GENERAL JACQUEMINOT— “Stitt a Giory anp A GRACE” 
General Jacqueminot. H. Perpetual. (1853.) (Zhak-me-noh. ) 
"Twas a Jacqueminot rose that she gave me at parting, 
Sweetest flower that blows, ‘twas a Jacqueminot rose 
In the love-garden close with the swift blushes starting, 
‘Twas a Jacqueminot rose that she gave me at parting.” 
Says Dean Hole, in his “‘Book About Roses,’’ 1865—"'General Jacqueminot, for 
so many summers THE Rose of our gardens, is still a glory and a grace, its petals, soft and 
smooth as velvet, glowing with vivid crimson, and its growth being free and healthful. I 
well remember the time when we welcomed this conquering hero, in his brilliant uniform, as 
being invincible.”’ 
From Howard J. Tenner, Glastonbury, Conn., owner of the country’s best 
collection of hybrid perpetuals, comes this bit of present-day approval—"‘ For a 
fine, full, double bloom with fragrance, fine foliage and vigorous growth, General Jacque- 
minot has not yet met his equal here.’’ 1.50 
Georg Arends. H. Perpetual. (1910.) A symmetrical but lusty plant, 
blooming through the season mostly in singles, very large, double, of distinctive 
form with a unique, satiny crinkle to the petals. Its coloring, delicate China 
Rose or mauve pink, a tone which appears to have been lost in modern roses. Free 
flowering . . . rare fragrance. Continues to be my favorite old rose despite much 
ardent competition. 
“I fell hopelessly in love with Georg Arends .. . that wondrous, story-book pink. . . 
the texture of the petals, the luxuriance of both blossom and plant .. . the rose of a dream!” 
—Ms. John Gibbs, Greenwich, Conn. 1.50 
Glenn Dale. L. C. (1927.) On my visit with Roy Shepherd, Medina, 
Ohio, in 1949—it was my privilege to meet Dr. Rankin in his rose garden, fa- 
mous particularly for his fine collection of climbers. Dr. Rankin rated Glenn 
Dale his ‘‘best white climber’’ and we are indebted to him for our start of this 
fine variety. Here in California its foliage is exceptionally healthy and glossy,— 
the yellow buds open to blooms of lemon white with musk fragrance,—obvi- 
ously very hardy. Would be fine also as a ground cover. 1.50 
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