American-Grown Roses 
ESPITE the fact that our nursery enterprise involves the production 
of every good thing that will grow in America, carried on with the 
aid of a large body of skilled propagators and cultivators over hundreds 
of acres of selected land, we consider that Rose-production is the 
heart of the enterprise. 
We produce each year a full half-million Roses, and have constantly more 
than 60 acres in use in growing these Roses and the stocks upon which they 
are budded; for our Rose-growing work is complete, not depending on others for 
the vital root-system which controls the life of every outdoor Rose. 
We present in the following pages our completely revised catalogue, increased 
in scope and variety and made particularly accurate in description and statement. 
We have added many illustrations, some of them in color, to aid in the selection 
of the Roses that will do best anywhere in America. 
Novel features in this catalogue will be found to include designations of Roses 
by color so that it is possible much more conveniently to select on that basis, 
as well as lists of Roses for special uses. 
It is in the interest of satisfaction that we urge our friends to advise us early 
of their wants, so that we may more efficiently serve them. With so large an 
assortment, some varieties are grown in limited numbers. 
It is further our pleasure to offer real advantages to those who will permit us 
to select for them 25 or more Roses in one order, the only requirement being a 
statement of the purpose and the place. 
In broad America, Roses flourish from ocean to ocean, from the Gulf to the 
Arctic Circle. All lands may have Roses, but as yet far too few of them do have 
Roses, and our land is no exception. In fact, the Rose is not yet universal in America 
as it is in England, in France, and in other European countries. 
One reason for this lack of beneficent Rose extension is that suitable varieties 
have not always been available. It is our work to provide suitable Roses for 
every part of America. Not only do we grow Roses, but we love Roses, and we 
want those who buy of us to feel that we are interested with them in making the 
American nation the real world-home of the garden Roses, so that the fine motto 
of the American Rose Society, “A Rose for every home, a bush for every garden,” 
may be made good. 
We gather Roses from all the earth and try them out. Our experimentation 
and testing is unique, we believe, in commercial Rose-culture, both in its extent 
and in its quality. 
Copyright 1923 by Bobbink & Atkins 
