BROWNELL ROSE RESEARCH GARDENS 
LITTLE COMPTON, RHODE ISLAND 
Do your customers ever complain of winter loss of their 
hybrid teas? If so do you tell them why? 
It is because the breeding of popular blooms on winter hardy 
plants is too slow and expensive for a Nurserymans task. 
Hundreds of gardeners where winters are cold, tell of the 
great satisfaction from Brownell Roses, with their superior 
performances and without replacements. 
Dr. W. R. Swaffield of Saskatchewan, Canada, after growing 
tender hybrid teas as annuals for years, writes that one 
winter there, it averaged for three months about 20 below 
zero, the thermometer constantly below zero, and 50 below 
was the lowest. Out of 42 Brownell Roses he lost but five. 
He says “the others wintered with tremendous vigor. They 
are the greatest stride in Roses for the North". Many at 25 
below have lost none; and beds for 15 years are without 
replacements. They stand notably well in hot sun. 
One of Americas largest distributors - writes "V for Victory" 
is a fine yellow, and our grower says, "it bleaches less 
than any yellow rose he has ever grown and flowers more." 
Increase in volume of sound business, is based on greater cus- 
tomer satisfaction. Their size, beauty and superior perfor- 
mance can control the trade. Many wholesalers are calling for 
more each year, because gardening customers are telling their 
friends, and they too are asking for these Roses. 
We seek to double the output each year. Still there will be 
a shortage. It is best to place your order now for plants 
from the fall 1947 crop. Talk to us about 100 or a carload 
lot. You are invited to call enroute to the Nurserymans 
Boston Convention in July to see the display and hybridizing 
by The Brownells, now in its fourth decade. 
Sincerely, 
Walter D. Brownell 
Director. 
