Shrub Rose, Lipstick 
Hybrid Rugosa Rose, Pink Grootendorst 



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TWO NEW SHRUB ROSES 
Lipstick Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
A “shrub’’ Rose which will reach a height of 5 to 6 feet. It blooms 
continuously during the summer, forming large clusters of semi-double 
flowers. The color is a clear cerise with salmon shadings. This European 
variety certainly is a most interesting addition. There are so few tall 
growing Roses; it will be most welcome. 
Skyrocket Each $0.75, Doz. $7.50 
A real everblooming Shrub Rose producing enormous flower clusters 
throughout the entire season. Makes a magnificent display with its 
large clusters composed of medium-sized brilliant red blooms. Of sturdy, 
upright habit which makes it most desirable planted either by itself or 
in combination with various kinds of shrubs. A forerunner of a distinct 
new race. 
GOLDEN ROSE OF CHINA 
Rosa Hugonis Each $0.85, Three $2.25, Doz. $7.50 
A splendid Rose for the shrubbery border with delicate yellow single 
flowers produced on long arching sprays early in May; after it has 
finished flowering it remains an attractive decorative bush for the 
balance of the season; perfectly hardy. 
AUSTRIAN BRIER ROSES 
A very hardy type which will give the best results with very little pruning, 
since the flowers are produced from the upper end of the old wood. This 
class is noted for its excellent rich tones of yellow and copper. 
Austrian Copper Each $0.85, Doz. $8.50 
Bright coppery red; reverse golden yellow. 
Harrison’s Yellow Each $0.85, Doz. $8.50 
Fine double golden yellow flowers. 
ROSA RUGOSA HYBRIDS 
Rugosa Roses are particularly valuable for hardiness, healthiness, and 
ability to thrive under most adverse conditions of soil and climate, with- 
standing almost anything. : 
They are distinguished by erect, very spiny stems, and by their tough, 
curiously wrinkled or rugose foliage. Particularly valuable for hedges or 
shrubberies in seashore gardens and regions where the winters are very 
severe. Many are everbloomers. f 
Some of the Hybrids do not have the true Rugosa foliage, but this does 
not mean that they are not as hardy. Nothing could be hardier than the 
Grootendorst types, yet their foliage does not appear to have much Rugosa 
in it. 
Those particularly good for hedges are marked with an *. 
Planting Distance: Hedges—1l 1% to 2 feet. Shrubs—3 to 4 feet. 
a Pree: Shrub types—cut out old canes and shorten new canes to 
eet. 
Heights: 4 to 5 feet, except where noted. 
Agnes Each $0.85, Three $2.25, Doz. $7.25 
Coppery yellow buds; flowers become pale amber-gold upon opening; 
sweetly fragrant. Freely produced. Six feet. 
Blanc Double De Coubert Each $0.85, Three $2.25, Doz. $7.25 
Snowy white, double flowers supplied freely through summer and fall. 
Four to five feet. 
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Each $0.85, Three $2.25, Doz. $7.25 
Very large flowers of light silvery pink in profusion. A pillar Rose 
Eight to nine feet. 
Dr. Eckener Each $0.85, Three $2.25, Doz. $7.25 
Large, fragrant, semi-double flowers of coppery rose and golden yellow; 
very fragrant. Really a Hybrid Tea flower on a Rugosa plant. Remon- 
tant. Five to six feet. 
Dr. E. M. Mills Each $0.85, Three $2.25, Doz. $7.25 
Flowers small, semi-double, primrose shaded pink, profusely studded on 
the branches. Shrubby, 3 to 4 feet. 
*F, J. Grootendorst Each $0.85, Three $2.25, Doz. $7.25 
Small, bright red, fringed flowers. Large clusters freely produced 
throughout the growing season. Four feet. 
Hansa Each $0.85, Three $2.25, Doz. $7.25 
Double, violet-red flowers of large size, freely produced on a strong, 
typically Rugosa plant. Hardy and dependable. 
Mrs. Anthony Waterer Each $0.85, Three $2.25, Doz. $7.25 
(Waterer, 1898). Very bright, semi-double crimson flowers, fragrant 
and free. Remontant. 
*Rugosa Each $0.85, Three $2.25, Doz. $7.25 
Large, single flowers in shades of pink, magenta, and rosy crimson. 
Repeats during the season. Attractive large red berries. 
JAMES L. WEST 
3019 Foxhall Road, N. W. 
Washington, D. C. 
April 25, 1939 
Wayside Gardens Co. 
Mentor, Ohio 
Gentlemen: 
Last fall I ordered from you 154 Hybrid Tea Roses—Charles 
K. Douglas, Condesa de Sastago, Radiance and Edith Nellie 
Perkins—and I am happy to report that not only did all of 
these plants come through the winter but they are progressing 
splendidly. 
I have been buying rose plants from various nurseries for a 
number of years and I want you to know that the plants you 
sent me are the very finest in root stock and in vigorous growth 
that I have ever purchased. 
Very truly yours, 
JAMES L. WEST 
This letter is reproduced with special permission from Mr. West. 
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