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Summer Snow. Floribunda. Patent 416. Good descriptive name for a 
prolific, 3 to 4 feet, border rose,—probably the purest white in this class. Blooms 
all season in large clusters,—lends itself nicely to intermingling with brighter 
colored Floribundas for striking effect. You will like it. 
3 for 4.00 each 1.50 
The Fairy. Poly. ARS 93%. Of low, vigorous spreading growth. Turns 
up its nose at mildew and refuses to be bothered with any pests or diseases. Dou- 
ble, rosette type flowers, are of a most charming clear, pale pink, borne con- 
stantly in attractive clusters. We will match this delightful Polyantha against 
the field, and take all bets. The Fairy, in our opinion, is the best low-growing 
Polyantha the hybridizer has yet created. Fully equal to Orange Triumph in 
vigor and blooming quality, we like better the delicate color so nicely suggested 
by its Faity title. 
Summer, 19§1,—The foregoing description verbatim first appeared in our cata- 
log 1947,—at which time few, if any growers besides Clyde Stocking, John 
van Barneveld and ourselves, ever heard of it. So you will forgive us if I throw 
out my chest (and the ladies may enthuse also) as we quote the ARS rating of 
93%!—the highest awarded to any polyantha. Reports indicate winter-hardy 
south of the Arctic. Says my arch-critic, and good friend, Phil Armstrong of 
Dalton, Pennsylvania,—"‘With all your rapturous talk about The Faity, you haven't 
half done it justice... how Dr. McFarland managed to leave it out of his ‘Roses of the 
World’ is beyond my comprehension, unless perchance, he couldn't spare space enough to 
write the comment it deserved.”’ 
Mrs. A. Wild has another of her inimitable comments,—'‘If I had a small 
daughter I can think of no other rose so appropriate to give her as her first ‘very own’ rose. 
These tiny, exquisite flowers seem to be wrought of silken embroidery, against the wealth of 
shiny green foliage—a real ‘ Alice in Wonderland’ rose!” 
If we have enough this year, it will be the first time. 
HIOr 3.7) each 1.40 
Valentine. P.A.F. Floribunda. ARS 80%—Av. Ht. 20". This is one of 
Herb Swim’s latest contributions to the free-flowering Floribundas. Fills the 
need for a compact, low-growing border rose, in bright red. The 214” semi- 
double flowers come in repeated bursts of bloom from spring to late fall. ‘When 
it’s an Armstrong-Swim creation it’s GOOD!”’ 
“The petals in shape and color recall the heart cut-outs we used to make as children . . 
they have a luminous quality like a light gleaming through stained glass.’’—James Han- 
scom, Elmhurst, New York. 3 for 5.25 each 2.00 
Vogue. Floribunda. «Still once again, master hybridist, Eugene Boerner, 
has hit the Jack-pot,—Vogue is the All-American winner for 1952,—Gold medal 
in Oregon and Connecticut, tops in international competition at Geneva, Swit- 
zetland and Paris, France,—and the only rose to rate a full page in the J. & P. 
catalog. It’s a ‘brilliant cherry-coral,’’ hybrid tea form, blooms like mad. Any- 
thing more we might say would be superfluous—except the ‘‘bad news.”’ 
3 for 6.00 each 2.25 
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