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Sleigh Bells. H. T. (1949.) We are grateful to Paul J. Howard for a 
happily named and fine white rose, not only because we have a weakness for white 
roses, but we think perhaps he has supplanted Pedralbes in Mrs. Judith Packard's 
affections. (We are sort of fed up with Pedralbes.) Anyway, we note her com- 
ments in the A. R. S. Annual, 1949—"Sleigh Bells . . . sensational well-formed 
white ... large and full-petalled ... very heavy bloomer,’ and others agree, as the 
national rating hit an enthusiastic 85%. Jingle Bells to you, Mrs. Packard, and a 
“White Christmas” 1950 to those who plant Sleigh Bells next spring. 2.00 
Snowbird. When the “Proof of the Pudding” of the A.R.S. rates a rose 86%, 
this writer is willing to throw up his hat and join in the shouting, even though he 
likes his white roses “big and handsome.” Handsome enough it is; and a rather 
belligerent Snowbird admirer once thrust some pretty big blooms under my dodging 
nose, forcing a hasty admission that Snowbird is not “‘puny.” Big or not so big, 
Snowbird is a splendid, bushy plant, uncomplaining in any weather or location, and 
gives bountifully, well formed, double white blooms—mighty good smelling, too. 
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