Remember that coiling the roots is as bad as cutting them off. Another 
thing is that you have (along with the Oregon coast) entirely different rose 
reqirements than the rest of the U.S.A. Most of the new roses advertised 
are not as good in your area as a picked selection I have made. Some of you 
know that at one time I had about a thousand varieties and so have had 
ample opportunity to select the varieties that-would give the most satisfact- 
ion in your area. A strange thing is that roses that are marvel- 
ous for you are almost the same way at high altitudes where the air is thin; 
though some that are excellent in the mountain areas are positively no 
good for you because of fungus troubles. 
NIGGER BOY 
For years an intensive search has been carried on for the perfect poly- 
antha, designed to be used as a border rose or a rose for massing; cluster 
flowered, extremely heavy blooming rose, perferably of compact growth, 
with completely healthy foliage. A plant so foolproof it could be planted in 
beds or masses to bloom continually, with an absolute minimum of spray- 
ing,shearing, or grooming. 
Hybridizers all over the world, especially Kordes in Germany, and Poul- 
sen in Denmark, searched and worked continually for the perfect polyantha. 
A great flood, many of them patented, have come on the market recently, 
ranging all the way from terrible to good. Large blooms were particulary 
striven for. Kordes always announced that his latest creation had at least 
4-inch blooms, which always turned out to be 2-inch blooms when grown in 
this country. 
While the flood of new polyanthas has been deluging the rose buying 
world Nigger Boy was quietly produced in Australia in 1931 and released in 
1938. This remarkable rose is NOT a polyantha in lineage, but a H. T. Itisa 
freak mutation in hybrid Teas with every polyantha quality. It came forth 
unheralded, as did the splendid Golden Dawn, also from Australia, and was 
lost in the shuffle of new varieties until I imported it from England. 
NIGGER BOY—This remarkable rose has a low, compact, densely foliaged 
plant 18 to 20 inches high, and as much through. This perfectly healthy plant 
is covered continually with masses of brilliant crimson blooms. Please do 
not order less than six of a kind and save extra correspondence, for even 
though the blooms are like smaller Crimson Glories, you cannot judge from 
sinelé*plantss Noefurther discon tre eee eee ee Six for $9.00 
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 varieties. Following that I have some wonderful Rhododendrons 
and then the Pillar roses of which nothing is more spectacular. But I can- 
not give my time. Also there are the remarkable named Moutans (Tree Peon- 
ies) which bloom about the same time as the late tulips. 
Thank you, 
Rey Hennessey 
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