Walk through the nursery fields with the experts who do the actual 
growing, and you will find them passing the hybrid tea beds with only 
casual and sometimes jaded interest, to enthuse about their favorite 
“polys,” the life and gayety of their color, and their truly everbloom- 
ing habit. . 
Whether planted in low growing borders to hide the “‘legginess” 
of the tall growing sorts, or in groups through the rose-beds; whether 
used as garden decoration or mass bouquets, no roses are more enjoy- 
able; none give so much for so little. 
In addition to the small-flowered, low spreading types, of which 
we consider The Fairy, LaMarne, Chatillon and Orange Triumph dis- 
tinctive examples, we have the important FLORIBUNDAS, in which 
the tea strain predominates,—taller and larger flowered than the dwarf 
polyanthas, but still in profuse clusters and always in bloom. Of 
these, we like especially Else Poulsen, Pink Lafayette, Donald Prior 
and the newer Red Ripples. 
We intend to improve and enlarge our collection of these charming 
and valuable rose strains, and give them the publicity they so well 
deserve. 
OW arieties 
Cameo. Low growing, 15 to 18 inches. Semi-double, small, cupped flowers 
in clusters, first salmon-pink, then turning to shell-pink, shaded gold. Profuse, all 
season bloom. Rated second by the National Rose Society, England, in 1945, out of 
a large field of Polyanthas. 1.25 
Cecile Brunner. (Known also as Mignon and the Sweetheart Rose.) If rose 
gardeners everywhere were asked to name their ten favorite roses, regardless of class 
or size, we believe Cecile Brunner would be included more than any other—it is so 
universally loved. Its small exquisite pink buds, are as perfectly formed as the 
finest hybrid tea. We have admired it in low growing borders, in groups among the 
other roses, and in the great masses of pink bloom given so bountifully and repeatedly 
by the climbing form. For greatest rose enjoyment, we consider Cecile Brunner 
among the six best roses in anybody’s catalogue. 1.25 
Chatillon Rose. Low growing, spreading type, producing in great profusion, 
the longest lasting pink cluster bloom, of any we have noted. Will mildew a little 
if subjected to long periods of cold, damp weather, but its fine qualities are well 
worth a little sulphur dusting if needed. 1.25 
Chatillon White. Identical with the pink Chatillon described above, except 
its pinkish buds open to a good clean white, turning very slowly to ivory as the 
clusters age. This writer prefers the White to the Pink, but both are tops in the 
Polyantha class. 1.25 
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