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MARSH'S NURSERY 
150 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena 4, Calif. 

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TEXAS CENTENNIAL 
Angels Mateu (Pat. 174). Glorious, big double blooms of at- 
tractive form, varying in color from orange-old rose io a rich 
salmon-coral. Sturdy bush with mildew resistant foliage. $1.00. 
Apricot Queen (Pat. 464). Rich deep salmon-apricot with beau- 
tiful tints of orange-yellow at the base. The buds, perfect in 
form, have ruffled petals. Delightfully fragrant. $1.25. 
California (Pat. 449). One of the finest for southern California. 
In the full sunshine and rich soil of California this rose is aptly 
named. Enormous flowers of ruddy orange toned with saffron- 
yellow. $1.50. 
Charlotte Armstrong (Pat. 455). This rose of recent introduction 
is receiving wider popularity generally upon merit alone. Flowers 
cerise and pink verging on red. A strong vigorous free-branching 
habit. Produces many flowers for cutting. $1.50. 
Contrast. One of the few unique bicolored roses. Inside of petals 
light straw color, with reverse orange-rose to china pink. Very 
lovely as the petals fold over showing the contrasting reverse. 
Spiendid for cutting. $1.00. 
Countess Vandal (Pat. 38). 
richly shaded copper-gold open into lovely long-stemmed fra- 
grant blooms. Excellent for cutting in all weather. $1.25. 
Long tapering buds of salmon-pink 
Douglas MacArthur (Pat. applied for). Large, long-pointed buds 
opening to full high centered and long lasting flowers. Delft rose 
slightly bronze at the base of petals. Vigorous upright bush con- 
tinuously producing long-stemmed flowers. $1.50. 
Eclipse (Pat. 172). Exceptionally long pointed pale yellow buds 
often two inches long. Mildly fragrant but continuously in bloom. 
Open flowers with only a few petals. $1.25. 
AND PATENTED BUSH ROSES 
Floradora. New, delightful, and brilliantly colored polyantha. Bright 
orange-red flowers. Supplies a needed color in this group of 
bedding roses. (Pat. applied for.) 
Fred Edmunds (Prop. rights reserved). Beautiful buds of burnt- 
orange open to lasting blooms of reddish apricot blended with 
rose, gold and salmon. A very vigorous free-blooming rose. $2.00. 
Grand Duchesse Charlotte (Pat. rights reserved). Buds a rich 
claret red changing as the flower opens to a lovely begonia rose. 
Richly fragrant and unusual in color. $1.50. 
Heart’s Desire (Pat. 501). All America Winner in 1942. Long- 
pointed buds of bright red are exquisite and open to gorgeous red 
blooms. Extremely fragrant. Keeps well when cut. $1.50. 
Lowell Thomas (Pat. 595). Very double high centered flowers of 
a lasting canary yellow. Large long-pointed buds. Vigorous 
compact bush of upright habit and leathery foliage. $2.00. 
Mark Sullivan. Very colorful glowing blooms, average 4 to 4/2 
inches across. Golden yellow heavily veined and shaded with deep 
rose-pink and cerise. $1.25. 
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek (Pat. applied for). 
painted opening to long-lasting very large flowers of Empire yel- 
low fading to lemon yellow as the flower matures. Excellent 
leathery, glossy dark green foliage covers this vigorous bush. 
$2.00. 
Mme. Henri Guillot (Pat. 337). Long shapely buds of orange-red 
and rose opening to camellia-like blooms of rich raspberry pink 
with a suffusion of gold. $1.25. 
Buds large, long- 
Mme. Marie Curie (Pat. applied for). This free flowering variety 
came out of France before war prohibited its export and has 
proven such a fine rose that it was awarded third place in the All- 
America Rose Selections. Tall and bushy growth with orange buds 
opening to medium size golden yellow flowers. $1.50. 
Mirandy (Pat. applied for). Winner of All-America Rose Selec- 
tions 1944. A fully double deep red rose from nicely pointed buds. 
Open flowers high-centered, excellent form, especially in cooler 
weather. $2.50. 
Pasadena Tournament (Pat. 578). One of the most outstanding 
roses of recent years. Our own introduction and praised highly 
by many of our customers. The tiny Cecil Brunner buds are deep 
red, useful for corsages, and open to good sized deep red flowers 
of fine form. Everblooming and thornless, you need never be 
without these exquisite buds. The cut buds are pleasingly fra- 
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Poinsettia. A dazzling brilliant red rose. High centered buds and 
velvety texture combined with the brilliant color make the flow- 
ers practically glow on the bush. Long stems, excellent for cut- 
ting. $1.00. 
Ramon Bach (Pat. 366). Large rich peach colored flowers from 
apricot-buff buds. Fully double. Open blooms show a touch of 
salmon pink on the inside. Delicious fruit-like fragrance. $1.00. 
Red Sweetheart (Pat. 577). A companion rose for our Pasadena 
Tournament with slightly smaller buds and flowers. Free bloom- 
ing. Vivid red buds opening to deep rose-pink flowers about the 
same shade as a McGredy’s Scarlet rose. $1.50. 
Santa Anita (Pat. rights reserved). Produces quantities of per- 
fect flowers. Lovely clear pink, excellent for cutting. $1.00. 

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