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SHOT SILK—Lone a Lester Favorite 
Scorcher. Climbing H. Tea. (1922.) Our Garden Notes, over the yeais 
on this beautiful Allister Clark climber, are an annual eulogy, for its rare and 
indescribable shade of red, plus the graceful form of the large semi-double flow- 
er, place it with our very best. Has all that anyone could ask in a climber—vigor, 
profuse and repeating bloom, and an out-shining beauty. 
Summer, 1951,—Scorcher is one of the leading reasons why we hope to illus- 
trate this catalog some fine day, in nature's own colors. Would take more than 
today’s four color printing in rose-catalogs, to catch the illusive tone of Scorcher. 
3 for 4.00 each 1.50 
Shot Silk. Bush. Another rose whose illusive shadings test the vocabu- 
lary of the color experts,—'‘‘cherry-wine shot with golden yellow,’’ says the nursery- 
man’s bible, ‘‘Modern Roses.’’ Long the favorite bush rose of the late Francis 
Lester who constantly sang its praises. Not only is it distinctively beautiful, but 
abounds in good health, turns its back on mildew and is among the most persist- 
ent and profuse bloomers in anybody’s garden. 
“The 5 Shot Silk blooms now on our table in a crystal bowl are beautiful at every stage, 
from tight buds to full-blown. All are more than 5 inches and two are 6 inches—on strong 
16 inch stems ,—the cleanest, firmest foliage I have ever seen.’’ Shot Silk thanks you, 
Mrs. Frances Combs, Box 84, Whittier, California. From a commercial Iris spe- 
_ cialist—who discusses faults and virtues with equal candor,—this is a very nice 
compliment, indeed. 3 for 4.00 each 1.50 
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