Shailer’s Provence.  Centifolia. Without ado we immediately page Mrs. 
Keays—"Shailer’s Provence is a rose to cherish. It differs from all the cabbage roses 
in having a bloom which is cupped in the form of an anemone .. . Its full flower is 
a lilac-pink with white shanks to the petals, the bud being a vinous pink ... the 
inner petals roll and wrinkle and fill the cup, concealing a small ring of stamens. 
Blooms break from almost every leaf bud, down the long shoots, making the second 
year very showy.” 1.50 
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 exquisitely 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 stamens, and come in great mass clusters, over a long 
spring season. Needs room and its handsome, glossy foliage is decorative in itself. 1.50 
Soleil d’Or. Pernetiana. (1900.) To the famous English authority, Wil- 
liam Paul, writing in 1901, we are indebted for the following—“A handsome and 
interesting hybrid. It is a cross between Persian Yellow and the H. P. Antoine 
Ducher. Flowers are deep golden yellow shaded nasturtium-red and rose; large, full 
and quite distinct—produced in summer and autumn. This varicty will probably 
be the forerunner of a perpetual flowering group of a very hardy tribe.” 130 
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.” 
From Dr. Nicolas’ The Rose Manual, 1934, we print this interesting comment— 
“I well remember in my father’s garden was a large bed of his favorite rose, Souvenir 
de la Malmaison. Every second plant was pruned at medium height, the ones 
between, close to the ground. The long plants would bloom first, then the short 
ones, and the succession was maintained throughout the season. In the end, the 
short pruned plants were as high as the others.” Maybe we have something here! 
Bush and climbing. 1.75 

A good Rose should stand in a vase by itself as a queen should; 
then let any other flower or combination of flowers rival her if 
they can. —Rev. FostER—MELLIAR, LONDON, 1902 
