PLEASE NOTE 
To hold Roses 
ordered before 
May 1, include 
a 50% deposit 
with theorder. 
Hybrid Tea 
Fred Howard 
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Single 
Hybrid Tea 
Dainty Bess 
READ THIS— Each year many Rose buyers, when they come in to make 
their selection in May, find that we are sold out of some of their favorites. 
To avoid disappointment, send us your order with a 50% remittance NOW. 
We'll reserve your Roses, all 2-year-old, No. 1 grade, field-grown specially 
for us by the leading quality rose grower of the northwest. Each, grown on 
outdoors from an early start, will be thoroughly rooted in a 7 x 9-inch pot, 
fully alive, in leaf and ready to give full bloom from June on. AII are the 
finest quality and best varieties, growing vigorously when you get them. 
The American Rose Society gives every Rose a rating. We show this rating after each: 
9 up = the finest, 8 up = excellent, 7 up = very good, 6 up = only fair 
FORBES HYBRID TEA ROSES IN POTS 
All are strongly rooted, 2-year-old, No. 1 grade, field-grown plants established in 7 x 9-inch pots. 
Bravo. $2.50 ea.; 3 for $7.20; $27.60 doz. 
The large, rather plump buds open to big, broad, high- 
centered flowers, often over 4 inches across, of radiant 
currant-red. The vivid color persists even in the hottest 
sun because of the thick, heavy-textured petals which 
have ruffled edges. The plants are of bushy, medium height 
but not large. 35 petals. 8.1 
Butterscotch. $2.10 ea.; 3 for $6; $22.80 doz. 
The color of the very large, double, slightly fragrant flow- 
ers is very unusual. The outer petal surface is a soft pale 
orange-yellow, the inside lemon-chrome at the base merg- 
ing to pale yellow-orange lightly pencilled with orange- 
buff. The long, potnted, zinc-orange buds are blotched 
with jasper red and borne on long stems on vigorous, 
compact, upright plants with large, leathery, dark green, 
glossy foliage. 30 petals. 7.1 
California. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1940. An outstanding Rose 
with a glorious shade of ruddy orange toned with saffron- 
yellow with the exterior of the broad petals overlaid with 
saffron-rose. This gives a two-tone effect of indescribable 
beauty. The buds are long and pointed and the flowers of 
enormous size. The growth is vigorous, with healthy, 
glossy green foliage. 30 petals. 7.5 
Capistrano. $2.60 ea.; 3 for $7.50; $28.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1950. The very large, ovoid 
buds open to extra-large, double blooms borne singly and 
in abundance on very vigorous, upright plants often at- 
taining a height of 4 to 5 feet. The foliage is large and 
leathery, of normal green and disease resistant. The de- 
lightful fragrance vies with the beauty of the globular 
flowers, often 6 inches across, of a rich shade of deep glow- 
ing rose-pink. 36 petals. 7.2 
Charlotte Armstrong. $2.25 ea.; 3 for $6.45; $24.60 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1941. The long, pointed, 
blood-red bud opens into a large, high-centered, full flower, 
cerise in hot weather and spectrum-red in cool weather, 
and 3 to 4 inches across. The plants are vigorous and very 
free flowering. The foliage is large, leathery, semi-glossy, 
deep green and highly resistant to mildew. 30 petals. 9.0 
Christopher Stone. $1.85 ea.; 3 for $5.25; $19.80 doz. 
A large, semi-double, vivid scarlet flower overlaid with 
velvety crimson, of delightful Damask fragrance. In fall 
the crimson deepens with black shadings. The plants are 
of vigorous, upright growth with bright green foliage, free 
flowering and apparently not affected by heat, as they 
bloom almost continuously. 35 petals. 8.8 
Crimson Glory. $2.10 ea.; 3 for $6; $22.80 doz. 
The large, long-pointed buds open to beautifully formed, 
semt-double, cupped flowers of an intense deep vivid crim- 
son shaded oxblood-red and mellowed by a soft velvety 
nap. The wonderfully fragrant blooms are recurrently 
borne on very vigorous, compact bushes with healthy, 
profuse, leathery foliage. 30 petals. 9.5 
Dainty Bess. $1.85 ea.; 3 for $5.25; $19.80 doz. 
Without a rival, an outstanding, charming single Rose of 
perfect form. The slightly fragrant, broad petals of deli- 
cate soft rose-pink form a beautiful contrast with the 
conspicuous crimson stamens. The strong, heavily foliaged 
plants are of excellent blooming habit. 8.7 
Eclipse. $2.10 ea.; 3 for $6; $22.80 doz. 
With streamlined, tapering buds, often 2 inches long, the 
semi-double, golden yellow flowers are very freely pro- 
duced. The plants are vigorous and upright in growth with 
long, erect stems fine for cutting. They bloom consist- 
ently through the season. 25 petals. 8.5 
Etoile de Hollande. $1.85 ea.; 3 for $5.25; $19.80 doz. 
Still one of the best reds. The large-petaled, huge, double, 
cupped flowers are bright red, do not fade and have an 
exquisite old-Rose fragrance. They are particularly 
superb when in the half-open stage. The 214-foot, open, 
branching plants have upright stems, large, soft green 
foliage and bear intermittently all season. 45 petals. 8.9 
Fred Howard. $2.95 ea.; 3 for $8.55; $33 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1952. The long rich yellow 
buds are delicately pencilled with soft pink at the tips. 
The rich yellow flowers, perfectly formed, fully double 
with high centers, are borne on long, sturdy stems. The 
plants are exceptionally strong and hardy with dark shiny 
foliage. 60 petals. 
