Bess: All-America Rose Winners 
You will be proud to own and 
grow these prize winning favorites 
Better Blooms 
You will find listed here some of the best, the most popular 
and the most profuse blooming sorts of the new Roses. They wil! 
give you more color, more flowers, more pride and satisfaction 
of ownership than possibly any other type plant you might 
select. Choose the ones you like best and order them now for 
planting this season. 


ERNIE PYLE 
(Plant Patent No. 673.) Dedicated to 
the memory of Ernie Pyle at the 1945 
Festival of Roses, this glowing new 
flower has been generously admired 
and acclaimed. Warm rose-pink flow- 
ers of great size and unusually abun- 
dant fragrance. Price: $1.50 each: 3 
for $3.75. 


















RUBAIYAT => 
(Plant Patent No. 758.) 
AARS Winner for 1947. A 
long, graceful, brilliant red 
bud, which opens slowly, 
disclosing deep crimson 
color in the heart of the 
bloom, accented by the 
outside of the petals which 
are several shades lighter 
Both buds and flowers are 
extra large and deeply fra- 
grant. Price: $1.50 each; 3 
for $3.75. 

FORTY-NINER 
(Plant Pat. No. 792.) AARS 
Winner for 1949. Probably the 
most brilliantly colored  bi- 
color Rose yet introduced. De- j 
lightfully formed buds, open- | 
ee ing into large, well shaped 
flowers. Inside face of the 
petals is a vivid Orient-red; 
the outside of the petals is a 
rich straw-yellow. Price: $2.00 
each; 3 for $5.00. 

ECLIPSE rom 
(Plant Patent No. 172.) The 
“Streamline Rose”. Distinctive, 
sleek, tapering buds. Best 
national all-purpose yellow. 
An abundant bloomer. The 
flowers are produced on long, 
erect stems, excellent for cut- 
ting or for boutonnieres. Price: 
$1.35 each; 3 for $3.40. 
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