Mme. Butterfly. H. Tea. (1918.) ARS 74%. Delicately beautiful off- 
spring of the famous parent, Ophelia,—deeper in color, pink faintly tinted gold, 
—of fine form and fragrance. Remembered and wanted by many and included by 
the ARS with a 74% rating, in its carefully selected list. 175 
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek. Patent 664. ARS 64%. An All-America win- 
ner by Carl Duehrsen, the creator of many beautiful roses, who conceals much 
deep roselore behind that modest demeanor. This tall, stately rose, like the great 
Chinese lady for whom it is named, can be temperamental at times, and needs the 
right conditions to produce its finest lemon-yellow blooms. Not for the novice, 
in our opinion, but to the experienced gardener, a royal treat! 
‘Have had marvelous luck with Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek—gorgeous beyond words.’’— 
Mrs. Lucien Marioneaux, Shreveport, Louisiana. Sounds like you’ve been win- 
ning some more blue ribbons, Mrs. Marioneaux. 1.75 
Mme. Edmond Labbé. H. T. (Llab-bay’.) From the great French 
rosarian, Charles Mallerin. An active plant with ivy-green foliage, attractive 
background to the well formed, brilliant orange-red blooms, which come pro- 
fusely all season, on long cutting stems. A very different and striking H. T. for 
the connoisseur. 1.50 
Climbing Mme. Henri Gurllot. Parent 788—ARS 84%. We say with- 
out hesitation, this is one of the glossiest, healthiest, handsomest climbers it 
has been our privilege to grow and rave about. The large blooms are an indescrib- 
able tone of dark coral-pink—a color unlike any other rose we know. Rated 84% 
by the ARS, placing Mme. Guillot among the country’s leading climbing roses. 
Gite y29, each 2.00 
Mme. Jules Bouche. H. Tea. We are happy to have another quote 
_from our analytical rose-friend, Gordon Beals of Omaha—' ‘With me, this one rates 
either at the top of them all or next to it. It has three qualities good and different, I’ve never 
seen stressed in a catalog description— . 
t. It produces an exceptional number of blooms per season. 
2. Blooms have a blush center in spring, but are larger and pure white in late fall; 
petals have a sort of transluscense (you spell it) I haven't seen in other roses. 
3. The stems, tho unusually thin and graceful, still hold the blooms upright, after a 
rainy day has pulled down to the grund, the big thick-stemmed varieties. 
4. (For good measure )—Out of 97 varieties including such good ‘‘smellers’’ as The 
Doctor, Will Rogers, Crimson Glory and Heart's Desire—Mme. Jules has the sweetest 
fragrance, and, next to Gruss an Teplitz, the most powerful.”’ 
Says rosarian, Austin Faricy, Cardiff, Cal._—‘‘To Gordon Beal’ s enthusiastic lit- 
any, I would like to add this footnote. Here in Southern California, where roses tend to un- 
fold and shatter with dismaying rapidity, Mme. Bouche keeps her form for a leisurely 
several days.”’ 3 for 4.00 each 1.50 
Mme. Jules Bouche Climbing. H.T. Some years ago in Redlands, 
Cal., I helped plant for a good friend, 20 Cli. Bouche. The lady was more charm- 
ing than rose-wise and I said good-bye to these plants, when coming to Watson- 
ville, with the feeling they were doomed to quick death or only dismal survival. 
Two years later, I visited the garden again. Behold! Twenty upright, climbing 
Bouche, cut back to 7 ft. like a shrub, in solid mass bloom! And they had been 
doing much of the same all summer. Where ignorance is so successful, ’tis folly 
to be wise. For a grand climber or pillar shrub, I give you Cli. Mme. Jules 
Bouche! .. . at a modest price, of course. 3 for 4.00 each 1.50 
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