
NocTURNE 
Nellie E. Hillock. Patent 185. Somehow the honest, wholesome name 
which this rose bears, seems to keynote its description, for Nellie is a lusty lass, 
short waisted and broad in the beam, with a glow of health in plant and flower which 
warms our hearts. The big, 60 petalled, peony-like blooms are silvery pink, reverse 
old-rose. Be kind to our Nell—we like her! 
Summer, 1948. Comes the following comment from Griffith J. Buck, Ames, 
lowa—"I thought you might be interested in the performance of the six Hillock 
plants you sent me this past spring. They have taken off and outbloomed every- 
thing in the college rose gardens including all of the new ARS test roses and most of 
the recent winners ... through an error they were scored along with the test plants 
and made 95 points out of a possible 100! 
Thanks to Mr. Buck, we are able to offer Nellie E. Hillock in Climbing Form, for 
the first time. Mr. Buck discovered and developed a climbing sport which we now 
propogate, and enthusiastically present herein. 
Bush and climbing. 1.50 
Nigger Boy. Sorry—won’t have them until 1950, but they’re so good we 
want to put in our plug for them anyway, even though Roy Hennessey says he’s 
always sold out by mid-season (maybe it’s that “don’t order less than six” idea of 
his.) | Roy sent us a couple of plants to watch and they’re all he claims for ’em, 
which, of course, is saying a lot! 
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