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Charlotte 
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Helen Traubel 
Nocturne 
First Love 
The Perfect Rose Garden 
Each year we select 10 roses from our entire list—kinds which are outstanding 
for color, vigor, and general garden performance. We think the group selected for 
1953 the finest ever and you will find every bush a typical Armstrong rose plant, 
husky and heavy-rooted. By starting your garden with the “Big 10” you can eliminate 
the guesswork involved in choosing varieties for a rose garden you'll be proud of, 
and that’s not all—you save substantially over ordering the same varieties in- 
dividually, too. If you have room for only five plants, you could not choose five 
better kinds than the Armstrong-originated varieties pictured on this page and 
offered as ‘“The Armstrong 5.” 
Charlotte Armstrong 
This glorious All-America Winner, with its long tapering blood red buds 
and magnificent open flowers of cerise, is our finest rose. Known and 
A\RS loved from Maine to California. Plant Pat. No. 455. 
$2.00 each; 3 or more, $1.75 each. 
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Helen Traubel 
1952 All-America Winner. It is distinctive and lovely with its sparkling 
pink to luminous apricot color and the sheer perfection of the long, 
tapering buds and glorious open flowers. A big vigorous plant and a rich 
fragrance round out the picture. You can’t help but like it. Plant Pat. 
No. 1028. $2.75 each; 3 or more, $2.40 each. 
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Nocturne 
All-America Winner for 1948. With its long perfectly formed buds and 
if Plant Pat. No. 713. 
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big velvety dark red flowers, this is one of the best red roses for all areas. 
A $2.00 each; 3 or more, $1.75 each. 
First Love 
If there are buds more lovely than the long tapering urn-shaped beauties of this 
variety, we would like to see them. The color is warm pink and perfectly comple- 
ments the exquisite buds. Plant Pat. No. 921. $2.25 each; 3 or more, $2.00 each. 
Sutter’s Gold 
The most acclaimed rose introduction of 1950—All-America and Inter- 
national Award Winner. An exceedingly vigorous plant which displays 
AASRS perfect long yellow buds shot with orange, and big golden yellow flowers 
with more rich fragrance than any other yellow rose. Plant Pat. No. 885. 
$2.25 each; 3 or more, $2.00 each. 
The Armstrong 5 
If your space is too limited for 10 roses, here are five 
of the best roses you can plant. One bare root plant of $ 75 
each of the Armstrong originations illustrated on this 
page will be sent postpaid at the proper planting time 
for only 
California orders, please add 3% sales tax 
Sutter’s Gold 
