FORT Y-NINER—BriLuiAntT Bi-coLor 
Forty-Niner. Pat. 792. ARS rating 73%. Av. Ht. 37".. A Herb Swim 
creation and All-America winner for 1948. An eye-catching combination of deep 
velvety red, shading to yellow at center with yellow reverse. Likes part shade 
for most brilliant color. Our strong, upright plants in the growing field are now 
producing in August their third crop of big, fully double, brilliantly colored 
blooms. We admit a weakness for bi-colors,—and Forty-niner is a much admired 
favorite. 3 for 5.25 each 2.00 
Frances Ashton. H.T. A large single rose of outstanding beauty,— 
for whose introduction to lovers of this type, we can thank genial Clyde Stock- 
ing of San Jose. As I write, I can see a bouquet of these glowing, dark carmine 
blossoms, opening from tulip-shaped buds,—really enchanting. If Clyde was not 
so easily embarrassed, I'd throw in the whole “‘sack of adjectives’ here. 1.50 
Fred Edmunds. Patent 731. ARS 70%. The French hybridist, Meilland 
is responsible for this striking hybrid tea, a non-fading nasturtium orange, with 
intense fruit fragrance. At its best in cool, moist climates but well worth a place 
in part shade if yours is a “‘hot’’ garden; we have watched it under many condi- 
tions and our admiration increases each season. Open grower to three feet. In 
our opinion has not been excelled in its color range. 
Says Austin Faricy, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California—"'The color is of an intensity 
you usually associate with zinnias and marigolds .. . the flower is an evocation of mid- 
summer. 
Field Notes, 1951,—In my opinion still away out in front of the deep-orange 
colored hybrid teas,—will be quite awhile before they beat Fred Edmunds, unless 
Mons. Meilland has something ‘‘cooking.”’ 3 for 4.00 each 1.50 
ad 
What flower dare upraise her head to dispute the supremacy of the Rose. 
—Dean Hote, 1822 
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