SHOW GIRL—'‘Tue Pink or Pinxs!’’ 
Shot Silk. Cli. H. Tea. Yielding to the Lester enthusiasm some years 
ago I planted a Shot Silk climber in my garden, at Redlands, California, where 
those 100 degree summer temperatures are not too kind to roses—Nothing in 
that garden of 225 varieties was more generous of bloom or more exquisitely 
beautiful. (The catalog-writer pauses to shed a nostalgic tear for those amateur 
days when he ‘‘did amazing and astounding things to roses, still expecting them 
to flourish.’’) 3 for 4.00 each 1.50 
Show Girl. Patent 646. (Lammerts.) ARS Rating 82%. ‘‘Show Girl, the 
pink of pinks! What buds and blooms!’’—says Harris B. Darcy of Austin. There you 
have it in a nutshell! We are growing more Show Girl, bush and climber, than 
any other pink Hybrid Teas, which is the commercial way of saying ‘‘ditto’’ to 
Mr. Darcy’s enthusiasm. Its all-round qualities are superb from both amateur 
and professional viewpoint,—certainly among the handsomest Hybrid Tea roses 
yet created. Come on, Dr. Walter Lammberts,—give us a red, yellow and white 
with Show Girl qualities, and become forever famous! 3 for 4.65 each 1.75 
Show Girl, Climbing. Patent 892. ARS 76%. Has all the bloom quality 
of the bush variety . . . once again we remind you, hybrid tea climbing sports 
make a lot more plant, hence produce a lot more roses . . . it only takes a stout 
seven foot stake, a hammer and a step-ladder to start a beautiful pillar. Is there 
no man in the house? 
Summer, 1951,—Hon. Secretary, who spends considerable time at the growing 
fields in Summer, complains the canes on both climbing and bush Show Girl are 
too big for her pruning shears,—and anyway ‘‘it’s not work for a lady.”’ 
3 for 4.65 each 1.75 
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