North A bington.Mass. 
Better Roses 49 
Mrs. Aaron Ward. Buff-yellow buds opening to creamy salmon, delicately formed 
blooms. Frilled petals lend a distinct charm to this ever-popular rose. 
Mrs. Charles Bell. A spot of radiant pink. Clear shell-pink blooms, but distinctive 
in color. A new rose but exceptional in its class. 
Mrs. E. P. Thom. A strong, healthy yellow rose of better form than most yellows. 
Rich lemon flowers, very sweet scented and with dark green, heavy foliage. A 
front-liner by reason of its color. 
Mrs. Henry Morse. A two-tone pink rose with lustrous silvery shadings. Long, 
artistic buds open to long-lasting, fragrant blooms. A standard in popularity 
for several years. 
Mrs. Pierre S. Dupont. A gold medal rose of golden yellow. Buds rather small 
but exquisitely formed, opening to the richest yellow known in roses. 
President Herbert Hoover. Multi-colored. Buds borne on long, strong stems open 
to dark pink and rose, orange streaked with red, shadings of salmon and apricot. 
Its vigorous growing qualities bring it to the head of the list. 
Radiance. The old reliable original pink rose. The best all around rose for be¬ 
ginners. Sparkling pink blooms on strong, vigorous plants bring perfect rose 
satisfaction. 
Red Radiance. Very much like Radiance in every respect except that the flowers 
are bright cerise-red instead of pink. 
Souvenir de Claudius Pernet. A bright unfading yellow rose with shining foliage 
and vigorous habit. The standard for yellows. 
Syracuse. A large, shapely scarlet rose exquisite in bud. Very double 
in open blooms which are unusually long lasting. 
Talisman. Multi-colored. For all-round performance this multi¬ 
colored rose is the winner. A combination of orange, yellow, rose- 
red and scarlet, making the finest garden rose for cutting. 
Ville de Paris. A buttercup-yellow rose of unfailing popularity, 
pointed in bud and fairly large in bloom. Long stemmed and 
willowy, it is fairly profuse in blossoms. 
The Lovely Frau Karl Druschki 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses 
Massive June-Blooming Varieties 
Polyantha Roses 
Excellent for Center Entrance Planting, Lovely for Shrubbery, Paths, 
Borders and Edgings, Beds, etc. 
The name means “many-flowered.” 
They bear small flowers in big clusters 
steadily throughout the summer, and 
make dwarf, bushy plants suitable for 
edging beds of Hybrid Perpetuals, 
paths, fountains, pools, or shrubbery 
borders. Undoubtedly the most con¬ 
tinuous blooming type of roses. 
Potted Plants, 75c each; $6.50 per 10. 
Habit of Growth of 
Baby Rambler 
These Roses are bigger, stronger, and 
hardier than the Hybrid Teas. They are essen¬ 
tially cold country Roses, and delight in cool 
weather in spring and summer. Their magni¬ 
ficent blooms are produced in early summer 
and again in late fall, surpassing all other 
Roses in brilliance of color and in fragrance. . 
Potted Plants, 75c each; $6.50 per 10. 
Frau Karl Druschki. The most famous white 
rose in existence. Buds are pinkish, but 
the delightfully shaped flowers are pure, 
snowy white. Continuous bloom and beauty Habit of 
make its lack of fragrance unnoticeable. Growth 
Mrs. John Laing. Symmetrical, smooth flowers of soft, glowing pink, 
deliciously sweet. It blooms very dependably from early summer 
until late fall and is always one of the loveliest things in the garden. 
D. T. Poulsen. Semi-double, carmine-red. 
Ellen Poulsen. Large clusters of small, soft rose-pink flowers produced 
abundantly all summer. A solid bed of this variety is a mass of un¬ 
forgettable color. Splendid decorative plant. 
Elsa Poulsen. Full flowers of bright rose-pink, clustered on plants 
not more than 18 inches high. Suitable for a hedge. 
Golden Salmon. Heavy clusters of bright salmon-red flowers, flashiest 
of the Polyanthas. Another border plant. 
Gruss an Aachen. Orange-pink in bud, paling to soft salmon-pink 
and white upon opening. Flowers somewhat larger than most 
Polyanthas. 
Ideal. The best dark red Polyantha. The flowers are freely produced 
in large clusters. Ideal for bed or border. 
Triomphe Orleanais. Finest of the rich, cherry-red Polyanthas. Holds 
color well, admirable for a continuous-blooming, two-foot hedge. 
HOW TO PLANT ROSES 
Correct planting depth. Planted too shallow. Planted too deep. 
Paul Neyron. A popular old rose, having gigantic flowers of deep 
purple-rose, very fragrant and a persistent bloomer. 
Ulrich Brunner. 6 ft. Bright, sparkling crimson flowers of cup-like 
form and richly fragrant. The bush is particularly strong, and 
bloom most profusely in early summer. 
Polyantha Roses Make Attractive Small Hedges 
Ten Assorted Roses at the Ten Rate 
