Gruss an Teplitz Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
This is a Rose for everybody, succeeding under the most ordinary condi- 
tions. In color it is of the richest scarlet, shading to a velvety crimson; 
very fragrant, a free, strong grower and in bloom all the time. 
Heart’s Desire (Patented) Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
(Award All-America Rose Selection, 1941.) In this new gold medal 
variety your Heart’s Desire for a red Rose bordering on perfection will 
be attained. Your Heart’s Desire for a Rose with that haunting per- 
fume will be fulfilled. Your Heart’s Desire for the beautiful in form 
and texture will be gratified. One day soon after planting the rugged 
bushes and you are gathering the many long-stemmed buds of perfect 
form and color from your garden you will exclaim: ‘Ah, yes this 
beautiful Rose with its long unfurling petals, deep red heart and ex- 
quisite fragrance satisfies my longing for a perfect Rose and fulfills 
my every HEART’S DESIRE.’ 
Joanna Hill Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Invaluable for the garden. The buds are large, long, pointed and open 
to large, full, semi-double, attractive, long-lasting, moderately fragrant 
flowers of a clear yellow with orange-yellow heart. They are borne 
singly on long, strong stems; growth vigorous, upright, a profuse bloomer. 
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Soft pearly white, tinted with just enough lemon in the center to relieve 
the white; remarkably fragrant, beautifully formed flowers on long, 
graceful stems; a strong, free, healthy grower. 
Lowell Thomas (Patent No. 595) Each $2.00, Doz. $20.00 
(Award All-America Rose Selection, 1944.) The vibrant chrome-yellow 
blooms open from beautifully shaped buds. They have high-cupped 
centers with outward rolling petals, making magnificent glowing flowers 
over 4 inches across when fully open. The color is penetrating, clear 
and deep, having a vibrant quality not seen in other Roses of this color. 
It is a strong grower with good foliage and stiff stems. The finest to 
date of the deep yellow Roses. 
Margaret McGredy Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Large, ovoid buds and double, cupped flowers of solid orange-vermilion. 
Very prolific. This extraordinary Rose has been widely discussed and 
tested in this country and found good. 
Mary Margaret McBride (Patented) Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
(Award All-America Rose Selection, 1942.) A tall, healthy growing 
plant which blooms quite freely and has all the qualifications of a fine 
Rose. The attractive, shapely salmon-pink buds open to 5-inch, loose 
flowers of a delightful shade of salmon-pink. They have about 35 
petals. The blooms are mildly fragrant. 
McGredy’s Ivory Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Lovely large flowers of beautiful double form and moderately fragrant. 
The color is soft delicate creamy white merging into yellow at the base. 
Vigorous, disease resistant, and a prolific bloomer. 
McGredy’s Sunset (Plant Patent applied for) Hach $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
As glorious as a summer sunset. The petals are a clear Buttercup- 
yellow, tipped orange on the outside, and chrome-yellow, flushed with 
scarlet on the inside. As the bloom expands the color is intensified and 
it is at its best when fully opened. Flowers are of medium size, full 
and shapely, and for a while the petals remain symmetrically curled 
like a Camellia. They are freely borne on a magnificent bush with dark 
green foliage. When cut, its fragrance soon diffuses throughout the 
room and leaves an unmistakable impression of its freshness. Very 
sun-resistant. Excellent in hot weather. An outstanding Rose and one 
much commented on. Certain to please garden lovers everywhere. 
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McGredy’s Yellow Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Well-formed flowers of bright Buttercup-yellow. The buds are ex- 
quisitely formed and leave nothing to be desired. Good strong, rugged 
grower producing flowers freely. One of McGredy’s best. 
Mirandy (Patented) Each $2.50, Doz. $25.00 
(Award All-America Selections, 1945.) The first place winner of the 
All-America Rose Competition for 1945. A gorgeous fragrant red Rose 
that takes its place with the finest red Roses of the world. The big, 
ovoid buds, often long-pointed, are deep, rich, dark red with black 
shadings, opening to a gorgeous Chrysanthemum-red. The flower dis- 
plays new beauties of form as the petals unfold and eventually be- 
comes a large full bloom (50 petals), with excellent lasting qualities. 
Mirandy has a wonderful, penetrating, damask fragrance which many 
will say is the finest Rose fragrance they have ever inhaled. The 
plant is strong, free branching, with heavy stout stems, and keeps 
producing its glorious flowers freely all season against a background 
of dark green, heavy-textured foliage. 

Mme. Chiang Kai-shek (Patented) Each $2.00, Doz. $20.00 
(Awarded All-America Rose Selection, 1943.) This Rose we have 
named ‘‘Mme. Chiana Kai-shek,” in honor of the First Lady of China. 
Perfectly chiseled petals clasped in long, spiral buds unfurl slowly, 
culminating in limpid, light clear canary-yellow flowers of perfect 
proportions. The rich Rose perfume of this premier yellow Rose is a 
fragrance retrieved from the past. Recalling the fragrance that hung 
over China Tea Roses in old and forgotten gardens of long, long ago. 
The perfect form, delightful perfume, sheer elegance and vigorous 
growth, combined with those indefinable qualities that breeding alone 
can convey, truly depict the patrician in ‘“Mme. Chiang Kai-shek,’’ 
the loveliest of all light yellow Roses. We offer fine 2-year-old plants. 

Mme. Cochet-Cochet Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
Long, pointed buds of coppery pink, flushed orange, open to 41-inch 
flowers of splendid form of the same color as the bud, except that the 
orange softens to gold. When open they disclose a mass of golden 
stamens. As the flower ages the color changes to a soft satiny pink, 
with an attractive tinge, but does not lose any of its loveliness and is 
usually clear and fresh at all times. 
Mme. Joseph Perraud Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Winner of the Bagatelle Gold Medal, 1934, and awarded the honor at 
Lyons, France, of being ‘‘the most beautiful Rose in France for the year 
1934." The 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. 
Mme. Jules Bouche Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
While not a pure white, it is to all intents white and without question 
the best white everblooming bedding Rose yet introduced. The flowers 
are large, quite double and of splendid from. It is fragrant, a vigorous 
grower and very free flowering. 
Mrs. Erskine Pembroke Thom Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Slender yellow buds and large, well-shaped blooms of bright canary- 
yellow, deepest in center. Blooms very freely. 
Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Medium sized long, pointed bud of a reddish gold opening to a semi- 
double, cupped, very lasting fragrant flower of a deep golden yellow. 
The plant is of strong, vigorous, compact growth. A profuse and con- 
tinuous bloomer. 
Mrs. Sam McGredy Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Scarlet coppery orange heavily flushed with Lincoln-red on the outside 
of the petals, and these colors together give a rich and almost dazzling 
effect. The flowers are of large size and beautiful form. They are very 
freely produced and delicately perfumed. The plant has a vigorous and 
exceptionally free habit. 
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