All varieties in LARGE TYPE are illustrated in color 50 
MIM TT 
Mrs. Sam McGredy. An outstanding Rose. Exquisite flowers of scarlet orange 
changing to copper as the blooms mature. Delicately fragrant. Strong branch- 
ing plants with healthy foliage. Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid 
PINK DAWN. The deep pink buds open to flowers of a lively pink with orange 
bases. Intensely fragrant. The plants have a strong, upright habit. Considered 
one of the best of the modern pink Roses. Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid 
President Herbert Hoover. There is no finer garden Rose than this one. The 
plants have astonishing vigor and produce long, handsome shaped yellow buds, 
deeply stained with maroon and copper. These open to big, half-double flowers 
of soft straw yellow, flushed with deep rose on the outer surface. 
Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid 
Radiance. A two-toned silvery pink Rose that still maintains its enviable position 
as being ‘“‘The Standard Pink Variety.’ Very fragrant. 
Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid 
Texas Centennial. Vermilion red. A tall growing and distinguished sport of the 
ever popular Rose Pres. Herbert Hoover. Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid 
SNOW QUEEN 
(Frau Karl Druschki)* 
The Greatest Hybrid Perpetual Rose of All Time 
For sheer beauty, purity of color, and perfection of form this purest of pure white 
Roses is outstanding among all other Roses of all classes. Very vigorous of growth, 
very hardy, and very large-flowered. 
Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid; 3 for $2.75, postpaid 
*Note:—Lambert the originator, first planned to call this Rose ‘Snow Queen” which name 
we now use. 



The Loveliest Single Rose in 
Existence 
DAINTY BESS 
The name of this charming Rose is 
indeed most appropriate. Its Clema- : 
tis-like flowers measure 244 to3inches’ ¥{ 
across. The flesh pink petals with an | 
odd old-rose tone on the backs, con- 
trast charmingly with the large, flat 
| clusters of dull crimson filaments that 
make up the centers. Very quaint and 
very lovely. Dormant only, $1.00 each 
| postpaid; 3 for $2.75, postpaid. 
| 
“GOLDEN ROSE 
OF CHINA 
(Father Hugo’s Rose) 
n“ A GLORIOUS GOLDEN SHOWER 
> OF BLOOM IN MAY 
From the bleak wastes of Western 
China comes “‘Father Hugo’s’”’ Rose. 
Generations of struggle to survive have 
} imparted a hardiness seldom found in 
j the Rose family. 
This graceful shrub with its arching 
branches of golden flowers comes into 
bloom at the same time as the Darwin 


CECILE BRUNNER | 
This is an oak-hardy, miniature-flow- 
ered Polyantha of truly rare beauty and \ 
form. Its tiny, shell-pink flowers, of per- x 
fect Rose bud form and Lilliputian size are 
borne in graceful sprays throughout the 
season. 214 feet. Dormant only, $1.00 
each, postpaid; 3 for $2.75, postpaid 
Tulips, and where these two Spring gar- 
den subjects are used together in working 
out a bulb garden planting, a truly rare 
picture of beauty may easily and inexpen- 
sively be painted. Asan informal shrub in 
hardy borders or as an accent point in 
landscaping, the Golden Rose of China is 
most useful. The single flowers are 2 
inches across. The foliage is fernlike. 
See the picture above. Dormant only, $1.00 
each, postpaid; 3 for $2.75, postpaid 

Dainty Bess 
FLORIBUNDA ROSES 
All Summer long, from June until Thanksgiving, and especially while the Hybrid 
Tea Roses are resting from their early season of abundant bloom, these tremendously 
worthwhile and altogether charming Roses literally ‘‘bloom their heads off,’’ and 
help to create that all-important Midsummer smash of color that all flower lovers 
strive for in their borders. 
Plant them with confidence, because they will surprise you and please you in 
every way! Floribundas grow vigorously into compact spreading bushes clothed 
with disease-free dark green foliage, and topped with billows of colorful bloom, 
Betty Prior (Pat. 340). Clusters of glorious dark carmine flowers are produced in 
unbroken succession on strong, upright plants. The flowers are 3 to 4 inches across 
fragrant, and with light pink shading inside the petals. 2 to 3 feet. 
Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid; 3 for $2.75, postpaid 
Donald Prior (Pat. 377). Semi-double, cup-shaped flowers of bright scarlet, flushed 
crimson. Fragrant and extremely free blooming. Foliage dark green. Plants 
strong, growing to 3 feet. 
Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid; 3 for $2.75, postpaid 
ELSE POULSEN. Large, single flowers of brilliant rose pink, borne continuously in 
sprays on plants of erect habit. Fine, clean foliage. Very highly recommended. 
A very charming variety that never fails to please. 3 feet. 
Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid; 3 for $2.75, postpaid 
Gruss an Aachen. An outstanding bedding Rose, with flowers of Hybrid Tea 
character. Plants dwarf. Orange-red and yellow buds open to large, delicate yel- 
low and pink flowers of great charm. 2 feet. 
Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid; 3 for $2.75, postpaid 
Summer Snow (Plant Pat. 416). Beautiful clusters of fully double snow white 
Else Poulsen flowers. Fragrant. Dormant only, $1.00 each, postpaid; 3 for $2.75, postpaid. 

