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Catkins Nurseries, ,^ J\d idlqthian, Firginia 
Watkins Hybrid Tea Everblooming Roses 
We are offering the most choice list of varieties, 
except where noted. Shipment after December 1st. 
RED ROSES 
ETOILE DE FRANCE— (H. T.) A brilliant shade 
of clear velvety red-crimson centering to a vivid 
cerise. Large flowers on long, stiff stems. Bronze- 
green foliage. 
ETOILE DE HOLLANDE— (H. T.) This Rose is 
comparatively new and its worth has been realized 
more and more as it has been tried out. It is con¬ 
sidered by Rose experts to be one of the best red 
Roses on the market today. Flower moderately dou¬ 
ble, especially attractive when half blown. Its dark 
red overlaid with almost black velvet shadings is 
irresistible. 
MAMAN COCHET—Red. (Helen Gould.) It is 
claimed to be the largest flowering and freest bloom¬ 
ing Hybrid Tea Rose in existence, and the most beau¬ 
tiful and satisfactory rose for general planting ever 
offered. Color is a rich, deep pink. 
RED RADIANCE —The wonderful, globular, heavy¬ 
stemmed “Radiance” duplicated in all respects except 
color; this sport form being a brilliant crimson. 
YELLOW AND RED— 
TWO-TONED ROSES 
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER— A glorious 
new Rose unfolding its broad, thick petals unhurriedly 
from the beautiful pointed bud. Vivid cerise-pink, 
softly flamed with yellow, orange and scarlet; this 
combination most emphatic on the reverse. The per¬ 
fume is exquisite; the foliage ornamental. 
REV. F. PAGE-ROBERTS— A fine, big, colorful 
rose, glorious in the cooler days of autumn. A full, 
shapely flower, golden yellow stained outside with 
red; the copper-red buds extra long. 
TALISMAN —The most gorgeous assemblage of 
colors in one flower ever presented by a rose, exhibited 
mostly in well defined angular blocks; gold, apricot- 
yellow, blood-orange, deep pink and old rose. The 
bud is long and shapely, developing into medium 
sized compactly double flowers; a free-bloomer, with 
glossy foliage. 
YELLOW ROSES 
MRS. PIERRE S. DU PONT. (H. T.) (1929.) 
Ophelia X unnamed seedling of R. foetida bicolor 
parentage. Medium-sized, long-pointed bud of red¬ 
dish gold; flower medium size, semi-double, cupped, 
moderately fragrant, deep golden yellow, becoming 
slightly lighter with age. Abundant, rich green 
foliage. 
SAFRANO. Bright apricot yellow, changing to 
orange and fawn, frequently tinted with rose. 
YELLOW KILLARNEY. A yellow variety of the 
old, dependable and ever popular Killarney. 
WHITE ROSES 
FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI—The White American 
Beauty or Snow Queen. An everywhere hardy, vig¬ 
orous grower, with bright green leaves, delicately 
veined; splendid long buds and magnificent snow- 
white blooms with large saucer-shaped petals. 
Rightly named and deservedly a prize winner. 
2 year field grown, 60c each, $6.00 per dozen, postpaid, 
NEW PATENTED 
EVERBLOOMING ROSES 
(See 4th Cover for Color Illustrations) 
SIGNORA. (Plant Patent Applied For.) This 
Rose from the land of sunshine and Chianti 
wine, is a real masterpiece, in both plant and 
bloom. Long bud of a warm burnt sienna open¬ 
ing to a lighter hud toward mandarine. The 
plant is tall growing with every bloom on a 
long stem. Foliage is handsome. Indispensible 
to those who grow roses mainly for cutting. 
(Colie Oppio Gold Medal 1935.) See fourth 
cover color illustration. 
2.00 each 20.00 per doz. 
ECLIPSE. (Plant Patent No. 172.) The inter¬ 
national sensation of the year, awarded prizes 
in Rome, Paris and other test gardens. The 
long stream-lined bud, enhanced by ornamental 
sepals, is of rich gold without shading. Petals 
are large and tough, but not numerous, averag¬ 
ing 20 to 25, with more in the autumn. Speak¬ 
ing of this Rose, a connoisseur remarked, Ele¬ 
gance is preferable to opulence.” The name 
“Eclipse” came about because the seedling 
bloomed for the first time on the day of the 
total eclipse, August, 1932, and it will go in 
commerce with the slogan “It Eclipses ’em All.” 
See fourth cover color illustration. 
1.50 each 15.00 per doz. 
GLOAMING. (Plant Patent No. 137.) A cut- 
flower variety which has proved a “winner” 
wherever grown. Its large buds are carried on 
long rigid stems amply clothed with handsome 
foliage. The plant is vigorous and branching, 
fairly tall growing. Bloom is of unusual color¬ 
ing—fawn orange in the bud and the large full 
blooms are of a peculiar pink overlaid with 
salmon. See fourth cover color illustration. 
1.50 each 15.00 per doz. 
COUNTESS VANDAL. (Plant Patent No. 38.) 
The Rose of Roses ! “Countess” has been en¬ 
thusiastically received by Rose-lovers every¬ 
where. Its long-pointed bud, its distinctive 
shadings of coppery bronze suffused with soft 
gold, and its form are a continuous “movie” 
developing new beauty at all times during its 
long life. A leading seller among Hybrid Tea 
Roses. 
1.00 each 10.00 doz. 
DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY. A pure white 
“sport” from the pink Killarney; equal to it in all 
the good points of the latter, superior to it in some. 
One strong point of superiority is that it has more 
petals than the parent variety, and these petals are 
of greater substance, so it is of greater value for out¬ 
door bedding. The buds and flowers are beautiful 
beyond description; many consider it easily the fin¬ 
est white garden rose in cultivation. 
