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Roses- 

Outstanding Prize Beauties of Special Merit! 
“Roses have been growing in gardens and in the 
wilds for thousands of years, sometimes under the lov- 
ing care of a rose enthusiast and at other times entirely 
under natural conditions. Always they attract our 
attention and it is little wonder that they are favorite 
flowers in American gardens today.” 
Presented for your selection are out- 
standing roses from among the more 
than 4000 species and varieties known. 
Add to your plantings from this list of 
lovelies. 
HEART'S DESIRE 
Truly characteristic of its name—this 
rose will be all you could desire in a red 
rose, bordering on perfection. Long, un- 
furling petals, a deep red heart, and of 
exquisite fragrance. Each $1.50: 3 or 
more, $1.25 each. 
SIERRA GLOW 
(HT) (Patent rights reserved) 
Having a most unusual tan tone color, 
truly typical of the summer afterglow in 
our own High Sierras. Add a rich fragrance reminis- 
cent of old-fashioned gardens and you have Sierra 
Glow—the rose with a soul. Each $1.25; 3 or more, 
$1.05 each. 
ANGELS MATEU (HT) (Plant Patent No. 174) 
Glorifying a new color in roses—a deep old rose, flushed with 
orange. A fine cut flower with the fragrance of ripe blackberries. 
Each $1.00; 3 or more, 85c each. 
Toses. 
Polyantha. 
Floribunda. 
A cross of Polyantha 
and Hybrid Tea — for 
potting and bedding. 
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Roses 
Classified 
HT—Hybrid Tea. 
Includes most of the 
classes of popular 
HP—Hybrid Perpetual. 
Dwarf bushy with flow- 
ers in clusters. 

CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG (HT) (Plant Patent No. 455) 
Extremely long, slender, blood-red buds and brilliantly colored 
open flowers of spectrum red. Each $1.25; 3 or more, $1.05 each. 
THE CHIEF = (HT) (Plant Patent No. 456) 
On long straight stems, buds of rose-flame changing, as the bloom 
opens, to coral and copper. Unusually immune to 
mildew, making it a desirable rose to grow every- 
where. Each $1.00; 3 or more, 85c each. 
MME. HENRI GUILLOT 
(HT) (Plant Patent No. 337) 
The watermelon-pink, camellia-like blooms of 
this velvety-textured French rose are exceedingly 
lovely. Luxuriant glossy foliage which clothes the 
spreading plants right down to the ground. Each 
$1.25: 3 or more, $1.05 each. 
CHRISTOPHER STONE 
One of the very finest red roses of re- 
cent years. Glowing crimson-scarlet 
color, with deeper dusky shadings as 
the flower ages. Never fades, and will 
outbloom most red roses two to one be- 
cause of its vigor. A gloriously modern 
rose. Each 75c; 3 or more, 65c each. 
Hardy varieties for cold 
climates. 
PICTURE 
Rated as one of the finest pinks. Color not just a 
cold pink, true of so many varieties, but has warm 
undertones of salmon which make the color cheerful 
and glowing. Flowers have a profuse sweet tea fra- 
grance. Blooms very long lasting. Each 65c; 3 or 
more, 75c each. 
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NEW CLIMBERS OF RENOWN 
Cl: FLASH (Plant Patent No. 393) 
The All-America climbing rose selection for 1940. A new hardy 
climber with a “‘super-flashy"’ color—vivid orange-scarlet with the 
backs of the petals gleaming yellow. The center of the flower is 
also yellow and filled with golden anthers. A most dazzling rose 
in its blooming period. Each $1.00; 3 or more, 85c each. 
O18 HINRICH GAEDE (Plant Patent No. 244) 
The extraordinary brilliant orange-vermilion coloring so famous 
in the bush form, as to even outrank Talisman, is now found in a 
climber. Truly, what a climber! Does not stop with the spring 
blooming period, but blooms in summer and fall as well. Each $1.25; 
3 or more, $1.05 each. 
Gir INDIAN SUMMER (Patent rights reserved) 
A new climbing Autumn. A counterpart of the famous bush rose, 
Autumn, in its rich color toning. Wonderful shades of copper, old 
rose, strawberry pink, burnished old gold, etc., are manifest in this 
rose in the progressive developing stages of the blooms. Leather- 
like foliage clean of midew. Each $1.25: 3 or more, $1.05 each. 
Cl. MRS. SAM McGREDY 
(Plant Patent No. 394) 
Two outstanding features have made the bush form of this variety 
a leader among the great. First, the perfectly formed buds and 
blooms of coppery orange, and second, the bronzy green foliage, 
the most luxuriant and handsome in the rose world. Now we are 
happy to say we have the climber of this variety to lavishly spread 
over fences, trellises, etc. Each $1.25: 3 or more, $1.05 each. 
