PATENTED ROSES 
OUR 1939 
SPRING CATALOGUE 
UNLISTED PLANT 
THE BROWNELL 
ROSES 
If you cannot fill your w 
our catalogues or lists, writ 
the largest commercial colh 
world and may have a few 
plants of just what you 
are looking for. Our Rose 
collection is especially 
complete and contains 
about every variety worth 
growing. We comb the 
world for new things and 
collectors would do well 
to pay us a visit. 
In addition to the Brownell Roses, we offer 
the following patented varieties which we 
believe are the best of those now in general 
distribution. 
Our spring catalogue, mailed last 
February (to which this publication 
is supplementary), contains much 
information on culture and winter 
protection. Copies will be mailed 
promptly on application if this 
catalogue is not now in your posses¬ 
sion. We also publish lists of 
(1) Trained Fruit Trees for planting 
against walls or trellises. (2) Hy¬ 
brid and Species Lilacs. 100 varie¬ 
ties. (3) A/.alea pontica Hybrids 
I and A. rustica, including 35 of the 
■ most gorgeous of all deciduous 
f Azaleas. (4) Grapes. Special va¬ 
rieties for greenhouse forcing. (5) 
French Hydrangeas for forcing 
under glass. If interested, ask for 
the list you want. 
We have gathered together here the in- 
troduc 'is of the Brownells of Little 
Comp n, Rhode Island, who are now 
air- ^ A erica’s foremost breeders of 
HYBRID TEAS 
Each 
Better Times. Pat. 23. Cerise-red.SI 00 
Carillon. Pat. 136. Coral-flame. . 85 
Countess Vandal. Pat. 38. Coppery bronze 
and pink. 1 00 
Crimson Glory. Pat. 105. Deep velvety 
crimson. 1 25 
Dicksons Red. Pat. pending. Scarlet. 1 50 
Eclipse. Pat. 172. Golden yellow ..... 1 25 
Feu Pernet-Ducher. Pat. 103. Golden 
yellow. 1 00 
Gloaming. Pat. 137. Salmon-pink and gold. 1 00 
Golden Main. Pat. 254. Pure clean yellow . I 25 
Golden State. P.it. 103. Golden I 50 
McGredy’s Pink. Pat. 341. Bright pink 1 50 
Mme. Cochet-Cochet. Pat. 129. Soft 
salmon-pink. 1 00 
Polar Bear. Pat. 132. Tinted white. 1 00 
Radio. Pat. 197. Yellow, striped carmine. . . 1 00 
R. M. S. Queen Mary. Pat. 249. Glowing 
salmon and pink._.. 1 50 
Signora. Pat. 201. Mandarin and salmon.. 1 
Warrawee. Pat. 140. Shell-pink. 1 00 
FALL 1939 COLLECTION OF 
EVERBLOOMING ROSES 
HYBRID TEAS 
Br O’Day. HT. (1937.) Pat. pending. A 
ust plant with large, double flowers of orange- 
apricot, shaded with lighter flesh tints. Fragrant. 
50 petals. $1.50 each. 
Lily Pons. HT. (1938.) Propagation rights re¬ 
served. Large double flowers of deep yellow 
shading to palest yellow and white. Vigorous 
growth and profuse bloom. $1.50 each. 
Pink Princess. Sub-zero HT. (1939.) Propaga¬ 
tion rights reserved. Full-petaled, fragrant pink 
Rose ot unusual freedom ot bloom. $1.50 each. 
Here is a dozen Roses that will furnish color in the garden and cut-flowers for the house. 
They are tried-and-truc varieties and give a wide range of color. A Rose-garden planted with 
these collections will give pleasure and satisfaction. 
Autumn. Bright yellow, streaked with red. Heinrich Wendland. Unfading nasturtium-red; 
Condesa de Sastago. Fiery copper with a golden reverse deep golden \ cl low. 
yellow reverse. Margaret McGredy. Carmine-rose. 
Elli Knab. Inside light rose-pink; outside bright McGredy s Scarlet. Scarlet. 
pink. Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont. Rich yellow. 
Edith Nellie Perkins. Coppery rose and salmon- Mme. Jules Bouche. \\ hite. 
pink. Talisman. Golden yellow and red. 
