Harison’s Yellow. H. Foetida. (1830.) The old-fashioned yellow brier 
rose of our grandparents, brought to California in the Gold Rush days of ’49. Grows 
to six feet; fern-like rich green foliage; flowers—small, semi-double, bright yellow, 
in profuse Spring bloom only. Needs no coddling. 
We add the words of Louise Beebe Wilder, 1916—“Harisoni, that simple, loose 
petalled, soft yellow rose so lavish in its toll to passing June and so eloquent of old 
gardens and the days when simple things were the best beloved.” 1.50 
Henry Nevard. H. Perpetual (1924.) Garden Notes, 1948—‘Among 
the most important and worthwhile of our recent additions and a strong rival to 
General Jacqueminot and Prince Camille. The blooms are very large, full, of richest 
carmine aging slowly to amethyst tones characteristic of these old dark-red roses, 
except there is a lustre and life in the color superior to most of them.” Says Roy 
Shepherd—"Near the top of the heap in its class; intensely fragrant; nice plant- 
recurrent,” | 1.75 
Hermosa. China. (1840.) Once again we call on Mrs. Keays to describe a 
favorite and delicately beautiful old rose. ‘Hermosa 1840, sometimes Armosa, for 
long years everybody’s darling and still the darling of many because of deep associa- 
tions; a Rose of so definite and pure a pink, or delicate rose-color, that ‘Hermosa- 
Pink’ has become a standard by which to translate a certain shade. Hermosa is very 
double, cupped, in a refined and perfect form, of small size, fragrant, lasting well, 
showing a very close relationship to the China rose, and sometimes classed as a China. 
Hermosa is a steady, consistent, generous bloomer, on shoots bearing branching 
clusters, always gay, fresh and cheerful.” 1.50 
Hon. Lady Lindsay. — Shrub. (1938.) Garden Notes, 1498. “We really 
have something here! Very distinctive, pale, dusky buff-pink; smartly formed 
flowers in clusters mostly of three; very glossy, ivy-green foliage. Rates among the 
best of our newer additions for its unusual color tones; strong tea fragrance.” 1.75 
Hortulanus Budde. H. Tea (1919.) | One of those big, lush, deep fiery- 
red roses, with rare fragrance, far too good to be elbowed out of most rose catalogues, 
by less worthy newcomers. And besides, a name like that, has the right to sur- 
vive! 1.50 
Hugonis. Golden Rose of China. “Most important shrub rose of recent 
times” says Dr. McFarland in his “Roses of the World.” In our garden, its fern-like 
foliage of varying shades, and its mass of single, clear yellow flowers along the tall 
canes, is a special Spring delight. To Roy E. Shepherd of Medina, Ohio, writing in 
the American Rose Society annual, we are indebted for the following, “R. 
Hugonis grows vigorously under conditions that would be fatal to others. Although 
catalogued as reaching a height of six feet, 1 have succeeded in growing it to over 
12 feet by planting it in very poor soil. The 21%” yellow blossoms are produced 
along the entire length of the long arching canes.” 
Says authority, Dr. J. H. Nicolas in 1934—‘Species roses should never be 
manured and some positively refuse to bloom in rich soil. For instance, Hugonis— 
the poorer the soil the better and more abundant the bloom.’ Any poor soil 
begging for roses in your garden? 1.50 
Innocence. H. Tea. (1921.) <A five inch, 12 petalled rose, of purest white, 
with wine-red stamens, in profuse bloom all season; its one fault—no fragrance. 
Strong, healthy plant, with dark, disease-resistant foliage. (Apropos of nothing at 
all, of course—out of six rose enthusiasts of the ‘“‘weaker” sex, only one was able to 
spell Innocence correctly! ) 1.25 
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