I did not propagate these varieties: Charlotte Armstrong because in the temperatures 
over 85 it is far inferior to Texas Centennial; Mary Margaret McBride because when the 
thermometer gets above 85 the older Korovo runs it ragged; Pinocchio because I cannot 
see the fat dumpy little buds of this variety alongside of the superb buds of Lulu, which 
has infinitely superior color stability. Nothing has ever approached the exquisite buds 
of Lulu for buttonhole and corsage. There are many new ones being thrown at you this 
season under the guise of A. A. R.S., which means a collection of this country’s largest 
commercial rose growers whose sole idea is to make money, with the result that you will 
buy a huge number of the most beautiful pictures that the lithographing art can produce 
instead of the enormously better rose varieties that you will expect. 
“HENNESSEY ON ROSES" 
Most of the directions for rose care have been omitted from this catalogue because 
they have been treated so much more fully, and with all the underlying reasons for every 
course of procedure taken care of so thoroughly, in my new rose book, ‘Hennessey On 
Roses.” Rose growers will profit from omission of necessarily sketchy outlines of rose 
care in this catalogue, and a study of the full subject together with the ‘“‘why’s’”’ behind it. 
The book of about 65,000 words, illustrated with numerous photographs taken in 
my own gardens, will be available at the price of $3.50. Orders may be sent directly to 
Roy Hennessey, Hillsboro, Oregon. The book is entirely new, and contains innumerable 
scientific facts behind rose behavior that have never been discovered before. It is a book 
of applied rose science made enjoyably readable. The book not only discusses all the 
facts pertaining to a knowledge of the rose which have enabled me to produce my 
remarkable plants (which are no accident!), but answers every question that has ever 
been asked me on the rose. Every bit of the book is designed to be applied to your own 
rose garden. 
You won't find anything in the book approached from the conventional standards, 
and only a couple of “theories.” The rest of the material consists of tose facts, the 
knowledge of which enables me to produce Hennessey roses. A knowledge of them will 
enable you to care for your roses with outstanding results, and you will greatly improve 
your enjoyment of your rose garden because you will be in possession of all my knowledge 
of what makes roses do as they do. 
The book is not padded or dated with discussion of existing Hybrid Tea rose varieties 
which would make it obsolete in a few years. Description of best modern rose varieties 
is the function of this rose catalogue. 
SUN OR SHADE? 
Where I have indicated sun or shade, it is for most of the United States and does not 
apply to the Puget Sound area and the North Pacific coast. Fifty miles inland is a dif- 
ferent story. My work on color and color causes in my book thoroughly explains this, 
WINTER PROTECTION OF ROSES 
The best winter protection is to hill earth up around the canes of the bushes to a 
height of at least 8 inches. Take precautions to have these mounds WET when freezing 
weather comes on. If the mounds freeze when dry the bushes may not survive. When 
the mounds are solidly frozen, cover with evergreen boughs or similar loose open material 
to a depth of about six inches, The covering is to keep the mound solidly frozen by 
giving it additional protection against the sun’s rays, and also to keep greater cold from 
penetrating. 
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