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HON. LADY LINDSA Y—‘‘Lovety anp Romantic’ 
Henry Nevard. H. Perpetual. (1924.) Says Mrs. George W. Childers, 
Covington, Kentucky,—"‘Your substitutions last year were delightful, expecially Hen- 
ry Nevard, a gorgeous beauty, with heavenly perfume.’’ A very distinguished and hand- 
some aristocrat in the family of Hybrid Perpetuals. The big, plump, dark red 
blooms are richly perfumed, and there is an underlying iridescent glow in the 
color, seldom found in modern-red roses. If you want to test the plant and bloom 
quality of the Hybrid Perpetuals—and their superior hardiness—suggest you 
begin here. 1.50 
Hermosa. China. (1840.) Once again we call on Mrs. Keays to describe 
a favorite and delicately beautiful old rose. ‘“Hermosa 1840, sometimes Armosa, for 
long years everybody's darling and still the darling of many because of deep associations; 
a Rose of so definite and pure a pink, or delicate rose-color, that ‘Hermosa-Pink’ has be- 
come a standard by which to translate a certain shade. Hermosa is very double, cupped, in 
a refined and perfect form, of small size, fragrant, lasting well, showing a very close rela- 
tionship to the China rose, and sometimes classed as a China. Hermosa is a steady, con- 
sistent, generous bloomer, on shoots bearing branching clusters, always gay, fresh and cheer- 
fat 
“No wonder this sparkling pink, band-box-trim China rose has been a favorite for three 
generations. One hundred and eleven years old and still beloved and desired! How many of 
our modern roses will prove good enough to chalk up a comparable record.’’—Hortense 
Wild, Cary, Illinois—who wields a most expressive vocabulary, as well as a gar- 
den spade. 3 for 4.00 each 1.50 
Hon. Lady Lindsay. Shrub. (1938.) This Honorable Lady justifies a 
full measure of enthusiastic adjectives because she has every quality which goes 
to make up the superlative,—wonderfully healthy, a divine form, and the most 
delicate soft pink coloring imaginable (Pardon me, Mr. Catalog-writer, are you 
describing the rose or the lady?). 
“There is something about this rose that reminds me of the England that I knew before 
the first world war... an English drawing-room, dressed in chintz for the summer... and 
especially of the engravings, portraits of Lady Hamilton as Diana, also in more formal 
dress, but always lovely and romantic.’’—Ruth Burton, Berkeley, California. Besides 
her rose beauty of plant and flower, she never stops blooming. idee 
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