


Charlotte armstrong 
sire 

3 1 
a; 4 Heart’s De 
1 Mme. Chiang 
3 tor 94.35 Fortes 
Kai-shek 
All 





ais Date Sieh | 
id 
~ : 
vA 
Mme. Chiang 
Kai-shek 





Heart's Desire 
Cmoican 
The All America Rose Selection Award is the highest 
honor a rose can win in the United States. There are a 
number of rose test gardens in different sections. Experts 
watch the new roses carefully. They meet and compare 
C14 Heart’s Desire (Plant Patent No. 501) —This is a 
particular favorite because of its delightful fragrance. A 
small bouquet will perfume a room, and the bright yet soft 
crimson-scarlet is such a pleasing color. The buds are 
perfect, pointed and open into large graceful double flow- 
ers. The blooms come on long stems fine for cutting. The 
plant is a hardy, healthy, vigorous grower that improves 
with age. Postpaid. Each $1.50, 3 for $3.75 
Ci5 Mme. Chiang Kai-shek (Plant Patent No. 664)— 
One of the most pérfect roses with truly magnificent buds 
and a double rose of 35 petals when fully open. Very long 
stems fine for cutting. The buds are a light canary yellow. 
As the petals gracefully unfold, the outer petals become a 
rich ivory with center petals light yellow, Has a subtle, 
enchanting fragrance. We consider it the very best light 
yellow. Postpaid. Each $2.00, 3 for $5.00 
Cll Crimson Glory—see front cover. Postpaid. 
Each $1.50; 3 for $3.75; 12 for $15.00. 
C10 Charlotte Armstrong (Plant Patent No. 455) — 
This fine rose is making a remarkable record. It not only 
won the AA RS Award, but also the John Cook Medal 
for being the best new American rose since 1935 and in 
1944 won the Gertrude Hubbell Gold Medal for being the 
best American rose in the previous five years. Lovely long 
streamlined buds open to enchanting full-blown flowers. 
No picture can do the color justice. The buds are carmine 
and the open flowers cerise, beautiful at all stages. Long 
stems fine for cutting. Postpaid. Each $1.50 
