FORBES HYBRID TEA ROSES IN POTS 
All are strongly rooted, 2-year-old, No.1 grade, field-grown plants established in 7 by 9-inch pots 
Four reasons for choosing Pot Grown Roses versus dormant bushes. (1) AII plants are No. 1 grade, the best. 
(2) Forbes Pot Grown Roses have been growing in soil since February, equal to dormant Roses planted 
the previous fall. (3) When set in your garden, our Pot Grown Roses continue growth without loss of time or 
setback. (4) Before buying you see that our Pot Grown Roses are radiantly alive and growing. 
Good News. $2.15 ea.; 3 for $6.15; $23.40 doz. 
The deep coppery pink buds slowly open to very large, 
double, globular strong-stemmed flowers of silvery shell- 
pink with glowing apricot centers and rich tea fragrance. 
The vigorous bushy plants are healthy and almost con- 
tinuously in bloom. This is an exceptionally fine dooryard 
rose. 60 petals. 8.4 
Happiness. $2.75 ea.; 3 for $7.95; $30.60 doz. 
A really worth-while, brilliant flame-red Rose with lovely 
buds opening to exquisitely formed, high-centered, slightly 
fragrant, big flowers of very good substance. These last 
long without burning in the garden and as cut flowers. 
The plants are well foliaged and disease-resistant. 35-40 
petals. 7.0 
Heart’s Desire. $2.15 ea.; 3 for $6.15; $23.40 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, Gold Medal, 1942. A strong 
grower with rich green, luxuriant foliage and long-stemmed, 
ovoid buds, sometimes long and pointed. The deep red 
flowers with dark crimson shading are exceptionally fra- 
grant and are freely produced throughout the entire season. 
The dark color holds well under heat. 25 petals. 7.5 
Helen Traubel. $2.95 ea.; 3 for $8.55; $33 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1952. The sparkling color 
varies with the weather, sometimes a light lively pink, 
more often a luminous apricot blending into orange. 
The unusually large buds are long and tapered and come 
singly on long stems ideal for cutting. The sturdy, vigor- 
ous plants are very large and bear flowers of pleasing fra- 
grance through the season under virtually all conditions. 
25 petals. 
Katherine T. Marshall. $2.15 ea.; 3 for $6.15; $23.40 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1944. This clean, sparkling 
warm pink Rose comes on fine, erect-growing, very hardy 
plants with profuse, dark green, resistant foliage. The 
firm, slow-opening, long, pointed buds develop into large, 
cupped flowers of coral-pink with a golden glow at the base 
and delightful fragrance. 22 petals. 7.6 
Lowell Thomas. $2.35 ea.; 3 for $6.75; $25.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1944. The vibrant chrome- 
yellow, slightly tea fragrant double blooms open from 
beautiful long, pornted buds. They all have high-cupped 
centers with outward rolling petals making magnificent 
glowing flowers often over 4 inches across when fully open. 
It is of compact, bushy, upright growth with leathery 
foliage and strong stems. 35 petals. 7.3 
McGredy’s Ivory. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
Very large, high-centered double flowers of soft, delicate 
creamy white merging into soft yellow at the base. They 
are delightfully fragrant. The buds are long and pointed, 
and very freely produced on vigorous plants with large, 
glossy, dark green leathery foliage which is quite disease 
resistant. 32 petals. 7.8 
Mirandy. $2.25 ea.; 3 for $6.45; $24.60 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, Gold Medal, 1945. The large, 
long-pointed, ovoid buds are glowing rich dark red with 
black shadings and open to large, full blooms of a gorgeous 
chrysanthemum-red and a delightfully penetrating Dam- 
ask fragrance. The plants are strong, free branching with 
stout stems and dark green foliage. 50 petals. 7.5 
Mission Bells. 
Mme. Henri Guillot. 
Mrs. Sam McGredy. 
New Yorker. 
Nocturne. 
Peace. 
Picture. 
President Hoover. 
Rex Anderson. 
$2.60 ea.; 3 for $7.50; $28.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1950. A beautiful deep salmon 
pink changing to clear shrimp-pink, with large, double, 
high-centered flowers borne singly with long stiff stems. 
