Michell’s Hardy Garden Roses 
GENERAL LIST OF HYBRID TEAS—Monthly Blooming 
Dormant Stock can be shipped up to April 15. Each $1.25; doz. $13.75 
Pot-Grown Roses available in May and June. Each $1.75; doz. $20.00 

SPECIAL OFFER: 6 Varieties Marked* for... 

Please Ask for Collection No. 9 
$6.95 
The Above Collection, Pot-Grown for delivery in May or June, for $10.00 

*CALEDONIA. Large, very double, high- 
centered flower of pure white, borne 
singly on long, strong stem. Average 
plant; leathery, dark green foliage. 
CHRISTOPHER STONE. Bright velvety 
scarlet-red flowers of good form. Its 
golden stamens appear as the bloom 
opens. Damask fragrance. Vigorous, 
upright grower, free flowering, and does 
not appear to be troubled by heat. 
*CONDESA DE SASTAGO. Cupped flow- 
ers of fiery copper inside and rich gold on 
the reverse. Enticing raspberry fra- 
grance. Vigorous plants. 
CROWN OF GOLD. Golden yellow flow- 
ers of very fine form, lasting exceptionally 
well under trying hot conditions. One of 
the best yellows. 
*ETOILE DE HOLLANDE. Large crim- 
son flowers with velvety finish and espe- 
cially fine fragrance. Branching plants 
with very large, healthy foliage. One 
of the finest red Roses. The very large, 
fragrant flowers are superb in the half- 
open state. 
GOLDEN SASTAGO. 
Strong grower. 
GOLDEN RAPTURE. Golden yellow. 
Buds pointed; flowers very large, clear 
golden yellow with old Rose fragrance. 
Foliage large and glossy. 
*GRENOBLE. Long-stemmed, scarlet-red 
bloom, admirable for cutting. Large, 
double Rose. 
Buttercup yellow. 
Five Sensational New Hybrid 
Please Ask for Collection No. 9A 

JOANNA HILL. Cream-yellow with or- 
ange center. Very pleasing in bud form. 
A popular cutting variety. 
KAISERIN AUGUSTE VIKTORIA. 
Creamy buds and perfect, snow-white 
blooms tinted Jemon-yellow at center 
fragrant. Medium, upright growth. 
McGREDY’S IVORY. Lovely large flow- 
ers of beautiful double form. The color 
is soft delicate creamy white merging into 
yellow at the base. 
MISS ROWENA THOM. Enormous buds 
and blooms of fiery rose and mauve, 
shaded with old gold at the center, borne 
on long, strong stems. 
MRS. E. P. THOM. Slender yellow buds 
and large, well-shaped blooms of bright 
canary-yellow, deepest in center. Blooms 
very freely. 
*PINK DAWN. A _ handsome deep rose- 
pink flower, opening to lively pink with 
an orange base; sweetly fragrant. Vigor- 
ous, upright, habit. One of the best 
modern pink Roses. 
POINSETTIA. Lovely, well-formed, long 
buds and vividly colored flowers of poin- 
settia-scarlet, which suggested the name. 
PRESIDENT MACIA., Very long bud of 
a lovely shade of pink, with heavy veins 
of darker pink, on a splendid stem for 
cutting. When open, the face of the petals 
is pale flesh, warmed with a yellow flush 
toward the base, the reverse the rich pink 
of the buds. Fruity scent. 
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER. The 
flowers are a_ charming combination of 
cerise-pink, flame, scarlet and yellow 
with broad, thick petals; very fragrant, 
The clean, handsome foliage is an added 
attraction. 
RADIANCE. The two-tone pink, cupped 
flowers have a pungent, true Rose fra- 
grance. In continuous demand on ac- 
count of its vigorous, healthy growth and 
freedom of bloom. 
RED RADIANCE. Counterpart of Ra- 
diance from which it is a sport, posses- 
sing all of the good pomts of that variety, 
but differing m color, which ts bright 
cerise-red. 
*SQEUR THERESE. Candelabras (not 
clusters) of five to fifteen flowers forming 
on top of sturdy canes that hold the 
blooms erect. Buds are marked with 
carmine but the open blooms are clear 
yellow. 
TALISMAN. The combination of apricot, 
gold, and deep rose-pink makes it a glit- 
tering mass of color over a long period. 
Very popular. 
THE DOCTOR. One of the best; a va- 
riety which will be greatly sought when 
better known. The buds, long and 
pointed, expand to a simply enormous 
bloom. The color is an exquisite silvery 
pink, uniform in both bud and open 
flower. Fragrance is intense- 
Tea Roses 
1950 INTRODUCTIONS 
BABE RUTH. The heavy-petaled, copper- 
salmon buds develop into large, ovoid 
flowers, the color changing to rose-pink 
as the petals fold back. Long, unbending 
stems. Strong plants with leathery, green, 
flawless foliage. A top performer. Each, 
$2.00; pot-grown, each $2.50. (Note: 
Five per cent of all moneys received from 
the wholesale distribution of this Rose 
by the originator will be donated to the 
Babe Ruth Foundation, devoted to the 
“Kids of America,” and for the fight 
against cancer among children, which the 
Foundation Is promoting.) 
CAPISTRANO. Patent applied for. Beau- 
(QD ful glowing rose-pink in both bud 
ie. and open flower. Never fades or 
changes color. Extremely vigorous and 
delightfully fragrant. Each $2.50; pot- 
grown, each $3.00. 
MISSION BELLS. Patent applied for. 
(P) Deep glowing salmon opening to bril- 
(ies liant clear shrimp-pink. Full-centered 
flowers, 514 inches across when fully 
open. Very vigorous and free branching, 
blooming freely. Each $2.50; pot-grown, 
each $3.00. 
SUTTER’S GOLD. Patent 885. Long- 
pointed, yellow bud richly shaded cop- 
Me pery red, becoming a superb yellow 
ose with coppery veins. Very strong 
and free blooming. Fragrant. Good foli- 
age. Winner of the Foreign Gold Medal, 
Paris. Each $2.50; pot-grown, each $3.00. 
TOM BRENEMAN. Long, coral-rose buds 
expanding into long-lasting flowers, fra- 
grant and beautiful. Blooms unstintingly 
all season. Rugged plants. Each $2.00; 
pot-grown, each $2.50. 
HARDY MINIATURE ROSES 
For the Rose garden in the window or 
porch-boxes. They will bloom indoors for 
weeks under an inverted jar or glass globe 
before time to plant them in the garden. 
Midget. Patent 466. The tiniest rose-red, 
full double miniature Rose. Almost thorn- 
less. Each 90c. 
Pixie. Patent 408. The world’s smallest 
double white Rose. It is very double, with 
40 or more tiny petals marvelously packed 
in each little bloom. In cool weather they 
show a dainty flush of pink. Each 90c. 
Rouletti. Small, rose-pink, double flowers 
about an inch in diameter. Each 90c. 
Sweet Fairy. Patent 748. New. True Rose 
fragrance. Dainty, dark pink buds open to 
charming, very double, 1-inch blooms of 
apple-blossom-pink. Each S25: 
Tom Thumb. Patent 169. Deep crimson 
buds growing slightly lighter as the blooms 
open, later disclosing a white eye. Each 90c. 

56 HENRY F. 
MICHELL CO., 
516 AND 518 MARKET ST., 
PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. 
