BROWNELL ROSE RESEARCH GARDENS 
LITTLE COMPTON, RHODE ISLAND 
July 12, 1950 
Library, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Washington 25 
D.C. 
Gentlemen: 
Have you ever been told that Brownell Roses are "no 
good"? How easy it is to accept as a fact something said. 
Dr. James Conant, head of Atomic Research and President 
of Harvard College told us a good one on that point this 
Commencement. I'll bet you can't read it without laughing. 
A stalwart American died and meeting St. Peter at the 
Pearly Gate was told Heaven was full and he could not enter. 
Being staunchly athletic his argument that he could make 
room for himself prevailed and he was passed in. 
Soon there appeared from within a man saying, "St. 
Peter I have changed my mind, I want to go down below." 
So St. Peter let him go down. 
Shortly another appeared that had similarly changed 
his mind, another and another. The athletic American was 
number 30 that had changed his mind to go below. That 
was too much for St. Peter. He stopped the American and 
asked “Say, American, what's going on in there?" 
The American meekly replied - "Well, St. Peter, I'll 
tell you - when I went in to make room for myself I started 
a rumor that they had struck oil in Hell and so many fell 
for it, I began to believe it myself." 
If anyone tells you that Brownell Roses are not 
vastly superior in every way to the run of tender Roses 
don't you believe them; for they give tremendously better 
customer satisfaction. Ask any one of thousands of 
gardeners; or try to talk any one of hundreds of their 
dependable distributors against Brownell Roses and if you 
succeed I'll buy you a good dinner. Wholesale: grade No. 
1 - 85¢, grade No. 14 - 60¢. 
Better place your order now, we sell out early. 
Sincerely, 
Brownell Roses 
ny =. 
Nth Darn 
Walter D. Brownell, Director 


