The American rose gardeners’ enthusiasm for these gay and spark- 
ling cluster-flowering roses bids fair to equal their popularity abroad. 
We believe they have no rivals, in any garden flowers, for brilliancy 
and vivacity; their frue ever-blooming habit is an all season delight. 
Every hue known to rosedom is found in them. There are low- 
growing and spreading types... medium, tall growing .. . small or 
large-flowered . . . a color and style to blend and fit any purpose, 
whether as borders .. . in groups for mass display, or planted through 
the rose-beds to hide the “‘legginess” of the tall-growing sorts. 
In addition to the small-flowered, low spreading types, we have 
the important FLORIBUNDAS, in which the tea strain predomin- 
ates,—taller and larger flowered than the dwarf polyanthas, but still 
in profuse clusters and always in bloom. 
The list which follows is our carefully tested judgment of the best 
—both old and new. Each is a distinct rose personality. You will not 
find any “duds.” 
Anneke Koster. A low-growing variety with clean, pointed foliage and 
excellent habits. Produces clusters of semi-double, 114” flowers, of lively deep 
carmine, lighter outside of petals—ranuncula shaped similar to Marytje Cazant. 
Roy Shepherd, Medina, Ohio says—“This Dutch rose is an ideal poly in deep red.” 
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Cameo. Low growing, 15 to 18 inches. Semi-double, small, cupped flowers 
in clusters, first salmon-pink, then turning to shell-pink, shaded gold. Profuse, all 
season bloom. Rated second by the National Rose Society, England, out of a large 
field of Polyanthas. 1a iS 
Cecile Brunner. (Known also as Mignon and the Sweetheart Rose.) If rose 
gardeners everywhere were asked to name their ten favorite roses, regardless of class 
or size, we believe Cecile Brunner would be included more than any other—it is so 
universally loved. Its small exquisite pink buds, are as perfectly formed as the 
finest hybrid tea. We have admired it in low growing borders, in groups among the 
other roses, and in the great masses of pink bloom given so bountifully and repeatedly 
by the climbing form. For greatest rose enjoyment, we consider Cecile Brunner 
among the six best roses in anybody’s catalogue. fei 
Chatillon Rose. Low growing, spreading type, producing in great profusion, 
the longest lasting pink cluster bloom, of any we have noted. Will mildew a little 
if subjected to long periods of cold, damp weather, but its fine qualities are well 
worth a little sulphur dusting when needed. 1.15 
Chatillon White. Identical with the pink Chatillon described above, except 
its pinkish buds open to a good clean white, turning very slowly to ivory as the 
clusters age. This writer prefers the White to the Pink, but both are tops. 115 
China Doll. Patent 678. W.E. Lammerts is the author of this one, in 1945. 
We cannot improve on the originator’s description which we take the liberty of 
quoting—"Imagine a bushy, rounded, 18 inch rose plant, carrying 240 perfect 
pink roses at one time, each flower 1 to 2 inches across . . . the great rounded flower 
clusters so cover the plant, you cannot even see the leaves . . . color is a bright, 
cheerful shade of China Rose; petals drop cleanly before they become unsightly... 
China Doll makes a wonderful low border.” And from a leading Oregon amateur— 
“One of the prettiest dwarf pink bedders to date.” 1.50 
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