HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 
5 
Each 
Mevrouw G. A. Van Rossem. A truly lovely 
rose with a unique color combination, being 
vivid orange and apricot on a golden yellow 
ground, often touched with bronze. Fragrant 
and of fine form. 
Mrs. Aaron Ward. (Pernet-Ducher, 1901.) 
Buff in bud, tawny yellow when open, of 
dwarf habit, free flowering and is good for the 
edges of beds .. 
Mrs. Erskine Pembroke Thom. Far superior to 
Souv. de Claudius Pernet as a yellow for the 
garden. Long buds of a rich lemon yellow 
color .. 
Mrs. Henry Bowles. (Chaplin Bros., 1921.) 
Luminous deep salmon pink, high centered 
flower . 
Mrs. Henry Morse. (S. McGredy & Son, 1919.) 
Bright rose, impregnated vermilion, dwarf 
habit and very free flowering, one of the finest 
hybrid teas in commerce. 
Mrs. Sam McGredy. (McGredy, 1930.) Large 
orange salmon flower with golden suffusion, 
vigorous and healthy. 
Mrs. P. S. Dupont. The long pointed buds are 
reddish gold, expanding into beautiful rich 
golden yellow flowers, a profuse bloomer and 
fragrant . 
President Herbert Hoover. (Coddington, 1930.) 
A very beautiful and fragrant rose which 
steadily grows in favor. The delightful com¬ 
bination of cerise pink, flame, scarlet and yel¬ 
low which makes up the flower thrills every¬ 
one, much superior outdoors to Talisman .... 
Radiance. (John Cook, 1908.) Probably the 
hardiest, most vigorous and most generally 
dependable hybrid tea in America, free from 
about all ailments, almost too robust to plant 
with the bulk of its class. Color silvery rose, 
and fragrant. 
R. M. S. Queen Mary. (H. A. Verschuren, 1937) 
Plant Patent 249. This was easily the most 
sensational new rose in 1938. Has received nu¬ 
merous high awards in Holland and the United 
States. The color is a glorious combination of 
rich salmon orange with a pure pink and or¬ 
ange base, free flowering, vigorous and very 
fragrant .$1.50 
Rapture. A sport from Mme. Butterfly but 
rather deeper in color. 
Red Radiance. A rosy red sport from Radiance, 
very vigorous . 
Rome Glory. (Aicardi, Italy.) This was selected 
as the official rose to glorify the third milen- 
nium of the founding of Rome, the Eternal 
City, very large and double richly perfumed 
crimson blooms. Long stems and a vigorous 
variety .$1.50 
Rev. F. Page Roberts. (B. R. Cant & Sons, 
1921.) A tremendously popular variety, the 
long pointed buds are coppery red in color, 
opening a lovely yellow, not a very good 
grower . 
Sir Henry Segrave. (Alex. Dickson & Sons, 
1932.) Long pointed buds develop into very 
large high centered flowers of a lemon yel¬ 
low color deepening towards the center, has 
a rich fragrance.$1.00 
Signora. (Aicardi, 1936, Patent 201.) A strik¬ 
ingly beautiful new variety, long buds of 
warm burnt sienna open to a lighter hue sug- 
