Floribundas 
Valentine 
About the brightest thing you'll find in a Flori- 
bunda is this Armstrong introduction for 1951 
with its flowers of glowing traffic signal red. The 
24-inch flowers are borne in large clusters which 
completely cover the plant, and which follow each 
other in rapid succession. Eventually the color does 
fade, but not until each burst of bloom has given 
you several weeks of the most brilliant garden 
color you can imagine. The plant is rather low 
(about 2 feet in Western gardens) with plenty 
of dark green foliage. Originated at the Armstrong 
Nurseries by H. C. Swim. Plant Pat. No. 1029. 
$2.00 each; 3 or more, $1.75 each; 
25 or more, $1.60 each. 
Vogue 
Summer Snow 
When loaded with snow-white bloom, and it usually 
is, this Floribunda will resemble an immaculate snow- 
bank in your garden. Often there are 15 or more 
buds to a cluster and the countless clusters are con- 
tinuously unfolding new flowers. The plant (about 
2 feet tall in milder areas) is well covered with light 
green foliage, but that is incidental because the plant 
is usually hidden by flowers. Ideal for planting singly, 
excellent for massing, and perfect for a white hedge 
or border. Plant Pat. No. 416. 
$1.50 each; 3 or more, $1.30 each; 
25 or more, $1.20 each. 
Vogue 
Because of the richness and uniqueness of 
its color, this All-America Winner for 1952 
AAXRS is finding a warm welcome in rose gardens 
everywhere. Countless little flame-red buds, 
long and slender, and flared at the end, open one 
after another until the entire cluster of ten or more 
flowers bursts into a beautiful spray. The open flow- 
ers are semi-double, about 214 inches across, and are 
a rich deep coral-pink in color. The plant is medium ; 
in size, reaching about 3 feet in milder areas, rather 
open in habit with small dark green foliage. It has 
plenty of vigor and keeps producing one crop after 
another. Plant Pat. No. 926. 
$2.25 each; 3 or more, $2.00 each; 
25 or more, $1.80 each. 
Quantity rates apply only on plants of a single variety. 
Varieties cannot be grouped for a quantity rate. 
Prices shown are for bare root plants and do not 
apply to blooming plants in containers. 
Summer Snow 
Climbing Roses 
Etoile de Hollande In return for a small space in your garden and ordinary care, climbing roses will reward 
you with a breath-taking spectacle of spring color. A trellis, fence, or arbor aglow with 
beautiful fragrant roses is easily the feature attraction in any garden. Listed here are a 
number of climbing sports of famous Hybrid Teas which thrive in the milder areas, but 
which will require special winter protection in regions of sub-zero temperatures. The most 
satisfactory varieties for colder areas are the hardy climbing roses listed at the end of this 
section. 
Belle of Portugal 
In early spring before other roses are in bloom, this very vigorous climber (10 to 12 feet 
in a season is not unusual) will be studded with amazingly beautiful salmon-pink buds 
which are gigantic in size, often 3 or 4 inches in length. It is too busy growing to bloom 
the first season after planting, but be prepared for spectacular masses of bloom from 
then on. $1.50 each; 3 or more, $1.30 each. 
Billy Boiler 
We believe this variety has the most perfect non-fading blooms of any red climber. The 
robust many-caned plant grows to 12 feet, and on great long stems for cutting are immense 
perfect flowers. Deep red, with blackish shadings and quite double, the blooms are deli- 
ciously fragrant. $1.50 each; 3 or more, $1.30 each. 
The Charming Cherokees 
We like these old-fashioned single-flowered roses because they fit into informal landscapes 
so well and are at their best when allowed to ramble over a fence or wall without pruning. 
The foliage is shiny green and the delicate flowers are produced in great masses in the 
spring. We have Pink Cherokee, Red Cherokee and White Cherokee. 
$1.75 each; 3 or more, $1.55 each. 
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