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Rugged, hardy, vigorous 
and disease-resistant, 
easy to grow anywhere. 
Everblooming—abundantly 

N { OST important Rose news of the decade! You have read about 
Floribundas in the garden magazines and garden columns of 
your favorite papers—what are they? Many are asking this 
question as they admire the lovely large flowers and handsome, sturdy 
plants of this outstanding new class. 
To meet the need for a hardier, more rugged, easy-to-grow race of Roses 
which would persist in blooming abundantly from June right through the 
hot summer months and on till fall, Floribundas were created. Hardy wild 
Roses are the basic parents. To them have been added the bloods of the larger- 
flowered Roses until you can now select all the way from the lovely almost- 
singles like Joyous and Betty Prior to the very large-flowered doubles like 
A. Grille, Rochester, World’s Fair and Cheer. 
Floribundas are truly ‘‘Roses for everybody’s garden’’—so easy to grow, so 
hardy, so resistant to hottest sun, so continuous in abundant bloom their 
lively color is a permanent joy from spring till fall, giving your garden a 
perfect June day appearance right through till frosts. 
In magnificent clusters of entrancing blooms, the flowers are long-lasting in 
all weather in the garden and especially suited for table decoration or vase, 
often keeping 8 to 10 days in water. 
Hybridized, tested and propagated in this rigorous climate of northern 
New York State, it was Dr. Nicolas in the J. & P. Dept. of Plant Research, who 
early caught a vision of the tremendous need for Floribundas in all the varying 
climates of the U.S. Eminent European hybridists were seeking the same ends 
© there, and their creations have been added to his in the Floribunda Parade. 


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—_ * A. Grille. 
A. GRILLE 
(Plant Patent No. 475) 
Well worth talking about is this brilliant scarlet-crimson 
Rose of 1941—a large-flowered Floribunda that is similar in 
flower and growth but several shades lighter than the deep 
velvety World's Fair (see page 23) that has so completely won 
the nation. A. Grille represents another step in the development 
of ‘‘The Roses of Tomorrow.’’ Semi-double flowers, 4 to 5 in. 
across. Excellent for bedding, borders, and mass planting. 
Color... .... . brilliant scarlet-crimson; bright in all light. 
Does not burn nor fade in hottest sun. 
Fragrance. .. . elusive, intriguing. 
Persistent. .. . large clusters throughout the summer. 
Habit....... bushy; very hardy and vigorous; heavy 
foliage. Of medium height. 
$1. each; 3 for $2.50; 12 for $10.325 for $18.75. 
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(Plant Patent No. 331) 
The soft, pink masses of dainty, 3-in., cupped Use your Floribundas generously in 
flowers are universally admired by Rose enthusi- clumps of 3, 5, or more, with shrubbery and 
asts. You'll love this bright, cheery flower, evergreens, for compelling color all season 
created in the J. & P. Gardens by the genius of | ——avoiding the let-down after fading of 
the late Dr. J. H. Nicolas. forsythias, lilacs, weigelas, etc. 
. : Also to supply perpetual color in peren- 
Color .........asplendid salmon-pink. nial borders, sidewalk and doorstep 
Blooms... ..... semi-double, diameter 3 in. plantings, to permanently teplace annual 
Characteristics. .tmedium-tall, spreading plants; foliage plants or flowers, Floribundas are 
handsome foliage. Height 18 in. ideal. To set off and add great splashes of 
en f ly spring till frost color to home-grounds and estates with 
CEE erase! aes ; as many as 25 or more of a variety en masse, 
Fragrant...... daintily perfumed. note the special prices under each variety 
85c each; 3 for $2.15; for 25 or more of a kind. 
12 for $8.50; 25 for $15.65. The Floribunda vogue is here! 
Lovely in both large and small Rose-gardens, formal and informal, 
Floribundas are truly all-purpose Roses as well as all-purpose plants. Page 21 
