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) All plants are No. 1 grade, the best. 
(2) Forbes Pot Grown Roses have been growing in soil since March 1, equivalent 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. 
Heart’s Desire. 
Helen Traubel. 
Lowell Thomas. 
Mandalay. 
Mirandy. 
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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 
$2.10 ea.; 3 for $6; $22.80 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 
$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 ea.; 3 for $5.70; $21.60 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 
$2.25 ea.; 3 for $6.45; $24.60 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1944. The vibrant chrome- 
yellow, slightly tea fragrant double blooms open from 
beautiful long, pointed 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 
$2.25 ea.; 3 for $6.45; $24.60 doz. 
The long, pointed, golden yellow buds open into huge, 
high-centered blooms, often over five inches across, of 
unfading golden yellow and delicate fragrance. The 
free-blooming 3-foot plants have heavy, dark green heat- 
and disease-resistant foliage. 40 petals. 7.2 
McGredy’s Ivory. $1.85 ea.; 3 for $5.25; $19.80 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 
$2 ea.; 3 for $5.70; $21.60 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. $2.60 ea.; 3 for $7.50; $28.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1950. An unusually beautiful 
deep salmon-pink changing to clear shrimp-pink, the 
large, double, high-centered flowers often 5 inches across. 
They are borne singly with long stiff stems, on very vigor- 
ous bushy plants covered with an abundance of coppery 
green, disease-resistant foliage. The flowers, in profusion, 
have a pleasing tea-scented fragrance. 40 petals. 7.7 
Mme. Henri Guillot. $2.10 ea.; 3 for $6; $22.80 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 
Mrs. Sam McGredy. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
The pointed buds, with long bronze stems, are borne 
singly on vigorous plants with attractive glossy, red-bronze 
foliage. The large, double, high-centered flowers, with 
delightful Sweetbriar fragrance, beautifully combine 
copper, scarlet and orange tones and are heavily flushed 
with Lincoln red on the outside. 40 petals. 8.3 
New Yorker. $2.25 ea.; 3 for $6.45; $24.60 doz. 
The vigorous, 2144-foot bushy plants, with very dark, 
glossy, disease-resistant foliage, carry an abundance of 
shapely buds. These open to large, high-centered, double 
flowers, often over 4 inches across, of unfading scarlet 
with rose-red undertones overlaid with a rich, velvety 
sheen. Delightful fragrance. 35 petals. 7.9 
Nocturne. $2.10 ea.; 3 for $6; $22.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1948. A very excellent red 
with extra-long, beautifully formed, black-red buds. The 
pleasantly fragrant, large cupped flowers are cardinal- 
red with dark, deep shadings of chrysanthemum-crimson. 
The color lightens somewhat in hot weather. The 3 to 4- 
foot, upright plants are bushy, very vigorous, with large, 
dark green, semi-glossy, leathery foliage. 30 petals. 8.2 
Peace. $2.75 ea.; 3 for $7.95; $30.60 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 
and the edging passes through cerise, rose and apple- 
blossom-pink. The huge, mildly fragrant blooms are pro- 
duced singly in endless succession. The hardy, vigorous 
plants have shining holly-like foliage. 45 petals. 9.4 
President Hoover. $1.85 ea.; 3 for $5.25; $19.80 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 
Rex Anderson. $2 ea.; 3 for $5.70; $21.60 doz. 
An outstanding exhibition rose of delicate, lovely ivory- 
white, faintly shaded with yellow at the base. The fra- 
grant blooms are large, double and perfectly formed and 
are slow to open. Fully double flowers may be grown 
to enormous size by disbudding. 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 vivid crimson-red shaded oxblood-red$2.10 
Eclipse. An endless supply of rich golden yellow flowers. ... 2.10 
KatherineT.Marshall. Fragrant blooms of warm coral-pink 2.00 
McGredy’s Ivory. Beautiful creamy white fragrant roses... 1.85 
President Hoover. Cerise-pink, scarlet, yellow combination. 1.85 
Totall Value: 3. o2c5.c $9.90 
Sol These 5 excellent 
Hybrid Tea Roses 
for $8.50 
All are fool-proof, fully 
alive, strongly rooted in 
big pots. 
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Christopher Stone 
Hybrid Tea, 
FLORIBUNDA ROSES 
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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 x9 in.) 
ROSES IN COLOR 
You will see all of 
our Roses in natural 
color at our Hanover, 
Millburn and New- 
ark stores. It helpsa 
lot in making your 
best selection. 
Hybrid Tea 
McGredy’s Ivory 
