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RUGOSA ROSES 
Potted Roses for May 
and June Planting 
Peterson Potted Roses are mature, field- 
grown plants that have been put into 6-inch 
pots and carried over the winter in deep cold- 
frames. They are then specially handled for 
late spring and early summer planting, so 
there are none finer to fill in vacancies in your 
garden. They will be growing and may even 
be in bud when you receive them, but may 
still be planted with absolute safety. Orders 
received too late in the spring season for 
planting dormant stock will be filled with 
potted plants sent by express collect in water¬ 
proof paper pots. 
Customers driving to the nursery to take 
plants with them will find a good supply 
available in May and June. Many will be in 
bud, some in bloom, so the selection of varie¬ 
ties is made easy. 
As the season advances, certain varieties we 
offer may become sold out. However, when 
we are requested or given permission to assist 
you with the selection, you will always receive 
more than full value. Prices will be the same 
as for dormant stock. 
Peterson Peonies, grandest of all perennials, 
are presented on pages 29 to 31 
The Life of a 
Nursery-Grown Rose 
Our Rose plants are all grown in the open 
field. The seeds of Rosa multijiora japonica 
are first sown in the open field to provide 
hardy rootstocks. The largest seedlings are 
planted in the nursery row. Upon this strong 
and vigorous understock we then bud, in mid¬ 
summer, the many cultivated varieties. 
These newly budded plants remain in the 
field over the winter and are then harvested 
in autumn. It will thus be understood they 
have completed three years of nursery life. 
These large, strong, northern field-grown 
plants, three years from seed, are incompar¬ 
ably superior to the discarded “bench” Roses 
which have been forced for months in green¬ 
houses and which scarcely last one growing 
season. 
Refer to the 
Liberal Rose Discounts 
ON PAGES 12 AND 20 
AND ON THE ORDER SHEET 
ALL EXTRA GRADE 
AGNES. Finest yellow Rugosa. 6—7 ft. $1.00. 
F. J. GROOTENDORST. Bright crimson 
Rugosa. 4-5 ft. $1.00. 
HUGONIS. “The Golden Rose of China.” 
Unusually attractive single yellow blooms 
in May. Graceful, large shrub with red 
canes and thorns and attractive small foli¬ 
age. A beautiful plant all year round. 
4-5 ft. $1.00. 
PINK GROOTENDORST. Pink Rugosa. 
4-5 ft. $1.00. 
SKYROCKET. (W. Kordes Sons, 1934.) A 
real everblooming Pillar or Shrub Rose. 
Brilliant red blooms are borne in large 
clusters the entire season. With its fine, up¬ 
right habit, it may well be planted in a 
shrubbery border where constant color is 
needed. 6-7 ft. $1.00. 
VANGUARD. Orange-copper. A new Rugosa 
with the finest lustrous, dark green foliage. 
This year its blooms were truly magnificent 
and abundant without any exaggeration 
whatsoever. 7-8 ft. $1.25. 
TRAILERS 
Two Trailing Roses 
MAX GRAF. Produces large, single pink 
flowers against glossy foliage. 75 cts. 
ROSA WICHURAIANA. Trailing branches 
produce many white flowers. 75 cts. 
VANGUARD 
Worth waiting two to three years for an 
abundance of bloom, 