Etoile de Hollande. Large; velvety crimson. Ville de Paris. Clear unblemished yellow. 
CLIMBING 
CRIMSON GLORY 
Pat. 105 
CLIMBERS 
Apricot Glow. LC. (1936.) Pat. 200. A great 
Climber with light apricot, double flowers in large 
clusters. $1 each. 
Copper Glow. LC. (1939.) Propagation rights 
reserved. Large, fragrant flowers of brilliant 
copper. Blooms over a long period. $1.50 each. 
Elegance. LC. (1937.) Pat. pending. Large, 
double flowers of spectrum-yellow, shading to 
pale yellow on outer petals. Long-stemmed I Iv- 
brid Tea quality on a vigorous Climber. $1 eacn. 
Golden Climber (Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James). 
LC. (1933.) Pat. 28. Dirge, fragrant, clear sun¬ 
flower-yellow blooms on long stems. Blooms best 
on old canes, so be careful in pruning. $1 each. 
Golden Glow. LC. 1 1936.) Pat. 263. Pure yellow 
Hybrid-Tca-Iike flowers 3 ! j to 5 inches across. 
Tea fragrance. Vigorous. $1 each. 
Golden Orange Climber. LC. (1937.) Pat. 96. 
Large, semi-double flowers in shades of yellow 
and orange. Crinkled petals. $1 each. 
Peggy Ann Landon. LC. (1937.) Pat. applied 
for. Sunflower-yellow-orange blooms of good size 
on a vigorous plant. $1 each. 
Doubloons. Pat. 152. Yellow. 
Flash. Pat. pending. Scarlet face, yellow 
reverse. 
Golden Climber. Pat. 28. Sunflower-yellow. 
Ruth Alexander. Pat. 178. Orange and 
peach-red. 
12 Everblooming Roses, 01 
kind (value $10.00) for . 
Postpaid for cash with order east of the Mississippi. 
AUTUMN 
(W. Kordes Sons, 1935) 
A beautiful crimson 
flower shaded deep red 
and mellowed by a vel¬ 
vety nap. Wonderful fra¬ 
grance. Borne continu¬ 
ously on low but healthy 
plants. $1.25 each. 
If west, add 10 per cent to pay transportation 
POLYANTHAS 
Anne Poulsen. Pat. 182. Scarlet. 75 
Permanent Wave. Pat. 107. W avy; red .. . 75 
Snowbank. Pat. 279. Large; white. 85 
World’s Fair. Pat. pending. Red. 1 00 
Single prices are given above. 75-ct. varieties 
are $7.50 per dozen, 85-ct. varieties are $8.50 per 
dozen, $1 varieties are $10 per dozen, $1.25 varie¬ 
ties are $12.50 per dozen, and $1.50 varieties are 
$15 per dozen. 
3 plants of one variety at the dozen rate 
Old-fashioned 
Rose 
Collection 
Hybrid 
Perpetual 
Collection 
These are the Roses our ancestors 
enjoyed a century ago. They bloom 
but once each year but the hardy 
shrubby plants bear quantities of 
beautiful fragrant flowers that are 
distinctly different. 
You will cherish these old Roses 
once you see their bloom. 
Crested Moss. Bright rose-pink. 
Cardinal de Richelieu. (Gallica.) Rich 
blackish crimson. 
Kazanlik. (Damask.) Bright rosy pink. 
Mah'ina (Moss.) Pale pink. 
Rosa gallica (Apothecaries’ Rose). Dark 
pink. 
Variegata di Bologna. (Cabbage.) White, 
striped purplish red. 
ROSA 
GALLICA 
The old June Roses give a garden 
an air of permanence and the hardy, 
healthy plants produce crops of 
bloom unequaled by their modern 
descendants. 
Here is a choice collection of 
aristocrats. 
CREEPING OR TRAILING 
Carpet of Gold. LC. (1939.) Propagation 
rights reserved. A creeping or trailing 
plant running close* to the ground, bearing 
brilliant Yellow, single, fragrant flowers 2 
to 3 inches in diameter. $1 each. 
Coral Creeper. LC. (1937.) Propagation rights 
reserved. Semi-double flowers of apricot-orange 
shading to light pink. Can be used as a Climber 
BETTY UPRICHARD 
Baroness Rothschild. Light pink. 
