


a 
ROSE CAPITAL 
of AMERICA 
ROM June until October, thousands come to 
Newark to visit the J. & P. Rose Gardens and 
drive through the fields of Roses. The extensive 
growing and hybridizing operations of this Com- 
pany have earned for picturesque Newark, New 
York, the title “Rose Capital of America.”’ 
Now in our 67th year, over 2,500 acres are de- 
voted to the Jackson & Ferkins plantings at 
Newark, about 1,000 acres in New Jersey and 
nearly 1,000 acres in California, to properly serve 
the increasing demand for Modern Roses and 
nursery stock. 
Here in a great carpet of color, the plants we 


A portigh of one of our 
Rose ffllds, suggesting the 
breafh-taking panorama 
of folor and fragrance im 
th@ 2,000,000 plants you 
wHl see when you come to 
Newark this summer or 
fa. 
At lefis one of the Rose 
fields De our California 
Nurseries 
d hi i in full bl Let ; 
rar cea al A ONLY ONE GRADE -[, Finosu 
abundant energy to be even more beautiful in your 
garden. 
Yearly in June, the annual Festival of Roses is proclaimed by 
the Mayor as a civic event, when the Jackson & Perkins test and 
display gardens are at their height of first bloom. These gardens 
contain 20,000 Rose plants in over 3,000 varieties, including some 
not yet introduced, the debutantes of Rosedom for 1942 and beyond. 
If you request, you will be notified of the dates of the Festival 
next June, and sent a road map showing the way to Newark— 
on Route 31 between Rochester and Syracuse; on the New York 
Central Railroad; Greyhound Bus Line. 
The main offices are here, where all orders are filled. 
Some of the 75,000 visitors in the J. (” P. Gardens in Newark, New York, during the Festival 
of Roses last June. Even though you may not find it convenient to come to Newark, you may 
Page 4 enjoy a Parade of Modern Roses in your own garden, by ordering your plants from this book. 
There has been real advance in Rose improvement during 
recent years—in hardiness, resistance to disease, form, fragrance, 
habit and abundance of bloom. 
Every Rose plant you receive from us bears the famed J. & P. 
waterproof label shown below, symbol of a select variety and 
our replacement guarantee—to be of the finest quality, full- 
stemmed with robust root systems, tested and proved by two 
years’ growth in our own fields, true to name and class, sturdy 
and free from disease—and carefully packed to reach you in 
perfect condition. 
Read the Famous J. & P. Guarantee on page 46 
SENT PREPAID 
Everything in this book is deliv- 
ered transportation prepaid, ex- 
cept Tree Roses, p. 21, and 
Flowering Shrubs and Trees, p. 45. 
For C.O.D. terms, see page 46. 

