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BETTER TIMES (Everblooming) Plant Patent No. 
23. See illustration at right. Whether you wish a rose 
which holds its perfect form as shown by the color illus¬ 
tration, or for striking and brilliant color effect in the 
garden, or for profusion of bloom all throughout the sum¬ 
mer, or for cut flowers indoors. Better Times is hard to 
beat. It has long crimson buds of delightful form, develop¬ 
ing to very large, delightfully fragrant, perfectly formed 
flowers on long strong stems. $1.00 each, 3 for $2.50. 
SPECIAL 
ONE EACH OF THE SIX VARIETIES 
ILLUSTRATED ON PAGES 18 AND 19 
VALUE $6.75 FOR ^5= 
Hardy Hybrid Tea Roses —Continued 
MRS. FRANCIS KING (Everblooming) 
Plant Patent No. 253. A rose that is difficult 
to illustrate in color, although the color plate 
below is an attempt to present some of the 
attractive features of this delightful rose. It 
belongs to a new race of roses, being a hybrid 
of Nutkana and related to Leonard Barron, 
first of that breed. All hybridizers agree that 
a good white rose is hardest to produce. This 
is probably why such a connoisseur as Mrs. 
Francis iQng, one of the founders of the 
Garden Club of America, specified a white 
rose as the one she wished to bear her name. 
She wisely wanted a rose not easily duplicated. 
To make the problem more difficult, she re¬ 
quested “White Gold” with the arctic vigor 
and hardiness of the Alaskan Rose, Nutkana. 
The bloom is very large and full, carried on a 
long upright stem, white at first, tinted cream 
and ivory, eventually turning to pure white, 
with soft gold in the center. It has the pleas¬ 
ing fragrance of wild roses and is a prolific, 
continuous bloomer. CERTIFICATE OF 
MERIT, PORTLAND, 1937. $1.00 each; 
3 for $2.50. 
COUNTESS VANDAL (Everblooming) Plant Patent No. 
38. See illustration above. This Rose has been acclaimed the 
belle of the modern Rose Pageant, defeating all challengers 
by producing, without exception, the most artistic bud in 
rosedom, garbed in coppery bronze and pink, suffused with 
soft gold and silvery tones. It presents a continuous “movie,” 
developing a new beauty in the various stages of development. 
Constant bloomer all summer and fall. $1.00 each; 3 for $2.50. 
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