Vigorous bushy plants with coppery green, disease-resis- 
tant foliage. The flowers, in profusion, have a pleasing 
tea-scented fragrance. 40 petals. 7.9 
$2.20 ea.; 3 for $6.30; $24 doz. 
Very large, slightly fragrant, urn-shaped blooms of deep 
watermelon- and raspberry-pink tones heavily veiled with 
reddish orange, giving an impression of flaming scarlet. 
The buds are long and slender and the strong plants have 
extra large, waxy foliage. 30 petals. 8.9 
$1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
The pointed buds, with long bronze stems, are borne 
singly on vigorous plants with glossy, red-bronze foliage. 
The large, double, high-centered flowers, with Sweetbriar 
fragrance, combine copper, scarlet and orange and are 
flushed with Lincoln red. 40 petals. 8.3 
$2.35 ea.; 3 for $6.75; $25.80 doz. 
The vigorous, 21%4-foot bushy plants, with very dark, 
glossy, disease-resistant foliage, carry an abundance of 
shapely buds. These open to large, high-centered, double 
flowers, of unfading scarlet with rose-red undertones. 
Delightful fragrance. 35 petals. 8.2 
$2.25 ea.; 3 for $6.45; $24.60 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1948. Extra-long, beautiful 
black-red buds. The fragrant, large, cupped flowers are 
cardinal-red with deep shadings of chrysanthemum- 
crimson. The color lightens somewhat in hot weather. 
The 3 to 4-foot, upright plants are vigorous, with large, 
dark green, semi-glossy, leathery foliage. 30 petals. 8.0 
$2.85 ea.; 3 for $8.25; $31.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1946. The large, ovoid buds 
are deep yellow, soon showing a cerise-pink picotee edging. 
As the flower slowly develops the color changes through 
canary-yellow, pale gold, cream, ivory and alabaster-white. 
The huge, mildly fragrant blooms are produced singly in 
endless succession. The hardy, vigorous plants have 
shining holly-like foliage. 45 petals. 9.4 
$1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
The lovely deep pink buds open to very double, high- 
centered, mildly fragrant, clean rose-pink flowers with 
undertones of rich salmon. They have good substance and 
last long. The plants are stocky, vigorous and free-bloom- 
ing, with dark green, glossy foliage. 34 petals. 8.4 
$1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
Large, very fragrant, beautifully formed flowers in a 
charming combination of cerise-pink, flame, scarlet and 
yellow, with broad, thick petals. The tall, vigorous, clean- 
foliaged plants produce the blooms singly on extra long 
stems excellent for cutting. 25 petals. 8.2 
$2.10 ea.; 3 for $6; $22.80 doz. 
An outstanding exhibition rose of delicate, lovely tvory- 
white, faintly shaded with yellow at the base. The fra- 
grant blooms are large, double and perfectly formed and 
are slow to open. It is free-flowering and vigorous with 
abundant gray-green foliage. 30 petals. 7.1 
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To Start You Growing Roses ... 
GREENHORN ROSE COLLECTION 
For those who know little about good Roses but who 
have a real desire to start growing them—we offer 
Crimson Glory. Deep crimson-red shaded oxblood-red . . .$2.15 
Eclipse. An endless supply of rich golden yellow flowers. ... 2.15 
Katherine T. Marshall. Fragrant blooms of coral-pink . 2.15 
McGredy’s Ivory. Beautiful creamy white fragrant roses... 1.95 
President Hoover. Cerise-pink, scarlet, yellow combination. 1.95 
Total. Values (2. caucne: $10.35 
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These 5 excellent 
Hybrid Tea Roses 
for $9. 
= All are fool-proof, fully 
— alive, strongly rooted in 
big pots. 
al MINNA 
FLORIBUNDA ROSES, 
SEE PAGES 10 & 11 
Here’s one of our Potted Roses. 
Slit down side of pot with a knife, 
discard pot and set the soil ball 
firmly in your garden bed. The 
plant will grow on without stopping, 
you ll gain lots of time with no 
loss or setback. (Pots, 7 x 9 in.) 
Hybrid Tea, Taffeta 
& 
ROSES IN COLOR 
You will see all of 
our Roses in natural 
color at our stores 
in Hanover as well as 
Millburn. It helps a 
lot in making your 
best selection. 
Hybrid Tea 
McGredy’s Ivory 
