ROSES .. . %or Your Garden 
RED ROSES 
California Centennial (Pat. 953). A glow- 
ing crimson, with intense fragrance of 
Heart’s Desire. Heavy 3-foot canes pro- 
duce long stemmed roses with few thorns. 
Coppery-green foliage. Buds long and 
spiral with elegant texture. $2.00 each. 
Charlotte Armstrong (Pat. 455). Beauti- 
ful, long, pointed buds of clear cerise- 
pink, opening to neatly tailored flowers. 
Petals margined with a thin silvery line. 
Vigorous mildew-resistant foliage, vig- 
orous and free branching. $1.50 each. 
Christopher Stone. Scarlet-crimson veiled with blackish crimson. 
E. G. Hill. Dazzling scarlet opening to a deeper pure red. 
Etoile de Hollande. Brilliant red. Fragrant and non-fading. 
Fandango (Pat. 894). Deep rich scarlet bud opening to bright 
cerise of crisp and ruffled appearance. Mildly fragrant. $1.75 each. 
Grand Duchess Charlotte (Pat. 774). Buds a rich claret red chang- 
ing as the flower opens to a lovely begonia rose. Richly fragrant 
and unusual in color. $1.50 each. 
Hadley. Velvety rich crimson with a superb fragrance. 
Heart’s Desire (Pat. 501). Awarded highest honors as the All- 
America Rose Selection of 1942. Long-stemmed buds open to 
shapely blooms of pure, luminous red that are exquisitely fragrant. 
The color is sun proof. A vigorous grower. $1.50 each. 
Night. Deepest blackish crimson shaded maroon. 
Nocturne (Pat. 713). Deep cardinal red buds of exquisite shape 
open to form large richly textured flowers. Pleasingly fragrant. 
Buds in abundance for cutting. AARS. $1.50 each. 
Red Hoover. Large, double red and carmine. Very fragrant. 
Red Radiance. Rich cerise red. Delightfully fragrant. 
Red Talisman. Deep cerise blending into yellow at base. Fragrant. 
San Fernando (Pat. 785) . Long pointed buds, well formed and richly 
colored open to fragrant glowing red flowers. When open the 
blooms assume a brilliant scarlet. Luxuriant foliage. $1.50 each. 
Southport. Bright red with a hint of gold in the center. Fragrant. 
Texas Centennial (Pat. 162). Blood red sport of Pres. Hoover. 
Tight buds and high centered flowers toned cerise at center. More 
carmine in hot weather. $1.25 each. 
Victoria Harrington. Blackish-red buds, dark red flowers of dis- 
tinct cactus form. 
ORANGE and MULTICOLOR ROSES 
Autumn. Burnt orange, russet and bronzy red underlaid with yellow. 
California (Pat. 449). Sensational and outstanding rose. The fully 
open flowers are as beautiful as a rose could be, ruddv orange and 
saffron yellow, saffron rose on the reverse of petals. Long pointed 
buds and enormous flowers. $1.25 each. 
Grade No. 1. 
Condesa de Sastago. Inside rich coppery red, reverse of petals pure 
gold. Exquisitely fragrant. 
Duquesa de Penaranda. Orange-apricot with deeper coppery tones. 
Forty-niner (Pat. 792). AARS ‘49. Color combination is outstand- 
ing with its vivid red petals, bright yellow to straw yellow on the 
outside. Mild, pleasing fragrance. Long pointed buds opening to 
well formed flowers. $1.75 each. 
Fred Edmunds. (Pat. 731). Beautiful buds of burnt-orange open 
to lasting blooms of reddish apricot blended with rose, gold and 
salmon. A very vigorous free-blooming rose. $1.50 each. 
Girona. Outer petals bright rose pink, inner petals soft yellow. 
Hinrich Gaede. Long nasturtium-red buds open to spectacular 
orange-yellow flowers flushed red. 
Mme. Henri Guillot (Pat. 337). A distinctive and sensational variety. 
Beautifully formed buds, reddish orange with undertone of gold, 
opening to rich, deep pink flowers of camellia-like form. $1.50 each. 
Mrs. Sam McGredy. An enchanting copper-scarlet-orange combina- 
tion heavily flushed with Lincoln red on the outside of the petals. 
President Hoover. Cerise-pink, scarlet and yellow blending into a 
dazzling color effect, fading to cream and pink. 
Talisman. A mixture of rose-red, orange and yellow. Thousands of 
rose lovers mean Talisman when they say rose. 
