ROSE 

NOVELTY PATENTED ROSES 
CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG (HT) Plant Patent No. 455. A 
rose of surpassing beauty. Long slender, blood-red buds 
open to magnificent flowers of spectrum-red in cool weather 
and cerise in hot weather. Long stems, $1.50 Ea. 
PEACE. 1946 All-America Selection. Truly an outstanding 
rose and one of the finest ever introduced. The well shaped 
buds are canary yellow with cerise-picotee border, slowly 
opening to flowers of immense size and perfect form. The 
colors change as the flowers unfold .. . canary yellow, 
pale gold, creamy ivory and alabaster white, with cerise 
edging or petals passing through soft rose to apple blos- 
som pink. 
GRAND DUCHESS CHARLOTTE. 1943 All-American Selec- 
tion. The well formed buds of this beautiful rose are rich 
claret color, almost a brick red, which changes as the 
flower opens to a lovely begonia-rose. Perfect buds and 
flowers. Beautiful in every stage of development. Highly 
fragrant. 
MME. CHIANG KAI-SHEK. This All-America winner of 1944 
marks it as far better than average for its class. The per- 
fectly formed buds unfurl into a beautiful light clear canary 
yellow rose of perfect form, delightful perfume and vig- 
crous growth. 
MIRANDY. 1945 All-America Selection. A gorgeous, frag- 
rant red rose. One of the best of the reds. Large ovoid 
buds, deep rich red with black shadings, opening to- 
lovely chrysanthemum-ted, velvety textured flowers of huge 
proportions. 
LOWELL THOMAS. All-America award in 1944. This is a 
new yellow rose of outstanding merit; its-long buds are 
a rich glowing yellow, opening to a large flower of uni- 
form lighter yellow. Long stems, mildly fragrant. : 
STANDARD BUSH ROSES 
RED HYBRID TEAS 
CHRISTOPHER STONE. Velvety Scarlet Crimson. A vig- 
orous upright grower. Very fragrant. Stands hot weather. 
Beautiful. See postage note at top of page. 
ETOILE DE HOLLANDE. The finest dark red rose for gen- 
eral purpose. Ranked among the first three of its color 
by everyone who knows roses. The beautiful oval buds 
are perfect. 
MARGARET MC GREDY. A fine red rose with very at- 
tractive buds. Opens into a well formed flower. It's a Mc 
Gredy which should recommend it to all. See postage note 
at top of page. 
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Our roses are JUMBO SIZE No. 1 
old Northwest 
two-year 
grown of highest quality. 
PINK HYBRID TEAS 
DAINTY BESS. (Single) An exceedingly charming and 
dainty colored rose of perfect form. Petals are delicate shell 
pink and a favorite among those who love single roses. 
PICTURE. Well shaped buds of medium sized, velvety rose- 
pink flowers, with warm salmon undertones. Strong, vig- 
orous plants; unusually free blooming, One of the finest 
pink roses. 
PINK DAWN. A beautiful new hybrid tea rose with glori- 
ous deep rose buds opening to lovely pink blooms tinted 
with orange at the base of petals. Sweetly fragrant, full 
double, and vigorous upright habit. 
ORANGE & TRI-COLOR HYBRID TEAS 
AUTUMN. A distinct color of intense richness. This rose 
incorporates shades of burnt orange, suffused with russet- 
brown and bronzy red all over-laid on a background of 
rich yellow. 
CONDESSA DE SASTAGO. You will admire the brilliant 
colors of this new double rose from sunny Spain. The bud 
is like a ball of gold with red stripes. Full open it is fiery 
copper and gold. 
HINRICH GAEDE. This magnificent rose has beautiful long, 
pointed buds of a brilliant nasturtium-red color. The flowers 
are large, double, high-centered, and of a highly artistic 
shape. 
PRES. HERBERT HOOVER. A wonderful multi-colored rose, 
charmingly combining shades of cerise-pink, flame, scarlet 
and yellow. ~~ 
TALISMAN. A vividly colored rose of an unusual com- 
bination of gold, apricot, pink and carmine in mingled 
splashes, streaks and blends. See postage note at top of 
Sich YELLOW HYBRID TEAS 
GOLDEN DAWN. The oval buds are rich straw-yellow, 
flushed old-rose, opening into splendid double, sweetly 
scented flowers of sunflower-yellow. 
GOLDEN RAPTURE. A splendid new yellow rose of up- 
right growth. The pure yellow buds are of ideal form. 
Beautiful, large, double flowers which last without fading. 
MC GREDY’S YELLOW. Large, bright buttercup-yellow 
flowers, every bloom of which is perfect in form and 
sweetly scented. The foliage is glossy and free of disease. 
in most localities. The fine bush is full of vigor, continually 
sending out fine blooms. Stands heat well. 
MRS. P. S. DU PONT. Winner of more gold medals for 
outdoor blooms than any other rose. Buds are small but 
exquisitely formed and of a reddish gold, opening into 
yellow flowers. 
WHITE HYBRID TEAS 
FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI. The most popular everblooming 
white rose, Outer petals of immense buds occasionally 
tinged with pink; open blooms pure snow white, large and 
moderately full. 
MC GREDY’S IVORY. The size and perfection of form of 
this wonderful rose are almost unbelievable. The buds are 
long and pointed, opening to perfectly formed flowers of 
ivory-white. 8 
MME, JULES BOUCHE. Shapely buds and well formed, 
high centered flowers of pure white, occasionally with a 
tender blush pink tint at the center. A splendid white rose 
and a vigorous grower. 
CLIMBING ROSES 
CL. ETOILE DE HOLLANDE. Ranked among the first three 
of its color by everyone. The beautiful, oval buds are 
perfect of medium size and open into magnificent brilliant 
red blooms. 
PAUL’S CARLET. The semi-double flowers are of good 
size and of a vivid scarlet-red color, fading but little. 
Freely produced in clusters on much branched canes.. It 
is perfectly hardy and fine for trellis or arbor. 
REVEIL DIJONNAIS. For sheer brilliancy of coloring this 
is probably one of the most outstanding climbers ever 
introduced. Large, semi-double flowers of light yellow 
with a deep zone of cerise-pink around the edges, creating 
the effect of a deep pink rose with a great yellow center. 
TALISMAN. A striking climber with the same vivid colors 
as the bush variety. Flowers are fairly double; of lovely 
form. See postage note at top of page. 

