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FORBES HYBRID TEA ROSES IN POTS 
All are strongly rooted, 2-year-old, No. 1 grade, field-grown plants established in 7-inch pots 
In our selection of Everblooming Hybrid Tea Roses you will find the best of the recent introductions as well 
as those older favorites which, through sheer merit, are still among the fmest available. Whether planted in 
beds by themselves or in small groups m perennial or shrub borders, they will flaunt their beauty from June 
until frost. In choosing potted Rose plants you are assured of live plants well established in ample soil and equal 
In every way to a dormant Rose which had been planted last fall. They are easily set in your garden without loss. 
Charlotte Armstrong. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.50; $21 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1941. The long, pointed, 
blood-red bud opens into a large, high-centered, full flower, 
cerise in hot weather and spectrum-red in cool weather, 
and 3 to 4 inches across. The plants are vigorous and very 
free flowering. The foliage is large, leathery, semi-glossy, 
deep green and highly resistant to mildew. 30 petals. 
Christopher Stone. $1.65 ea.; 3 for $4.65; $17.50 doz. 
large, semi-double, vivid scarlet flower overlaid with 
velvety crimson, of delightful Damask fragrance. In fall 
the crimson deepens with black shadings. The plants are 
of vigorous, upright growth with bright green foliage, free 
flowering and apparently not affected Be heat, as they 
bloom almost continuously. 35 petals. 
Crimson Glory. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.50; $21 doz. 
The large, long-pointed buds open to beautifully formed, 
semi-double, cupped flowers of an intense deep vivid crim- 
son shaded oxblood-red and mellowed by a soft velvety 
nap. The wonderfully fragrant blooms are recurrently 
borne on very vigorous, compact bushes with healthy, 
profuse, leathery foliage. 30 petals. 
Eclipse. $1.80 ea.; 3 for $5.10; $19.25 doz. 
With streamlined, tapering buds, often 2 inches long, the 
semi-double, golden yellow flowers are very freely pro- 
duced. The plants are vigorous and upright in growth with 
long, erect stems fine for cutting. They bloom consis- 
tently through the season. 25 petals. 
Enchantment. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.50; $21 doz. 
The long, stately, apricot-tinged buds shading to clear 
yellow at the base, appear in great display early in the 
season and are produced continuously through the season. 
These open to slightly fragrant, high-centered, huge blooms 
of an entrancing peach-pink color, often 6 inches across at 
maturity. The plants are vigorous and upright, growing 
2 to 3 feet high with a wealth of dark green, disease- 
resistant foliage. 35 petals. 
Etoile de Hollande. $1.65 ea.; 3 for $4.65; $17.50 doz. 
An old variety but still one of the best reds. The large- 
petaled, huge, double, cupped flowers are bright red, do 
not fade and have an exquisite Old-Rose fragrance. They 
are particularly superb when in the half-open stage. The 
214-foot, open, branching plants have upright stems, large, 
healthy, soft green foliage and bear intermittently all 
season. 45 petals. 
Forty-Niner. $2.75 ea.; 3 for $8; $31 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1949. This, perhaps the most 
brilliant of the bicolor Roses, has long-pointed buds of 
tich chrome-yellow faintly flushed with pink. As the 
flower opens this changes to straw-yellow, which strongly 
contrasts with the inside petal color—a vivid oriental-red 
which ages to cherry-red. The double flowers are large, 
open and well-formed, with a mild, pleasant fragrance. 
The plants are exceedingly vigorous, 3 to 4 feet high and 
upright, with long, straight, sturdy stems and leathery, 
glossy light green foliage. They bear freely and continu- 
ously. 35 petals. 
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Golden Dawn. $1.65 ea.; 3 for $4.65; $17.50 doz. 
Noted for its free blooming, this is an ideal garden Rose. 
The ovoid Iemon-yellow buds, heavily splashed with 
crimson, develop into well-formed, sweetly scented, large, 
double, sunflower-yellow flowers which turn to lemon- 
ON The foliage ts glossy and disease resistant. 45 
petals, 
Heart’s Desire. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.50; $21 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, Gold Medal, 1942. A strong 
grower with rich green, Juxuriant foliage and long-stemmed, 
ovoid buds, sometimes long and pomted. The deep red 
flowers with dark crimson shading are exceptionally fra- 
grant and are freely produced throughout the entire season. 
The dark color holds well under hot sunshine. 25 petals. 
Katherine T. Marshall. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.50; $21 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1944. This clean, sparkling 
warm pink Rose comes on fine, erect-growing, very hardy 
plants with profuse, dark green, resistant foliage. The 
firm, slow-opening, long, pointed buds develop into large, 
cupped flowers with heavy, sun-resisting petals of coral- 
pink with a golden glow at the base. The rare beauty, 
delicacy of form and delightful fragrance combine to make 
this an exceptionally desirable Rose. 22 petals. 
McGredy’s Ivory. $1.65 ea.; 3 for $4.65; $17.50 doz. 
This is an unusually beautiful white variety with lovely, 
very large, high-centered double flowers of soft, delicate 
creamy white merging into soft yellow at the base. They 
are delightfully fragrant. The buds are long and pointed, 
and very freely produced on vigorous plants with large, 
glossy, dark green leathery foliage, quite disease resistant. 
32 petals. 
McGredy’s Sunset. $1.80 ea.; 3 for $5.10; $19.25 doz. 
The long, pointed buds of this hardy variety open to 
nicely formed, double flowers of sweet, fresh fragrance. 
The saffron-yellow blooms, tinted and shaded with deli- 
cate orange and rich scarlet, resist sun and hot weather. 
The reverse side of the petals is clear buttercup-yellow. 
The 214-foot plants have glossy, bronze-green, disease- 
resistant foliage, are very vigorous and bloom continu- 
ously. 30 petals. 
Mme. Jules Bouche. $1.65 ea.; 3 for $4.65: $17.50 doz. 
Perfectly formed, long, pointed buds and high-centered 
flowers of pure white, slightly shaded at times with faint 
blush-pink. The plants are unusually strong and bloom 
continuously. The very fragrant flowers come on long, 
straight stems splendid for cutting. 34 petals. 
Mrs. E. P. Thom. $1.65 ea.; 3 for $4.65; $17.50 doz. 
The long-pointed buds develop into large, well-shaped, 
fragrant blooms of bright canary-yellow which holds well 
during heat. The very hardy plants have dark, healthy 
foliage and bloom freely. 43 petals. 
Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont. $1.65 ea.; 3 for $4.65; $17.50 doz. 
Produced in great numbers, the long, pointed buds are 
reddish gold and open to semi-double, cupped, deep 
golden yellow flowers which grow lighter with age. They 
last very well and have a delightful spicy fragrance. The 
strong, compact plants have rich green, glossy foliage, 
and bloom continuously. 42 petals. 