Felbergs Rosa Druschki. Rose-pink. 
Frau Karl Druschki. Snow-white. 
George Dickson. Dark vehrety-red. 
Hugh Watson. Deep pink. 
Mrs. R. G. Sharman-Crawford. Rosy 
pink. 
RUTH ALEXANDER 
LC. Pat. 178 
(Rena E. Wilber, 1936) 
Creeping Everbloom. Sub-zero LC. (1939.) 
Pr lagation rights reserved. Fragrant, double 
re< ver up to J inches in diameter, in clusters 
on is no to 3 feet long which lie prostrate on 
SPECIAL 
GROUP 
This collection is made up ol half-a-dozen fool¬ 
proof Pvoncr, kind that practically take care of 
themselves. 
At these prices anyone can have a Rose-garden. 
Mme. Butterfly. Salmon-flesh, tinted gold. 
Radiance. Rose-pink. 
Red Radiance. Clear red. 
ena 
This gorgeous climbing Rose is in a class by itself. 
Tt is a vigorous plant with heavy cancs and extra- 
large, heavy, leathery dark bronzy green foliage. 
The flowers are from 4} 2 to 5 inches in diameter, of 
rich cadmium-orange with the outer third of each 
petal a glowing peach-red. There are only about 
15 petals in this great Rose, just enough for the 
gorgeous colors to show to best advantage. In addi¬ 
tion to beauty the flower is blessed with a rich 
fruity fragrance. $1.50 each. 
U"OUj 
u miner 
and fall. $1.50 each. 
Frederick S. Peck. LC. (1937.) Propagation 
rights reserved. Semi-double flowers of deep 
grenadine-pink with yellow tints in center. $1 
each. 
Little Compton Creeper. LC. (1937.) Propaga¬ 
tion rights reserved. Single, deep rose-pink flow¬ 
ers in large clusters. Brightly colored seed-pods 
in fall. SI each. 
Betty Uprichard. Salmon-pink. 
Charles K. Douglas. Crimson-scarlet. 
Golden Dawn. Pale yellow; fragrant. 
6 Everblooming Roses, one of eachA« f\/% 
Lind (value $4.50) for. *P<JiWV 
Postpaid for cash with order east of the Mississippi. If west, add 10 per cent to pay transportation 
This special group must be delivered this fall. We cannot afford to store the plants over 
winter for these prices. 
One each of these 6 lovely va 
rieties (value $5.50) (tr A/1 
CARDINAL 
DE RICHELIEU 
FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI 
ted in spring 
HYBRID TEAS 
SCOTCH ROSES 
New CROSS ROSES 
Rosa spinosissima and its hybrids arc extremely 
hardy, trouble-free plants, making compact bushes 
combining well with other shrubs and also handsome 
as specimen plants. Require little care. 
$1 each, $9 for 10 of one variety, 
except where noted 
Flavescens. A rare variety with pale lemon flowers. 
Harison’s Yellow. The yellow shrub Rose of old- 
time gardens. Semi-double, bright yellow flowers 
on fool-proof plants 6 t" 8 feet tall. 75 cts.each. 
Lady Hamilton. Bud of a rose shade changing to 
rosy blush as the semi-double flowers unfold. 
Exquisite. 
Maria Stuart. A beautiful white Spinosissima 
hybrid. 
Rosenwunder. Nice bushes with quantities of deep 
rose flowers. A choice variety. 
Sonnenlicht. A very desirable yellow variety with 
splendid plants. 
Spinosissima. The original Scotch Rose with 
Elli Knab. (Kordes, 1934.) Beautiful double flowers of t 
toned pink. Long stems for cutting. Disease-free foliage. , . 
Grace Noll Crowell. (Vestal, 1929.) Beautiful cactus-t 
blooms of rose-pink. Splendid plants with few thorns. 
Mme. Croibier. (Gaujard, 1935.) Bright, unfading sail 
flowers on long stems. Strong growth. 
Yellow Sastago. A yellow sport of Condesa de Sastago, grov 
and blooming like its parent. A fine Rose.. 
