

MARK SULLIVAN $1.25 
The planting season for bare-root roses begins in 
late December and continues until about the 
middle of March. Some varieties will be available 
for later planting from stock growing in con- 
tainers at slightly higher prices. 

SELECTED BUSH ROSES 
Peace (Mme. A. Meilland) (Plant Pat. 591). Called ‘’the best new rose 
in a decade,’’ and well deserves it. Yellow buds with cerise edges open to 
luscious flowers of alabaster-white edged pink. Beautiful foliage. $2.00. 
Picture. Splendid, dependable, true-pink roses borne profusely on strong 
plants. Fragrant. $1.25. 
Pinocchio (Plant Pat. 484). Charming polyantha with dainty salmon-pink 
and gold blooms in profusion. $1.50. 
Pres. Herbert Hoover. Vigorous plants produce dazzling blooms of apri- 
cot and rose-red. $1.25. 
Rubaiyat (P.P.A.F.). The ‘All-America’ rose for 1947. Long, tapering 
buds are rose-red to crimson, lighter in the open bloom. Long-stemmed 
flowers on an exceptionally vigorous plant with good foliage. Rich damask 
fragrance. $2.00. 
Saturnia (Plant Pat. 349). Beautiful two-toned rose. Inside warm 
cardinal-red; outside salmon yellow and copper. $1.50. 
FOR MAXIMUM ENJOYMENT OF ROSES AS CUTFLOWERS 
FOR THE HOME, PLANT TWO OR THREE OF EACH VARIETY. 
BEST EFFECT IS ACHIEVED BY PLANTING RED ROSES IN 
THE FOREGROUND, THEN BRIGHT TONES; PINK SHADES, 
YELLOW AND WHITE IN THE BACKGROUND. 


