THE NEW J. & P. DISPLAY GARDEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION 
THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL OF ROSES will be the biggest and most 
important in J. & P. history because it will include formal opening of this 
new public display garden, when thousands of Modern Roses will be in 
full bloom, and because it marks the occasion of J. & P.’s 75th year in 
the Rose business. Under construction since 1945, the garden includes 
Rose plantings of all types: model gardens, actual plantings of Rose 



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After two years of construction, the 15-acre Jackson & Perkins display garden nears completion. 
22,000 Roses, in a well-landscaped setting of trees, shrubs, hedges, lawns, and walks, will be ready 
for formal opening at the Diamond Jubilee Festival of Roses in June. 
beds, hedges, climbing Roses, Roses for special purposes, tree Roses and 
other forms. The unusual design of the garden has been planned to 
accommodate a vast number of visitors, providing a large parking area, 
a natural outdoor amphitheater and stage, walks, benches and an Ad- 
ministration Building where displays will be on public view during the 
Diamond Jubilee Festival of Roses. 
Visitors to this new garden will see Modern Roses in hundreds of 
popular varieties, and will have an opportunity to study the many in- 
teresting planting and landscape effects. The many plantings in the 
garden will demonstrate how Roses may be used by home owners and 
will also familiarize visitors with Rose varieties. The magnificent dis- 
play of 22,000 Roses in full bloom combined with many other features of 
the Festival of Roses, make the above garden a mecca for Rose lovers. 
The display will be continuous and visitors will be welcome through- 
out the entire summer. 
MME. MARIE CURIE (220 Patent 
Applied For) 
Unusually generous, clear yellow blooms with sweet fragrance, on 
vigorous, spreading bushes. Stems long, ideal for cutting. This Rose 
will bring a new warm glow to your garden. Order now and enjoy its 
beauty among your other garden favorites in June and during the summer. 
Named for Mme. Marie Curie, co-discoverer of radium, and also for 
Greer Garson’s screen portrayal of Mme. Curie. 
Plants.. .continuously in bloom. Very hardy—3 ft. tall. 
Buds... .the tight-pointed, orange buds open slowly to ovoid shape. 
Flowers. .large, 5-in. blooms, beautifully cupped. Very prolific all season. 
$1.50 each; 3 for $3.75; 12 for $15.00 
Join the AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY and enjoy the many advan- 
tages of membership in one of the most important horticultural organi- 
zations in the country. 
Benefits include the American Rose Annual, the bi-monthly American 
Rose Magazine, pamphlets, and other aids. Dues $3.50. Send to: 
SECRETARY, Box 687G, Harrisburg, Pa. 

JACKSON & PERKINS CO 
