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exactly how my 
rose bushes will 
look when you re- 
ceive them this spring. 
This picture shows 
the, fine, vigorous top 
and root growth and 
the giant size of my 
2 year SUPER 
GIANT size 
roses. 



Our 2 year SUPER GIANTS 
and SUPER JUMBO XXX are the 
top sizes in our fine assort- 
ment of roses. They will 
give you beautiful flowers 
and leaf growth because they 
have a heavy root growth 
and big bodies. These are the 
roses that have made Earl May 
roses famous in many stafes. 

























Our 2 year EXTRA SELECT 
plants are beauties, well- 
rooted and well branched 
with a lot of potential bloom- 
ing power in them. You will 
be well pleased with these 
fine plants. 
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ALL POSTPAID one rose flower. Blooms are very double 
and fragrant. It’s cup-shaped. Holds its 
584. WILL ROGERS. Named in memory of color-until the petals fall. It’s a burnt- 
Will Rogers, who was loved by every- orange, pink, red and salmon combined. 
one. The rose does him great credit. October stirs it to put forth extra 
Velvety crimson-maroon and richly fra- beauty. 
grant. Almost black at the base. Does 
well in light shade. Its finest color 
comes forth in the fall months from 
the first of September on until freezing 
weather. Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50. 
585. TEXAS CENTENNIAL. Brick red with 
some gold. In ‘growth it resembles 
Hoover, which is its parent. Was orig- 
inally called Red Hoover. if has been 
selected as the Centennial rose of the 
great Lone Star State of Texas. For its 
fine form and fragrance, as well as vig- 
orous growth and continuous bloom, I 
recommend it wherever roses are grown. 
Each 75c; 3 for $1.90. 
586. NELLIE E. HILLOCK. A lovely new 
rose. Has wonderful foliage and pro- 
duces flowers all along its sturdy stems. 
A very double, fragrant silvery-pink, 
deep gold base, reverse old rose. Long 
stems. Each 75c; 3 for $1.90. 
587. GLORIANNA. The best yellow rose on 
a free-blooming plant. One party in Ar. 
kansas said it had an average of 102 
blooms on one plant. Stays yellow all 
summer and riever stops blooming. A 
different rose. One critic from Texas 
says this beautiful yellow is saturated 
with sunshine. Vitamin D, as it stands 
the heat without a whimper. Each 75c; 
3 for $1.90. 
exactly hes 
512. BETTY UPRICHARD. A beautiful sal- 
mon-pink rose. Flowers are salmon-pink 
inside and a brilliant pink outside. Very 
free bloomer and one you will enjoy in 
your garden and as a cut flower. 
526. CONDESA DE SASTAGO. A rose that 
rivals Talisman in color, fragrance, and 
as a profuse bloomer. Flowers are a4 
fiery red inside and a rich yellow out- 
side. When all other roses are resting 
and waiting to come back a little later 
on in the season, Condesa is producing 
beautiful flowers, and does it up until 
the last signs of fall fade. 
per orange 
503. EDITOR MC FARLAND. Another grand 
pink rose. Many critics call this the 
best pink rose that grows. It’s coral red 
with salmon shadings. Another lovely 
rose for your garden. 
every bush. 
515. GOLDEN DAWN. Another beautiful yel- 
low rose, both in bud and flower. Very 
hardy. Buds are yellow with splashes 
of carmine opening to a lovely sun- 
flower color. Originated in far-off Aus- 
tralia. Very free bloomer. 






















517. HEINRICH WENDLAND. I like this rose 
as I’ve grown it in my own garden. 
Very large and double. High centered. 
Has a lovely fragrance and an unfading 
nasturtium. red with a reverse deep 
golden yellow—a color which I am 
very fond of in roses. 
THE GREAT FAMILY OF 
RADIANCE ROSES 
America’s Most Popular Roses 
Hardy and Great Bloomers 
2 YEAR SUPER GIANT SIZE 
Each 42¢; 3 for $1.15; 
6 for $2.10; 12 for $3.95 
2 YEAR EXTRA SELECT SIZE 
Each 32; 3 for 89c; 
6 for $1.65; 12 for $2.95 
581. RADIANCE CAMEO PINK. Cup-shaped, 
i intensely fragrant, and a_ beautiful 
| cameo pink. Deeper toward the center. 
Long stemmed. America’s most popular 
i pink rose. 
os RADIANCE SALMON. Another one of 







507. HINRICH GAEDE. This flower has that 
lovely coloring that I like—nasturtium- 
red golden hued buds and flowers. An 
excellent plant. One of the flowers that 
the people at our Flower Show seemed 
to prefer and made notes of it so they 
wouldn’t forget its name. (Sorry the 
name isn't easier to remember.) 







519. LEONARD BARRON. A distinctive type 
rose. You'll never forget if. .Saucer- 
shaped when opened. Flowers are a 
DB. lovely shell-pink tinged apricot and very 
the Radiance sports. Buds are large and fragrant. Easy to grow anywhere. 
globular. Flowers are very large, cup- 
shaped and intensely fragrant. Beauti- 
ful deep salmon-pink. Grows on long 
stems. (Radiance Salmon and Mrs. Chas. 
Beli are one and the same rose.) 
583. RADIANCE RED. A very large, double, 
cup-shaped, intensely fragrant red rose. 
Abundant and recurrent bloom. Heavy 
foliage. Most reliable red hybrid tea 
rose. 
520. MC GREDY’S IVORY. A beautiful 
ivory-white rose. Long and pointed buds. 
Flowers are very large and double. 
Another one of the famous McGredy 
roses. Very deep petalled and fragrant. 
Plant some of these in your garden to 
bring out the tone colors of those that 
are not white, Considered by many as 
the finest of the white roses. 







