
SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON—'‘‘ WITH a HAUNTING FRAGRANCE.” 
Rosette Delizy. Tea. (1922.) When the rose garden is “quiet,” this lively 
and luxuriant tea rose will be in full-bloom—it literally never stops. Flowers are 
medium size, pert and well formed; basic color is cadmium-yellow, outer petals dark 
carmine, in very pleasing contrast. Enthusiastically recommended. 125 
Shot Silk. H. Tea. (1924.) Says the National Rose Society, 1945—'Color 
cerise, shaded orange-salmon. Petals 27; moderately vigorous; very fragrant; foliage 
almost free of mildew. A beautiful bedding rose which should be planted closely.” 
Mr. Lester always said of it, if he were limited to growing but one bush rose it would 
be Shot Silk, because its habits and performance are so excellent. And writing for 
the Pacific Rose Society he included it in his three favorite roses, out of 
the hundreds with which he had been so long familiar. This writer, yielding to the 
Lester enthusiasm some years ago, planted a Shot Silk Climber in his garden at Red- 
lands, California, where the hot summers are not too kind to roses. Nothing in that 
garden of 225 varieties, exceeded Shot Silk in all those qualities which combine to 
make a rose good; certainly none were more equisitely beautiful. 
Both bush and climbers available. 1.50 
Silver Moon. (1910.) So many have asked for this beautiful and unusual 
climber, we are making it a happy addition to our list. “Big, saucer-shaped, moon- 
white flowers,” show amber staemens, and come in great mass clusters, over a long 
spring season. Needs room and its handsome, glossy foliage is decorative in itself. 1.25 
Soleil d’Or. Pernetiana. (1900.) Moderately tall, bushy plant of excellent 
health and steady blooming habit. Famous as being the foundation of the great 
Pernetiana class of roses. From its Persian Yellow ancestry comes its beautiful 
yellow tones, shaded nasturtium-red; flowers large, double, fragrant. Different 
and intriguing. 1.25 
Souv. dela Malmaison. Bourbon. (1843.) A famous and influential rose 
“with a haunting fragrance.” Another of our special favorites and of Mrs. Keays also, 
for she writes of it with much charm and favor—‘Souvenir de la Malmaison, 1843, a 
grand old rose and a tremendous favorite in the past. The bloom is often very large, 
always full, of refreshing fragrance. Its thick petals are quartered and neat, of a 
pale flesh-color with center rosy or rosy buff, the light playing over them with a 
translucence which is enchanting and typical, like the light of history over the mis- 
tress of Malmaison.” 
Climbing only. 1.50 
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