WATERING YOUR ROSES 
All modern Hybrid Tea roses are everblooming, that is, capable of producing bloom 
from early spring to frost under good cultural conditions. An abundance of WATER is 
by far the most important factor assuring constant bloom. Flooding the beds is one of 
the finest methods of watering, next only to tile watering from underneath, and is 
simplicity itself if you have had the forethought to have the level of the rose beds a 
couple of inches below surroundings. If it is absolutely necessary to water by sprinkling, 
work out a watering schedule that will not allow your foliage to remain wet for more 
than five hours, taking night dew into consideration. 
PRICES IN THIS CATALOGUE are subject to change without notice, and all orders 
are accepted subject to prior sale. WE DO NOT KNOW exactly how many plants of 
each variety we have until after roses are harvested. 
HENNESSEY'S PRIZE WINNING ROSES 
This is my last crop, as far as I know, so you had better stock up with Hennessey 
rose plants. I am hoping to get a crop started to harvest in 1945, but as I would have to 
do it all myself it would necessarily have to be small and could only be for a very limited 
customer list. That would make the overhead excessive, so I do not know what to do. 
In the meantime I suggest that you get ‘“Hennessey on Roses”’ so as to get better results 
from the ones that you have. 
As no one can prophesy what may happen, ‘“Hennessey’s Prize Winning Roses’ may 
never reappear on the market, and may become simply a legend. I have, however, taken 
as much time as I could possibly spare over the past two and a half years, to put down in 
my new rose book everything that could possibly help rose growers, which makes some 
amends for the possible complete abandonment of my rose growing. 
Almost all pink roses are much better in at least half shade. The mysteries of color 
behavior are all explained in my book. In fact, to my knowledge, that is the first time that 
anyone ever wrote anything on the subject. For instance, Col. Campbell Watson, if 
planted with the afternoon sun cut off, is about the most luscious thing, with its long 
slender buds, that you ever saw. 
ANGELS MATEU, Pat. 174—A big colorful orange-coral rose for full sun, where its 
color stability is superb. The big ngs ray lovely fully double blossoms are scented 
richly like ripe blackberries mingled ibs pe(ipihF An upright plant of medium 
height with shining glossy foliage. Very heavy blooming. Short of this variety. Any- 
one ordering after February 1 must expect substitutions............---------------------e- $1.25 
ANNE VANDERBILT—Exquisite coppery orange, informal, semi-double, very brilliant, 
fragrant. Originator’s description. This is one of the “Brownell Roses,” for which a 
greatly increased hardiness is claimed. All I can claim, however, is that you will get 
Hennessey plants, which will be a great help in hardiness. (Patented ).................- $1.50 
BETTY UPRICHARD—A striking two-toned rose with backs of petals coppery car- 
mine, reverse rich salmon pink. This fine rose in fairly cool gardens competes in 
beauty with the finest of the very new varieties. People with hot gardens also need 
it, for the vigorous plant does not sulk in the heat, but continues to grow. In hot 
gardens water well, and grow in some shade if possible. Tall........2.22.2.-..---.--- $1.00 
BRAZIER—This is an unbelievably gorgeous rose of intense glowing orange-scarlet with 
yellow reverse, with a lovely long bud. The plant, which blooms with extreme freedom, 
needs to be put in shade, in which situation it is brilliantly satisfactory. It has been 
very cruelly treated by being put in full sun in most gardens, where the fully open 
bloom fades. Then the very ungrateful owner howls to high heaven instead of putting 
it where it obviously belongs. The hybridizers must feel like giving up when they 
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