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FORBES HYBRID TEA ROSES IN POTS 
All are strongly rooted, 2-year-old, No. 1 grade, field-grown plants established in 7-inch pots 
In our selection of Everblooming Hybrid Tea Roses you will find the best of the recent introductions as well 
as those older favorites which, through sheer merit, are still among the finest available. Whether planted in 
beds by themselves or in small groups in perennial or shrub borders, they will flaunt their beauty from June 
until frost. In choosing potted Rose plants you are assured of live plants well established in ample soil and equal 
in every way to a dormant Rose which had been planted Iast fall. They are easily set in your garden without loss. 
Capistrano. $2.65 ea.; 3 for $7.65; $29.50 doz. Fandango. $2.20 ea.; 3 for $6.30; $24 doz. 
Crimson Glory. 
Enchantment. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1950. The very large, ovoid 
buds open to extra-large, double blooms borne singly and 
in abundance on very vigorous, upright plants often at- 
taining a height of 4 to 5 feet. The foliage is large and 
leathery, of normal green and disease resistant. The de- 
lightful fragrance’ vies with the beauty of the globular 
flowers, often 6 inches across, of a rich shade of deep glow- 
Ing rose-pink. 36 petals. 
Charlotte Armstrong. $1.85 ea.; 3 for $5.25; $19.75 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1941. The long, pointed, 
blood-red bud opens into a large, high-centered, full flower, 
cerise in hot weather and spectrum-red in cool weather, 
and 3 to 4 inches across. The plants are vigorous and very 
free flowering. The foliage is large, leathery, semi-glossy, 
deep green and highly resistant to mildew. 30 petals. 
Christopher Stone. $1.55 ea.; 3 for $4.35; $16.25 doz. 
A large, semi-double, vivid scarlet flower overlaid with 
velvety crimson, of delightful Damask fragrance. In fall 
the crimson deepens with black shadings. The plants are 
of vigorous, upright growth with bright green foliage, free 
flowering and apparently not affected by heat, as they 
bloom almost continuously. 35 petals. 
Condesa de Sastago. $1.55 ea.; 3 for $4.35; $16.25 doz. 
The golden yellow buds are beautifully striped with bril- 
liant orange-red and develop into cupped, open, copper- 
colored flowers of spicy scent. The inside of the petals is 
oriental red, the outside golden yellow, giving an unusual 
bicolor effect. The free-flowering, vigorous plants have 
large, glossy dark green foliage. 50 petals. 
$1.70 ea.; 3 for $4.80; $18 doz. 
The large, long-poited buds open to beautifully formed, 
semi-double, cupped flowers of an intense deep vivid crim- 
son shaded oxblood-red and mellowed by a soft velvety 
nap. The wonderfully fragrant blooms are recurrently 
borne on very vigorous, compact bushes with healthy, 
profuse, leathery foliage. 30 petals. 
Eclipse. $1.70 ea.; 3 for $4.80; $18 doz. 
With streamlined, tapering buds, often 2 inches long, the 
semi-double, golden yellow flowers are very freely pro- 
duced. The plants are vigorous and upright in growth with 
long, erect stems fine for cutting. They bloom consist- 
ently through the season. 25 petals. 
$1.85 ea.; 3 for $5.25; $19.75 doz. 
The long, stately, apricot-tinged buds shading to clear 
yellow at the base, appear early in the season and are pro- 
duced continuously. These open to slightly fragrant, high- 
centered, huge peach-pink blooms often 6 inches across. 
The plants are vigorous and upright, 2 to 3 feet high with 
dark green, disease-resistant foliage. 35 petals. 
Etoile de Hollande. $1.55 ea.; 3 for $4.35; $16.25 doz. 
Still one of the best reds. The large-petaled, huge, double, 
cupped flowers are bright red, do not fade and have an 
exquisite old-Rose fragrance. They are particularly 
superb when in the half-open stage. The 214-foot, open, 
branching plants have upright stems, large, healthy, soft 
green foliage and bear intermittently all season. 45 petals. 
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Heart’s Desire. 
McGredy’s Ivory. 
McGredy’s Sunset. 
This is a profuse, continuous bloomer with vigorous, up- 
right-growing, dwarf bushy plants and abundant glossy 
dark green, leathery foliage. The medium-sized, ovoid 
buds are turkey-red with a yellow base. They form large, 
open, semi-double, moderately fragrant blooms borne 
both singly and several together. These are at first cherry- 
scarlet changing to bright cerise-red and appear early. 
20 petals. 
Forty-Niner. $2.20 ea.; 3 for $6.30; $24 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1949. This bicolor has long- 
pointed buds of chrome-yellow faintly flushed with pink. 
As the flower opens this changes to straw-yellow, which 
contrasts with the inside petal color—a vivid oriental-red 
which ages to cherry-red. The double flowers are large, 
well-formed, with a mild, pleasant fragrance. The plants 
are vigorous, 3 to 4 feet high and upright, with long, 
straight stems and leathery, glossy light green foliage. 
They bear freely and continuously. 35 petals. 
$1.85 ea.; 3 for $5.25; $19.75 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, Gold Medal, 1942. A strong 
grower with rich green, luxuriant foliage and long-stemmed, 
ovoid buds, sometimes long and pointed. The deep red 
flowers with dark crimson shading are exceptionally fra- 
grant and are freely produced throughout the entire season. 
The dark color holds well under hot sunshine. 25 petals. 
Katherine T. Marshall. $1.70 ea.; 3 for $4.80; $18 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1944. This clean, sparkling 
warm pink Rose comes on fine, erect-growing, very hardy 
plants with profuse, dark green, resistant foliage. The 
firm, slow-opening, long, pointed buds develop into large, 
cupped flowers with heavy, sun-resisting petals of coral- 
pink with a golden glow at the base. The rare beauty, 
delicacy of form and delightful fragrance combine to make 
this an exceptionally destrable Rose. 22 petals. 
$1.55 ea.; 3 for $4.35; $16.25 doz. 
This is an unusually beautiful white variety with lovely, 
very large, high-centered double flowers of soft, delicate 
creamy white merging into soft yellow at the base. They 
are delightfully fragrant. The buds are long and pointed, 
and very freely produced on vigorous plants with large, 
glossy, dark green leathery foliage which Is quite disease 
resistant. 32 petals. 
$1.70 ea.; 3 for $4.80; $18 doz. 
The long, pointed buds of this hardy variety open to 
nicely formed, double flowers of sweet, fresh fragrance. 
The saffron-yellow blooms, tinted with delicate orange 
and rich scarlet, resist sun and hot weather. The reverse 
side of the petals is clear buttercup-yellow. The 21%-foot 
plants have glossy, bronze-green, disease-resistant foliage, 
are vigorous and bloom continuously. 30 petals. 
McGredy’s Yellow. $1.55 ea.; 3 for $4.35; $16.25 doz. 
This ts one of the best yellow Roses, producing a steady 
procession of long-pointed buds through the season. These 
open up to nicely cupped, slightly fragrant, perfectly 
formed flowers of a delightful, bright buttercup-yellow 
which does not fade in the sun. The plants are vigorous 
with large, glossy dark bronzy green foliage. 25 petals. 
