
HJORT’S O¢d- Fashioned Tea Roses 

BARONESS HENRIETTE SNOY 
Baroness Henriette Snoy is a new member of the 
Old-Fashioned Tea group, and one of the most 
beautiful and satisfactory of Roses for Southern 
gardens. ‘The lovely, pomted buds and large, 
double, well-formed flowers are peach-pink, shaded 
cream, and are freely produced on vigorous stems. 
‘The bush is spreading and vigorous, with abundant, 
heavy foliage, and most resistant to blackspot. We 
are the first firm in America to offer this Rose, and 
many who have seen it in our gardens and fields 
agree that it is the finest of the Teas, which is 
saying much, for there are other choice ones. 

RELIANCE ROSE SPECIAL FERTILIZER 
If you would obtain the maximum of vigorous 
growth, freedom and quality of bloom, it is neces- 
sary to feed plants properly. Reliance Rose Special 
is a scientifically compounded fertilizer containing 
all the elements required for growing better Roses. 
Prices of Reliance Rose Special Fertilizer: 25 Ibs. 
$1.50, 50 Ibs. $2.50, 100 Ibs. $4.50, f.0.b. Thomas- 
ville. 

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This group of Roses is perfectly adapted to the 
hot, moist summers of the Lower South, including 
Florida, and soils that are sandy, although the Teas 
grow all over the entire South in any good Rose soil. 
Tea Roses were brought to Europe from China’s 
gardens in the late 1700’s. In northern Europe they 
were not well received, but in southern France they 
found conditions of climate and soil suitable and 
rapidly gained favor. Soon they were brought to 
America. They did not thrive in the North, but 
once planted in the South, especially along the Gulf 
and coastal areas, became immensely popular and 
outlived other classes of Roses. 
Most Teas are not considered cut-flower varieties, 
but some produce large flowers on stiff stems. The 
best of these are Baroness Henriette Snoy, William 
R. Smith, Maman Cochet, Mrs. Dudley Cross and 
Mme. Lombard. A lot of the others are much better 
than generally believed. The pink varieties are the 
favorites in the Teas, for while the reds grow vigor- 
ously it is admitted none of them have color com- 
parable to Crimson Glory and Etoile de Hollande, 
nor are there yellows like Eclipse and Soeur Therese 
—they are lighter. One does not plant Teas for 
flowers like Peace and Crimson Glory, but for pro- 
fusion of bloom, ease of growth and length of life. 
If you are not so sure you can grow good Roses, 
by all means start with the Teas. You willlove them 
for their dependable qualities. And really, they 
are beautiful! 
All Tea Roses are $1.25 each, 3 for $3.15, 6 for 
$6.00, 12 for $10.00, by Parcel Post, prepaid. 
Bon Silene. Salmon-rose to carmine; semi-double, 
fairly large, fragrant. Profuse and constant 
bloomer. 
small, double 
Abundant foliage; persistent 
Bridesmaid. Clear silvery pink; 
flowers; fragrant. 
bloomer. 
Cecile Brunner. The “Sweetheart Rose.” One of 
the treasures of Old South gardens, just as valued 
today as in the past. A Tea-Polyantha hybrid, 
which develops into a large, vigorous bush pro- 
ducing an abundance of small double light pink 
blooms in clusters over the entire Rose season. 
Comtesse Riza du Pare. Salmon to shell-pink, 
much like the Hybrid Tea Mrs. Charles Bell. 
Excellent bloomer. 
Devoniensis. The Magnolia Rose. A lovely Rose 
that was a great favorite a generation ago and for 
which we have had many inquiries since we began 
offering dependable Teas again. Lovely white, 
neers pink flowers freely borne on a vigorous 
ush. 
Duchesse de Brabant. Soft shell-pink. Bud short, 
globular; open, cupped flower. Growth vigorous 
and hardy. Long a favorite Tea. 
Lady Hillingdon. Deepest yellow of all Tea 
varieties. Bud long pointed; flower semi-double, 
open, apricot-yellow, fragrant. Bushy growth; 
bronze foliage. The favorite yellow Tea Rose. 
Louis Philippe. (Bengal.) This is a most unusual 
Rose of deep red. Foliage dark and glossy. Used 
extensively for Rose hedges and is a profuse 
bloomer throughout the whole Rose season. In 
fact, in mild seasons it blooms throughout the 
winter in Gulf coast and Florida areas. 
Maman Cochet. Bud large, long pointed; flower 
large, double, clear pink, fragrant. This variety 
does not grow off as rapidly as such varieties as 
Mrs. Dudley Cross and Mme. Lombard but 
eventually makes fully as large a bush. One of 
the best cut-flower Teas. 
THOMASVILLE NURSERIES 
