CALIFORNIA ROSES, INC. 
TO OUR PATRONS: 
We enjoy meeting our customers and considering their 
problems. We have formed many lasting friendships in 
this way. We should like to become acquainted with 
more of you, if not face to face, then, at least through cor¬ 
respondence. 
In this catalogue color plates are omitted because we 
feel that, however attractive, they are misleading and do 
not give you a fair basis for judging your needs. 
We have spared no effort or expense in producing good 
Roses, true to name and color. While our descriptions 
and data on each variety and our cultural instructions are 
designed especially to meet the needs of Rosarians of 
the Southwest, they will be found in the main applicable 
to all localities free from severe winters. 
The Roses are grouped under color to assist in their 
selection. We feel that six of a variety or of different 
kinds in one color bracket are needed to insure the cut¬ 
ting of a bouquet in a given color at almost any time. 
We cannot too strongly recommend the single and semi¬ 
double Roses for sheer beauty, simplicity and individual¬ 
ity. We are told that our collection of singles is second 
to none in America. 
We have also a large group of Polyantha Roses and 
are constantly adding to our varieties of Specie (wild or 
native), Rugosa, Moss, Hybrid Perpetual, and all Shrub 
and Climbing Roses. 
We recommend the shorter Tree Roses with trunks from 
twenty-four to thirty-six inches high for average planting 
because the regular trees with forty-two inch canes bloom 
above the line of vision, thus losing half the value of 
the plant as an accent in the landscape. The tall trees 
are not in balance with our small homes; they fit in with 
large plantings and along sweeping driveways to state¬ 
ly mansions. 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 
The numerals in parentheses, viz: (1), (2), (3), (4), and 
(5) following the variety name designate the ultimate 
height of the variety. We do not attempt to measure this 
in feet because of the varied conditions in the different 
section, but designate (1) as Low Growing, Polyanthas, 
dwarfs, midgets; (2) Medium Growing, short Hybrid Teas, 
taller Polyanthas; (3) Average, general run of Hybrid 
Teas; (4) Tall, stronger growing Hybrid Teas and lesser 
shrub and Hybrid Rugosas; and (5) Pillar and Tall Shrub 
Roses, Hybrid Perpetuals, Hybrid Rugosas, etc. 
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