Don't Be Misled - - 
Let’s Study Rose 
Grades! 
All plants shown here are "Two-year old,, 
field grown, budded bushes." They are all 
of the SAME VARIETY and dug from the 
same row. 
The average row of well grown 
roses grades out about as follows: No. 
1 grade—50 per cent; No. IV 2 —30 
per cent; No. 2—15 per cent; No. 3— 
5 per cent. 
Poorly grown roses contain many 
more plants of the lighter grades. No. 
li /2 grade at wholesale is worth 30 
per cent less than No. 1; No. 2 grade, 
50 per cent less; No. 3 grade, 75 per 
cent less. 
The American Association of Nur¬ 
serymen has established the following 
rules for grading the strong growing (like Radiance) Hybrid Tea Roses. No. 1 grade, 3 or more strong canes 18 
inches up; No. IV 2 grade, two or more strong canes 14 inches up; No. 2 grade, 2 or more canes 12 inches up; 
No. 3 or cull grade, 1 or more canes 8 inches up. The No. 3 or cull grade may contain larger plants of poor 
shape or insufficient roots for the upper grades. 
Length of limbs for the weaker growing varieties (most yellows) may be 4 inches less than the strong 
growers. The plants are lighter in weight. 
Now a rose bush jobber may advertise ’’TWO-YEAR OLD ROSE BUSHES 19c EACH PREPAID,” and fill 
your order with No. 3 grade and still be truthful and within the law. Or a price cutter may offer “Two-year 
bushes” at $2.50 or $3.00 a dozen and slip in a few under grade plants. Many rose firms use No. iy 2 grade 
plants entirely and sell them as “Two-year roses”—and are truthful. 
If you want No. 1 grade roses, don’t be misled by the terms, “strong two-year” or “Prime two-year.” 
Rose growers do not try to mislead each other with these terms—they sell to each other by standard grades. 
Our roses are usually cut back to about twelve inches before shipment. 
If you desire the cheaper plants, we can furnish them. 
Nationally Advertised 
PATENTED ROSES 
These patented, nationally advertised roses are grown and distributed by us by spe¬ 
cial license from the patent owner. 
THREE PLANTS OF ONE VARIETY AT DOZEN RATE 
VARIETY EACH DOZEN 
ALEZANE (Pat. 116) Reddish brown _ $1.25 $12.50 
BETTER TIMES (Pat. 23) Perfect cerise-red blooms _ 1.00 10.00 
BLAZE, Cl. (Pat. 10) Brilliant scarlet flowers __ 1.00 10.00 
COUNTESS VANDAL (Pat. 38) Two-toned pink 6 gold 1.00 10.00 
DOUBLOONS, Cl. (Pat. 152) Double yellow bloom _ 1.50 15.00 
*DONALD PRIOR (Pat. Pend.) Red Floribunda _ 1.00 10.00 
ECLIPSE (Pat. 172) Yellow streamlined buds _ 1.25 12.50 
ETERNAL YOUTH (Pat. 332) Delicate pink _ 1.50 15.00 
FEU PERNET-DUCHER (Pat. 103) Golden yellow _ 1.00 10.00 
FLASH, Cl. (Pat. Pend.) Flashing red and gold _ 1.00 10.00 
GLOAMING (Pat. 137) Exhibition pink _ 1.00 10.00 
GOLDEN MAIN (Pat. 254) Dandelion yellow _ 1.25 12.50 
GOLDEN STATE (Pat. 303) Buff-yellow _ 1.50 15.00 
JEAN COTE (Pat. Pend.) Fragrant; orange-apricot _ 1.50 15.00 
MARY HART (Pat. 8) Fragrant; blood red _ 1.00 10.00 
VARIETY EACH DOZEN 
MME COCHET-COCHET (Pat. 129) Coppery pink. _ 1.00 10.00 
McGREDY'S PINK (Pat. Pend.) Vigorous bright pink _ 1.50 15.00 
McGREDY'S TRIUMPH (Pat. 190) Scarlet and orange... 1.25 12.50 
McGREDY'S SUNSET (Pat. Pend.) Sunset shades _ 1.50 15.00 
MRS. FRANCIS KING (Pat. 253) White; fragrant _ 1.00 10.00 
REX ANDERSON (Pat. Pend.) Exhibition white __ 1.50 15.00 
"ROCHESTER (Pat. 131) Oriental pearl; Floribunda _ .85 8.50 
ROME GLORY (Pat. 304) Mammoth red; exhibition_ 1.50 15.00 
"SMILES (Pat. 334) Lovely pink; Floribunda _ .85 8.50 
‘"SNOWBANK (Pat. 279) White Floribunda __ 85 8.50 
STRATFORD (Pat. 160) Lustrous pink; strong grower... 1.00 10.00 
SIGNORA (Pat. 201) Improved Hoover _ 1.25 12.50 
TEXAS CENTENNIAL (Pat. 162) Blood to cerise-red... .60 6.00 
Note—Floribundas are especially desirable for mass planting. See 
additional varieties in Polyantha list. 