Of the multitude of new roses offered each 
season, only a few have merit enough to stay 
with us. The following are selected for dis- 
tinctive individuality. 
has been well proven, therefore, satisfactory 
performance has established their popularity. 
Many others are obtained at the nursery. 
90c each unless otherwise indicated. 
Priced slightly higher in containers. 
PINK ROSES 
Capistrano (Pat. 922). 1950 All America 
Award. Beautiful buds and open flowers 
of clear rose pink. Extremely large and 
Their garden merit full. Plants vigorous and produce long 
stems. $2.00 each. 
Countess Vandal (Pat. 38). A _ lovely 
salmon-pink rose. Long, pointed buds open 
to a glorious form hardly equaled in any 
other rose. Rich shades of copper and 
gold within the flower. $1.35 each. 
Dainty Bess. Salmon-rose buds. Single 
rose-pink flowers with wavy petals and 
crimson stamens. 
Imperial Potentate. Rose-carmine buds open to shining rose-pink. 
J. Otto Thilow. Pure glowing pink. One of the finest. 
Katherine T. Marshall (Pat. 607). Warm, soft pink blooms of fruity 
fragrance. Long buds and very large flowers. Extremely vigorous. 
Los Angeles. Long coral-pink buds, copper and gold flowers. 
Lulu. A perfect boutonniere rose of coral-apricot. There is not a 
rose more exquisitely formed in the bud stage. 
Mission Bells (Pat. 923). 1950 All America Award. This is a 
deep salmon pink rose. Buds beautifully shaped, pointed and open 
to high centered flowers of clear shrimp pink. Rich fragrance. A 
very fine rose for cutting. $2.00 each. 
Picture. Rich pink rose with warm undertones of salmon which 
make the color cheerful and glowing. A continuous bloomer. 
Pink Dawn. Deep rose pink with a bronze and gold base. Long, 
well shaped buds. An excellent cutting rose. 
Radiance. Cameo-pink, deepening toward center. Very fragrant. 
Rosemarie. Carmine-pink shaded with old gold. Old musk fragrance. 
Santa Anita (Pat. 539). Produces quantities of perfect flowers. 
Lovely clear pink, excellent for cutting. This is one of the finest 
pink roses for Southern California—trich, clear color, shapely buds 
and open flowers. $1.25 each. 
Show Girl (Pat. 646). Perfect phlox pink buds on long stems for 
cutting. Flowers open rose-pink and are very lovely in both form 
and color. Fragrant. Excellent foliage. $1.50 each. 
The Doctor. Exquisite silvery pink. Intensely fragrant. 
YELLOW ROSES 
Debonair (Pat. 677). One of the finest yellow roses, it produces 
quantities of lovely yellow buds and fragrant bright yellow flowers. 
Strong vigorous grower. $1.50 each. 
Eclipse (Pat. 172). Long tapering yellow buds enhanced by a nar- 
row green calyx. Rich golden yellow without shading. $1.35 each. 
Golden Rapture. A splendid pure yellow both in form and color. 
Joanna Hill. Well formed orange-yellow buds shading to apricot with 
creamy-yellow edges in the open bloom. Fine for cutting. 
Lowell Thomas (Pat. 595). Very double high centered flowers in 
a lasting canary yellow. Large, long-pointed buds. Vigorous com- 
pact bush—upright habit and leathery foliage. $1.50 each. 
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek (Pat. 664). Large, long pointed buds open 
to huge yellow roses turning lemon as flower matures. $1.50 each. 
McGredy’s Yellow. Clear buttercup yellow in the bud changing to 
clear light yellow when open. 
Mrs. E. P. Thom. Acclaimed the best bedding rose. Deep rich lemon- 
yellow flowers produced in quick profusion. 
Mrs. P. S. Dupont. Long pointed reddish-gold buds open to semi- 
double flowers of rich golden yellow. Continuous bloomer. 
Peace (Pat. 591). All-America Selection 1946. Large, fully dou- 
ble flowers opening from well shaped buds. Often a clear pleasing 
yellow, sometimes only yellow at the base, fading to a lighter tint 
and a delicate pink where the petals turn over. $2.00 each. 
Sister Therese. Fragrant chrome-yellow flowers tinged and some- 
times streaked with carmine, opening clear yellow. 
Sutter’s Gold (Pat. 885). 1950 All America Award. This is a 
lovely addition to our list of yellow roses. Each bud perfectly 
formed, glows with rich red and orange shadings. It is only mildly 
fragrant but free flowering and showy. $2.50 each. 
Ville de Paris. Large, sun-yellow blooms slightly tinged orange. 
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