POLYANTHAS 
Heidezauber. (Tantau, 1936.) A distinct flower somewhat like 
Gruss an Aachen in form but color a dark red. Makes a grand 
solid bed. 
Maud E. Gladstone. (Bees Ltd., 1926.) Pink-coral and chrome- 
yellow flowers with Tea Rose perfume. Moderate bushy plants. 
$1 each, $9 for 10 of one variety 
Belle Lyonnaise. (Levet, 1860.) Cream-yellow of good : 
Etoile de Lyon. (Guillot, 1881.) Golden yellow; lovely i 
Perle des Jardins. (Levet, 1874.) Dark yellow, shaded 
of the best Teas. 
POLYANTHA ROSE. MRS. R. M. FINCH 
BOURBON AND NOISETTE 
$1.50 each 
Charles Lawson. Bourbon. (Lawson, 1853.) Bright pink, cupped. 
Deschamps. Noisette. (Deschamps, 1877.) Rich cherry-red. Blooms 
again in autumn. 
Mme. Arthur Oger. Bourbon. (A. Oger, 1899.) Brilliant pink. 
Double. 
Mme. Jules Gravereaux. CL Noisette. (Soupert & Notting, 1901.) 
Flesh-pink with yellow center. Fragrant. 
Mme. Pierre Oger. (Oger, 1879.) Creamy white petals, edged pink. 
Ophirie. Cl. Noisette. (Goubault, 1841.) Reddish copper. Sweet. 
POLYANTHA COLLECTION 
The Polyanthas are the most cons 
and for solid beds, edgings, low hedge: 
bery and evergreens, are unexcelled. 
Belvedere. Dark red. 24 in. 
Cameo. Shell-pink and salmon. 18 to 24 in. 
Chatillon Rose. Bright pink. 24 in. 
Dorothy Howarth. Clear rosy pink. 24 in. 
Ellen Poulsen. Rose-pink. 15 to 18 in. 
Evelyn Thornton. Pale pink and gold. 
18 to 24 in. 
Gruss an Aachen. Flesh-pink and salmon- 
yellow. 15 to 18 in. 
One each of 12 varieties 
(value $9.75) pa 
MISCELLANEOUS 
$1.50 each 
Felicia. Semi-climbing. (Pemberton, 1928.) Blush-pink I 
Moonlight. Semi-climbing. (Pemberton, 1913.) Creamy w 
Nubian. CHP. (Bobbink & Atkins, 1937.) Dark velvety 
red. Has 8-ft. canes. 
Reichsprasident von Hindenburg. CUT. (Lambert 
1933.) Salmon-pink. Fragrant. 
Rosa Brunoni. The Himalayan Musk Rose. Large A 
shrub or Climber. Single, white, sweet-scented flow- M 
ers in clusters. 
GOLDEN CLIMBER lc. Pat. 28 
(Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James) 
This beautiful Rose, originated by the Brownells, 
is a strong climbing plant which does not bloom until 
it is thoroughly established, usually in the third or 
fourth year, but then it produces hundreds of per¬ 
fectly formed golden yellow flowers of I lybrid Tea 
quality and fragrance, on \]/i to 2-foot stems. 
One of the greatest Climbers ever produced. $1 
each. 
R. M. S. QUEEN MARY ht. Pat. 249 
(H. A. Verschuren, 1937) 
A glorious blending of rich glowing salmon and 
pink with an orange base, the whole effect being a 
lovely warm pink. These large, full, delicately per¬ 
fumed blooms develop from long-pointed buds 
which carry beautiful tones. The strong, bushy 
plants have attractive, healthy foliage and the 
flowers are produced on long, strong stems, making 
it an ideal cut-flower. $1.50 each. 
Postage or expressage prepaid for cash with order east of the Mississippi 
CHINA OR BENGAL ROSES 
$1 each, $9 for 10 of one variety 
Ducher. (Ducher, 1869.) White; fully double. 
Louis Philippe. (Guerin, 1834.) Purplish scarlet-red. 
Pink Pet. (Lilley, 1928.) Clear pink. 
Serratipetala. Tyrian-rose and pomegranate-purple. 
NEW CLIMBING ROSE, RUTH ALEXANDER. Pat. 178 
HYBRID TEA, R. M. S. QUEEN MARY. Pat. 249 
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