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from time to time. 
To experience the fullest degree of satisfaction 
from a truly lovely garden, it is important to keep 
Fashions in gardens, 
thing else, change from year to year, and while 
the fine, old favorites retain their popularity, many 
exciting and worth-while innovations are added 
like every- 
Each year, improved new varieties are introduced to bring greater color and en- 
chantment to the garden scene. 
their unusual beauty, form and hardiness. 
These splendid new strangers will thrill you with 
Many of our new varieties are exclusive 
and are to be found only in WAYSIDE gardens. 
All are delightfully different and 
represent the very finest in Hardy Plants, Roses, Bulbs and Flowering Shrubs. 
Include Some in Your Order Today 
in the Rose league. 
America’s 
Hill Top 
. 
Butterscotch (Page 88) 
Introduced three years ago, Butterscotch is making a name for 
itself and continues to delight gardeners everywhere with its warm, 
glowing color and artistic shape. For outstanding performance 
and beauty, this superb Tea Rose cannot be equalled nor can its 
rare color be matched by any other variety. 
Nocturne (Page 93) 
This new red Rose has one of the longest, most perfect, stream- 
lined buds displayed by any Rose in its color which is a bright 
cardinal-red with dark deep intriguing shadings of Chrysanthe- 
mum-crimson. 
Forty-Niner (Page 91) 
The rich contrasting bright colors are its outstanding feature. 
The outside of the petals is rich chrome-yellow, sometimes over- 
laid with pink, changing to straw-yellow in the open bloom. This 
yellow color is most evident in the bud. The inside face of the petals 
is a vivid Oriental red, changing to cherry-red with age. 
Capistrano (Page 84) 
Fashion 
stance, copper salmon buds that open into huge, velvety, rose-pink flowers. 
flawless foliage and long sturdy stems add to the intrinsic value of this fine Tea Rose. 
New Poses for 1950 
“BABE RUTH” (Page 84) 
(Patent Applied For) 
Never was a Rose more aptly named. A noteworthy champion destined for leadership 
Vigorous, robust plants produce unbelievable quantities of heavy sub- 
Attractive, 
“TOM BRENEMAN” (Page 84) 
(Patent Applied For) 
A scintillating new Tea Rose of exceptional beauty, originated by the late Fred Howard, 
leading rosarian. 
long lasting flowers. 
Large, satiny buds of coral-rose expand slowly into exquisite, 
Rugged, vigorous plants bloom unstintingly throughout the entire 
season lending glorious color and enchanting fragrance to your garden. 
Outstanding New Roses 
Hill Top (Page 92) 
One of the best and latest of Hill’s introductions. Handsomely 
moulded flowers with loosely rolled outward petals are deep capu- 
cine-buff with pale pink edges. Reports indicate that this fine 
Hybrid Tea Rose is performing splendidly and gaining great favor 
in all sections of the country. People write us “it is tops.’ 
Sleigh Bells (Page 95) 
The flowers open gradually into blooms of great size, with 40 
or more petals of heavy substance. A trace of primrose at the 
base of the petals adds life to the flower. Best of all, this white 
Rose is really fragrant. Sleigh Bells is the better white Rose you 
have been looking for. 
Tallyho (Page 95) 
The inside of the petals is always a delightful shade of pink, 
such as Tyrian rose, China rose, phlox-pink, or Neyron-rose, and 
the outside of the the petals varies from crimson to cardinal-red. 
The plant will be one of the largest in the Rose garden. 
1950 Gl -CAmerica Rose Selections 
One of the finest pink Hybrid Teas ever introduced. Strong, vigorous plants bear huge, heavy 
textured flowers on extra long, stiff stems. Capistrano’s rich, deep, glowing rose-pink rola its 
brilliance without fading. Perfectly hardy and very resistant to disease. 
Sutter’s Gold (Page 84) 
Yellow Hybrid Tea Rose of spectacular beauty. Long pointed buds shaded in warm orange 
and red. Intensely fragrant flowers have velvety petals of radiant yellow with copper veins. 
Strong, robust grower blooming profusely all season. Perfect for cutting. 
Mission Bells (Page 84) 
Fine Hybrid Tea Rose of exceptional substance and texture. Deep salmon-pink becoming 
brilliant shrimp-pink when open. Vigorous, free branching plants produce an abundance of 
large flowers on long, sturdy stems with coppery green foliage. 
Fashion (Page 84) 
Fascinating new Floribunda of coral-pink overlaid with gold. Rich Oriental red buds open 
into 32-inch blooms of clear coral that later deepen to red tones. Bushy 3-ft. plants produce 
large clusters of delightfully fragrant flowers from early summer till frost. 
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