DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND ME... 
I am more than pleased to have you come and enjoy the wonderful things as they 
bloom starting with the tulips of which I have a very fine collection of varities. Fol- 
lowing that I have some wonderful Rhododendrons and then the Pillar roses of which 
nothing is more spectacular. But I cannot give my time. Also there are the remarkable _ 
named Moutans (Tree Peonies) which bloom about the same time as the late tulips. 
Thank you, 
roy Hennessey 
ABOUT HENNESSEY ROSE PLANTS AND ROSE SHOWS 
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It is best to realize that every rose variety in existence is at some time marvelous, 
otherwise the originator would never have continued to propagate it. This should be a 
lesson to you to not say, when you see a rose, that you want it. It may be impossible to 
live with, having a disposition that you as an amateur simply cannot seem to please. It 
may catch all the mildew that comes around or simply cannot let a blackspot spore go 
by, also have a lot of other bad habits that in humans would cause a divorce. 
I do my best to not propagate all of the new names that are so little different from 
the older varieties that the nurseryman has to look at the name stake to tell the 
difference. 
Twenty-five years ago it was high pressure selling by word of mouth and per- 
sonality. Today it is being done with color. The photographers are working overtime 
getting pictures under the most favorable conditions that you may in the garden never 
be able to duplicate. The engravers do a little improving so that the result, even if 
you never get a bloom, pays for your efforts (I hope). — 
I seem to be fairly successful, judging by my customers, in my picking only those 
that will give results for you with a minimum of swearing and I believe that I have 
about every top color and form represented IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO AND STILL 
HAVE A GOOD PLANT or else I will tell you what to expect with such as that most 
gorgeous of all pink roses, ‘The Doctor’ or that Lulu is not a large growing plant or 
that Treasure Island used to be very temperamental but that from this last crop I can 
_ promise you some of the longest, most gorgeous rosebuds in existence. The plant does 
not like the midwest sun for more than a few morning hours even though the bloom 
can really take the heat, yet in the northwest it will make a good plant though not 
a huge one. 
If you are intending to buy some new rose plants to fill in those beds where some 
old ones died, don't do it, as I will refuse to sell them to you if I know about it, 
Unless amo 
... you dig out all of the old soil for about a foot and a half square and deep and replace 
with soil free of rose material, as my plants or others will not give results unless you do. 
‘Toxins’ is the answer. I repeat, people do amazing and astounding things to roses 
and then still expect them to grow and flourish! \ 
