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ROSES—Continued 
PATENTED ROSES—Continued 
Each Perl0 Fer 100 
Signora, Patent No. 201. (Retails $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz.) 
Long bud of burnt sienna opening to a lighter hue to- 
ward mandarin. This tall growing plant carries hand- 
some foliage and every bloom on long stems. -_--------- $ 0.60 $5.50 $ 50.00 
Texas Centennial, Patent No. 162. (Retails 60¢ each; $6.00 per 
doz + Hoover sport. Bright vermillion red with light 
tone of gold at base. Petals lighter red at center gradu- 
ally toning to deep rich pink as the bloom ages. ___-_--- .40 3.50 30.00 
White Briarcliff, Patent No. 108. (Retails $1.00 each; $10.00 
per doz.) Tremendous producer of fully double, pure 
white flowers blooming week earlier than most varieties. 
Awarded Gold Medal at International Exposition, Paris.  .60 5.50 50.00 
Wik Rogers, Patent No. 256. (Retails $1.00 each; $10.00 per 
doz.) Dark velvety-crimson maroon, double free 
bloomer. Strong vigorous, dark green foliage ________- .60 5.50 50.00 
FLORIBUNDA 
Betty Prior, Patent No. 340. (Retails 85¢ each; $8.50 per doz.) 
Produces large fragrant clusters continuously through- 
out the season. Opens lively red turning to shell pink. 
Desirable for“mass? planting 222.2 ee eee .50 4.50 40.00 
Donald Prior, Patent No. 377. (Retails 85¢ each; $8.50 per 
doz.) The large flowers are semi-double, bright scarlet, 
flushed crimson, fragrant. Free flowering. One of the 
most ‘striking colors of; bloribiinda sroup. se. 626s ee £00 4.50 40.00 
World’s Fair, Patent No. 362. (Retails $1.00 each; $10.00 per 
doz.) First award “All-America Rose Selections” for 
Floribundas, 1940. Produces large clusters’ velvety 
blooms of fragrant blackish scarlet with glowing mass 
of< goldenvstamens 7g. eee ek oe ee eae .60 5.90 50.00 
CLIMBERS 
Blaze, Patent No. 10. (Retails $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz.) 
A hardy, vigorous climbing rose similar to Paul’s Scarlet. 
Recurrent bloomer. Scarlet-crimson flower___________-_-_- .60 ett 50.00 
Flash, Patent No. 396. (Retails $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz.) 
Climber, glowing, vivid, orange-scarlet; center gleaming 
yellow with golden anthers. Blooms early June and 
comtinuines for Weeks 0 eee ek ee ee .60 5.50 50.00 
ALL-AMERICA ROSE SELECTIONS 
All-America Rose Selections, A.A.R.S., an organization of the leading rose 
growers located in various parts of the United States, was organized in 1938 for the 
purpose of testing and selecting new varieties of roses of outstanding merit. The 
organization maintains fifteen official test gardens located in all parts of the 
country for the testing and judging of proposed new varieties. One test garden 1s 
maintained on our nurseries, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
We offer the following varieties of roses which have secured the award of ‘“All- 
America Rose Selections.” These are the finest of the new varieties. 
Each Perl10 Per 10€ 
Apricot Queen, Patent No. 464. (Retains $1.50 each; $15.00 
per doz.) Orange and apricot at the base of petals, 
merging to.salmony-rose and phlox-pink in the fully 
developed bloom. Bud is long pointed and the fully de- 
veloped flower shows a regular well placed petal 
arrangement. Vigorous grower with handsome leathery 
foliage. Selected by “All-America Rose Selections” as one © a 
of the two finest roses to be introduced in 1940. _____- $ 1.00 -*$ 9.00 $ 75.00 
