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ROSE, Forty-niner U. S. POSTAGE 
Pat. No. 792 
PAID 
North Abington, Mass. 
Permit No. 7 
LIBRARY 
RECELV ED 
sk MAR 181949 * 



Here is a wonderful new Hybrid Tea 
Rose with bold contrasting colors that re- 
flect the dash of the original ‘‘forty-niners’”’. 
The outside of the petals is dazzling yel- 
low in the bud, changing to straw-yellow, 
while the inside is bright cherry-red. The 
long-pointed buds and mildly fragrant, 
well-formed flowers attract many ad- 
mirers, and the tall, vigorous plant is dis- 
ease resisting and moderately branching. 
An All-America Rose Selection for 1949. LIBRARIAN. U.S. DEPT. OF 
$2.50 each AGRICULTURE 
WASHINGTON 25.,.D.C. 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 

RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED 

“The “Porty- Miner 
“GOLD!” was the cry that echoed and re-echoed across the land from California one hundred years ago. 
**Gold!”’ was the awful, magic word that fanned the flame of desire in men’s hearts, the desire for quick and 
easy wealth. 
**GOLD!”’ shouted across the country by a million mouths made men leave their homes and join the mad 
rush of the forty-niners for the fields whence came the exultant cry, “Pay dirt!” 
Lone men and whole families frantically packed up and set out, by land and by sea. Spurred on by the vision 
of gold, with caution and discretion cast aside, they braved danger and hardship and endured discomfort and 
suffering, for gold was at the end of the trail! 
Yes, some arrived at the gold fields and became rich. Some never found gold. Some perished on the way. The 
story of the forty-niners is a story of thrills and joy, of disappointment and heart-aches. 
When the mania was over, logic and sanity returned. Men began then to reap other forms of riches from the 
soil, for the soil is yet the source of all wealth. Food, clothing, warmth and shelter, all come from the prolific soil. 
Beauty also springs from the soil—the beauty of plants, which we all can foster. 
As the forty-niners gathered riches from the soil one hundred years ago, so may we today gather the wealth 
that is the fragrance and loveliness of plants. 
We still grow in 1949 many of the plants that were cherished in 1849. We may also enjoy new kinds given us 
fi ake W y y plant explorers and horticulturists. The plants listed in these pages are chosen from the best of the old and 
Day State | (BE) Nurseries, nc 
the most meritorious of the new. Plant them in your yard and reap gold nuggets of beauty from the soil— 
_ North (bington, Sa” Nass. eens? 
Telephone: ROCKLAND 26 PRINTED IN U, S. As 

