ROSES 

TALISMAN 
Novelty and Patented Roses 
CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG (HT) (Armstrong, 1941). Plant 
Patent No. 455. A rose of surpassing beauty. Long slender, 
blood-red buds open to magnificent flowers of spectrum-red 
in cool weather and cerise in hot weather. Long stems. $1.25 
each. 
CLIMBING MRS. SAM McGREDY (Cl.) 
1940). Plant Patent No. 394. Flowers are of a beautiful 
copper-orange color, flushed with Lincoln red on the outside 
of the petals; delicately perfumed. $1.00 each. 
MME. HENRI GUILLOT (HT) (C. Mallerin, 1937). Plant Patent 
No. 337. A strikingly colored rose of deep pink, beautifully 
formed. Large urn-shaped buds open to camellia-like blooms, 
about 5 inches across, watermelon to raspberry-pink in color. 
$1.25 each. 
R. M.S. QUEEN MARY (HT) (Verschuren, 1937). Plant Patent 
No. 249. This rose is beautiful beyond description—distinct 
from anything yet seen in roses. Its color is a glorious combi- 
nation of vivid shades blending rich glowing salmon with an 
exquisite pure pink and orange base. $1.00 each. 
RUTH ALEXANDER (LC) (Rena Wilber, 1937). Plant Patent 
No. 178. Large, long-pointed buds of vermilion-orange open 
to large, high centered flowers, jonquil-yellow at the base, 
merging into orange. The tips of the petals are old rose when 
mature. Glossy foliage. Beautiful. $1.25 each. 
TEXAS CENTENNIAL (HT) (A. F. Watkins, 1935). Plant 
Patent No. 162. Blood-red. A sport of the rose President 
Herbert Hoover. Different only in color which is rich blood- 
red, toning to cerise-red in center. 75c each. 
Standard Bush Roses 
No. | Two-Year-Old Field Grown—65c each, $6.00 per ten. 
RED HYBRID TEAS 
E. G. HILL. This is the most unfading of all roses. Immense, 
double flowers of dazzling scarlet shading to a deeper red as 
they develop; are delicately fragrant and long lasting. 
ETOILE DE HOLLANDE. The finest dark red rose for general 
purposes. Ranked among the first three of its color by ever- 
one who knows roses. The beautiful, oval buds are perfect. 
SOUTHPORT. Flower full, cupped, very lasting, fragrant, a very 
brilliant, unfading scarlet. 
PINK HYBRID TEAS 
DAINTY BESS (Single). An exceedingly charming and dainty 
colored rose of perfect form. Petals are delicate shell pink. 
(Western Rose Co.,. 
OUR ROSES ARE JUMBO SIZE NO. 1, TWO-YEAR-OLD NORTHWEST GROWN OF HIGHEST 
QUALITY. PRICES QUOTED ARE F.O.B. 
MEDFORD. PLEASE ADD 20c PER BUSH TO COVER MAILING. 
PICTURE. Well shaped buds of medium sized, velvety rose- 
pink flowers, with warm salmon undertones. Strong, vigorous 
plants; unusually free blooming. One of the finest pink roses. 
PINK DAWN (HT) (Howard & Smith, 1935). A beautiful new 
hybrid tea rose with glorious deep rose buds opening to lovely 
pink blooms tinted with orange at the base of the petals. 
Sweetly fragrant, fully double, and of vigorous upright habit. 
ORANGE and TRI-COLOR HYBRID TEAS 
AUTUMN. A distinct color of intense richness. This rose in- 
corporates shades of burnt orange suffused with russet-brown 
and bronzy red all overlaid on a background of rich yellow. 
CONDESSA DE SASTAGO. You will admire the brilliant colors 
of this new double rose from sunny Spain. The bud is like a 
ball of gold with red stripes. Fully open it is fiery copper and 
gold. 
HINRICH GAEDE. This magnificent rose has beautiful long, 
pointed buds of a brilliant nasturtium red color. The flowers 
are large, double, high-centered, and of a highly artistic 
shape. 
MME JOSEPH PERRAUD (HT) (Gaujard, 1934). Long, slender, 
and pointed nasturtium-orange buds open to sweetly fragrant 
flowers of a charming nasturtium buff straying to a lovely 
shade of shell pink at the petal edges—the nearest approach 
to a pure buff lightened with pink at the petal margins. 
MRS. SAM McGREDY. Large, long-pointed buds are produced 
singly on strong, slender stems. The color is a glowing com- 
bination of red, copper and orange. d 
PRES. H. HOOVER. A wonderful multi-colored rose, charm- 
ingly combining shades of cerise-pink, flame, scarlet and 
yellow. 
TALISMAN. A vividly colored rose of an unusual combination 
of gold, apricot, pink and carmine in mingled splashes, streaks 
and blends. 
YELLOW HYBRID TEAS 
GOLDEN DAWN. The oval buds are rich straw-yellow, flushed 
old-rose, opening into splendid double, sweetly scented flow- 
ers of sunflower-yellow. 
GOLDEN RAPTURE. A splendid new yellow rose of upright 
growth. The pure yellow buds are of ideal form. Beautiful, 
large, double flowers which last without fading. 
McGREDY‘S YELLOW (HT) (McGredy, 1933). Large, bright 
buttercup yellow flowers, every bloom of which is perfect in 
form and sweetly scented. The foliage is glossy and free of 
disease in most localities. The fine bush is full of vigor, con- 
tinually sending out fine blooms. Stands heat well. 
MRS. P. S. DuPONT. Winner of more gold medals for outdoor 
blooms than any other rose. Buds are small but exquisitely 
formed and of a reddish gold, opening into yellow flowers. 
WHITE HYBRID TEAS 
FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI. The most popular everblooming white 
rose. Outer petals of immense buds occasionally tinged with 
pink; open blooms pure snow white, large and moderately 
full. 
McGREDY’S IVORY. The size and perfection of form of this 
wonderful rose are almost unbelievable. The buds are long 
and pointed, opening to perfectly formed flowers of ivory- 
white. 
MME. JULES BOUCHE. Shapely buds and well formed, high 
centered flowers of pure white, occasionally with a tender 
blush pink tint at the center. A splendid white rose and a 
vigorous grower. 
CLIMBING ROSES 
ETOILE DE HOLLANDE (HT). Ranked among the first three of 
its color by everyone who knows roses. The beautiful, oval 
buds are perfect, of medium size, and open into magnificent 
brilliant red blooms. 
PAUL'S SCARLET. The semi-double flowers are of good size 
and of a vivid scarlet-red color, fading but little. Freely pro- 
ae in clusters on much branched canes. It is perfectly 
ardy. 
REVEIL DISONNAIS (LC). For sheer brilliancy of coloring this 
is probably one of the most outstanding climbers ever intro- 
duced. Large, semi-double flowers of light yellow with a deep 
zone of cerise-pink around the edges, creating the effect of 
a deep pink rose with a great yellow center. 
TALISMAN (HT). A striking climber with the same vivid colors 
as the bush variety—gold, apricot, pink and carmine. Flow- 
ers are fairly double; of lovely form. 
We can supply most standard varieties in climbing types. 

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