 
Baby Rambler, Crim.. 
P. 
14 
30 
60 
90 
Baby Rambler, Pink. 
P. 
14 
30 
60 
90 
Baby Rambler, White. 
P. 
14 
30 
60 
90 
Baby Rambler, Yellow 
P. 
14 
30 
60 
Baby Tausendschon . 
P. 
14 
30 
Ball of Snow. 
H.P. 
22 
35 
65 
90 
Barbarossa. 
H.P. 
* 
30 
60 
VARIETY 
CLASS 
Page 
i-yr. 
2 -yr. 
★ 
size 
cts. 
cts. 
cts. 
Baron de Bonstetten. 
H.P. 
22 
35 
60 
Beauty of Rosemawr. 
Bou. 
* 
25 
50 
Bessie Brown. 
H.T. 
* 
35 
Betsy Van Nes. 
P. 
14 
30 
Birdie Blye. 
H.Ch. 
15 
35 
60 
90 
Blanche Moreau. 
M. 
21 
35 
65 
$1 
Blue Rose. 
H.M. 
19 
35 
65 
B lumenschmidt. 
T. 
13 
30 
60 
90 
Bon Silene. 
T. 
12 
30 
60 
Bride. 
T. 
13 
35 
Bridesmaid. 
T. 
13 
35 
Bridesmaid, Climbing 
C.T. 
15 
30 
Rose Specialists 
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★See Star Roses, page 25 
♦ This variety is offered in index only 
