To you who are members of theAmerican Rose Society, again we 
urge participation in the annual ‘‘Proof of the Pudding’’ reports 
which furnish amateurs and professionals alike, an excellent, un- 
biased national appraisal of the new roses. If you are not a mem- 
ber, you should be. The annual publication alone is worth the 
cost of membership, and you are missing a valuable and enter- 
taining association with 11,000 other rose enthusiasts. 
Whenever available we have included the Society’s national 
percentage ratings (ARS) and the average height, compiled from 
the reports of the membership. In the National ARS ratings a 
score of 100% is a perfect rose. From 90 to 100% are the finer va- 
rieties. From 80 to 89%, excellent. From 70 to 79%, very good. 
From 60 to 69%, fair. From 50 to 59%, below par. 
The 138 varieties described on the following pages have been 
screened by many tests and opinions. Primarily they are those we, 
ourselves, believe the most beautiful modern roses available, also 
the most interesting and distinctive. 
All-America Offer. Most of you know that through a national 
association of top nurserymen, new introductions are carefully 
tested and rated by experts in 17 widely scattered gardens. Only 
those of greatest merit can win an AARS award, and, what 1s of 
greatest importance to YOU, they must show winning qualities 
in ALL climates and conditions. 
Last year, general publicity was given to ten All-America win- 
ners which were voted by the experts to be the finest created from 
1940 to 1949,—Peace, Charlotte Armstrong, Lowell Thomas, Taf- 
feta, Nocturne, Rubaiyat, Katherine T. Marshall, Forty-Niner, 
Mirandy and San Fernando. 
If you are starting a hybrid-tea rose garden, wherever you may 
be, these ten roses in varied colors, represent the recommendations 
of the country’s top professionals. And besides there’s a saving of 
$3.00 by buying the ten together for the new price established by 
the patent owners. $16.00 
OV arieties 
Aloha. Cli. Parent 948. Average height 7 feet. Rates a full page in color 
and some ‘‘breath-taking,’’ ‘‘never to be forgotten’’ adjectives in J. & P.’s latest 
catalog. While the ARS reports are a little more discreet, this undoubtedly is a 
long step forward in modern pink climbers. Really profuse and everblooming, 
with shiny ivy-green foliage, and a large, very full rose-pink bloom, to provide 
both garden decoration and beautiful cut flowers all season. ‘Aloha oe!"" — 2.50 
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