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Lovely, everblooming, fra- 
grant, hardy roses. They'll 
bloom the first year all sum- 
mer and will live for many 
years. Plant early. All postpaid. 
A great selection of beautiful 
colors and fragrance. Choose 
your varieties. We have the 2 
year SUPER GIANT and the 2 year 
EXTRA SELECT sizes, your choice, 
alike or assorted, of the vari- 
eties listed on this page and on 
the opposite page, (except as 
noted). 
2 YEAR SUPER GIANT SIZE 
ROSES 
EACH 50¢e; 3 for $1.39 
6 for $2.69; 12 for $4.95 
2 YEAR EXTRA SELECT SIZE 
ROSES 
EACH 44¢e; 3 for $1.19 
6 for $2.25; 12 for $4.19 
you'll be sure 

524. MRS. SAM MC GREDY. A beautiful scarlet cop- 
rose. The great hybridizer, Sam 
McGredy, named this wonderful rose for his 
wife and called it “Mrs. Sam McGredy.” One of 
the finest of the oufdoor garden roses and de- 
serves front ranks in your rose garden. 
527. SENSATION. One of the finest of the red roses. 
And it is a ‘Sensation’ for beauty, fragrance and 
brilliance. In the garden it does itself credit in 
the autumn when the cool nights enrich its color- 
ing. Very free branching and lots of blooms on 
This picture was taken at our annual flower show 
here at Shenandoah. These are some of the vari- 
eties that we offer in our catalog. We booked many 
orders for the rose bushes, to be delivered this 
spring. They were charming in color, fragrance and 
size. You can have roses just like these if you'll 
plant Earl May’s reliable rose bushes. 

































































Laok ! 
Pictured on the opposite page are 
12 different varieties of the most 
beautiful and most prolific roses that 
grow. Due fo a most excellent grow- 
ing season, and rich soil, | have se- 
lected the enormous 2 yr. size SU- 
PER JUMBO XXX roses for the most 
exacting customers. These big Jumbo 
bushes will give you not only more 
flowers, but large flowers, because of 
their sturdy growth and vigor. I 
positively guarantee that you will be 
more than delighted when you un- 
wrap the bundle and see these enor- 
mous Jumbo bushes. The price is 
very reasonable, considering the gi- 
gantic growth and great possibilities 
for loads of blooms the first season. 
You can get these Super Jumbo size 
roses in the 12 varieties listed in 
color only. You can also buy the 
2 yr. Super Giant or Extra Select 
sizes of any rose listed either in 
color or in black and white. 
Here are the prices of the 2 yr. 
Super Jumbo XXX Roses. You can 
buy your choice, alike or assorted, 
at the following prices: ALL POST- 
PAID. 
Each 60c; 3 for $1.65; 
6 for $2.95; 12 for $5.50 
500. AMI QUINARD. The nearest black 
rose that blooms. A rich, dark, 
velvety crimson-maroon. Buds are 
almost black. A vigorous grower 
that blooms early and will have 
lots of blooms on every bush all 
summer .and fall. Very fragrant. 
514. EDITH NELLIE PERKINS. A very 
lovely rose. Long, pointed buds. 
Orient-red shaded cerise-orange, 
inside saimon-pink flushed orange. 
A beauty. Long stemmed. 
508. JOANNA HILL. One of the most 
beautiful of the yellows. A darker 
yellow than Sunburst. Very vigor- 
ous. Lots of leathery leaves. Buds 
long and pointed. 
511. TALISMAN. Most safisfactory of 
the outdoor hybrid teas. Long, 
pointed buds. Very fragrant. Golden 
yellow and copper. Large flowers 
on’ long stems. Wery hardy and 
many blooms on every bush. 
509. MC GREDY’S SCARLET. One of the 
great family of McGredy roses. 
Flowers always pleasing—always 
abundant. Velvety crimson-scarlet 
with an orange base. Glossy, rich 
green foliage. 
523. MRS. P. S. DU PONT. Another 
beautiful rose with a long pointed 
bud of reddish-gold. Prolific grower 
and bloomer. Stands. in the. front 
rank of yellow garden roses. 
525. PRESIDENT HOOVER. A wonder- 
ful rose. Very tall grower and 
abundant bloomer. Flower varying 
orange shades on a long, strong 
stem. Another front rank garden 
rose. 
504. E. G. HILL. A dazzling scarlet 
shaded to a deeper pure red, as 
this great rose opens. Vigorous 
grower. Fine bud and large flowers. 
A prize-winning garden rose. 
518. K. A. VICTORIA. One of the 
very finest of the outdoor hybrid 
tea roses. Long, pointed bud. Fra- 
grant. White as the arctic snows. 
The standard of vigor for the out- 
door garden roses. 
506 GRUSS AN TEPLITZ. Has a long 
line of parentage made. up of the 
China varieties, Teas, Bengal, and 
Bourbons. A _ fiery red. Purple 
leaves. Gruss an Teplitz stays and 
stays and stays, and blooms and 
blooms and blooms. Delightfully 
fragrant. Excelient for hedging. 
Plant them, grow them, and they’ll 
bloom profusely for you. 
502. BRIARCLIFFE. A very beautiful 
rose in bud, which is long and 
pointed. Fragrant. Deep rose pink 
at center and one of the most 
beautiful and reliable of the pink 
garden roses. 
505. ETOILE DE HOLLANDE. A beauti- 
ful, reliable red rose. Rich with 
old rose fragrance. Plant is almost 
thornless. Does well in shade. Will 
increase the size of its blooms. 
Flowers do nof fade. All new red 
roses are compared to the standard 
de Hollande. 
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