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ROSA RUGOSA HYBRIDS 
Rugosa Roses are particularly valuable for hardiness, healthiness, and 
ability to thrive under most adverse conditions of soil and climate, with- 
standing almost anything. They are distinguished by erect, very spiny stems, 
and by their tough, curiously wrinkled or Rugosa foliage. Particularly value- 
able for hedges or shrubberies in seashore gardens and regions where the 
winters are very severe. Many are everbloomers. 
Some of the Hybrids do not have the true: Rugosa foliage, but this does 
not mean that they are not as hardy. Nothing could be hardier than the 
Grootendorst type, yet their foliage does not appear to have much Rugosa 
in it. 
Planting Distance: Hedges—1 > to 2 feet. Shrubs—3 to 4 feet. 
Pruning: Shrub types—cut out old canes and shorten new canes to 4 feet. 
Height: 4 to 5 feet, except where noted. 
Belle Poitevine Each $1.75, Three $4.65, Doz. $18.60 
Double flowers of a clear pink. 
Grootendorst Each $1.75, Three $4.65, Doz. $18.60 
An improved variety having large, fringed, cherry-red flowers borne on 
a fine targe, well. foliaged bush. Excellent as a hedge. 
Hansa Each $1.75, Three $4.65, Doz. $18.60 
Large, double red flowers; very fragrant. Five to six feet. 
Rugosa Each $1.75, Three $4.65, Doz. $18.60 
Large, single flowers in shades of pink, magenta and rosy crimson. 
Repeats during the season. Attractive large red berries. 
Rugosa alba Each $1.75, Three $4.65, Doz. $18.60 
Large, single, white flowers throughout the entire summer followed by 
large red fruits. 
Sir Thomas Lipton Each $1.75, Three $4.65, Doz. $18.60 
It is one of the earliest Roses to bloom, starting to open its semi-double, 
pure white blossoms in late May and continuing freely until late fall. 
The exceptionally fine fragrance alone qualifies it as a garden Rose. 
For hardiness, tolerance and usefulness, Sir Thomas Lipton has no equals. 
Maximum height 4 to 5 feet. Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois Test 
Garden Bulletin of July, 1940. 
Shrub Rose, Lipstick 
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Rosa 
Hugonis 
NEW SHRUB ROSES 
Lipstick Each $1.75, Three $4.65, Doz. $18.60 
A “shrub’’ Rose which will reach a height of 5 to 6 feet. It blooms con- 
tinuously during the summer, forming large clusters of semi-double flow- 
ers. The color is a clear cerise with salmon shadings. This European 
variety certainly is a most interesting addition. There are so few tall 
growing Roses; it will be most welcome. 
Skyrocket Each $1.75, Three $4.65, Doz. $18.60 
A real everblooming Shrub Rose producing enormous flower clusters 
throughout the entire season. Makes a magnificent display with its 
large clusters composed of medium sized, brilliant red blooms. Of sturdy, 
upright habit which makes it most desirable planted either by itself or 
in combination with various kinds of shrubs. A forerunner of a distinct 
new race. 
AUSTRIAN BRIER ROSE 
Harrison’s Yellow Each $1.75, Three $4.65, Doz. $18.60 
Fine double golden yellow flowers. 
ROSA HUGONIS 
A splendid Rose for the shrubbery border with delicate yellow, single 
flowers produced on long, arching sprays early in May; after it has finished 
flowering it remains an attractive decorative bush for the balance of the 
season; perfectly hardy. 
Each $1.75, Three $4.65, Doz. $18.60 
Nabelle We are (U. S. Plant Patent No. 297) 
PERPETUAL FLOWERING DOORYARD ROSE 
A ROSA SETIGERA HYBRID by HORVATH 
THE ROSE THAT NEVER FAILS! 
Color of Flowers: Peach-blossom-pink with silvery reflexed, sharply 
recurving imbricated petals, center showing a lovely orange undertone. 
Flowers in panicles. Presistent grower and bloomer. Flowering period 
starting in June, lasting until frost; starts blooming about two weeks 
later than Hybrid Tea Roses, but is never without flowers the entire 
summer and fall. Flowers excellent for cutting and decorative work, are 
fully double, having from 50 to 60 petals, and are delightfully fragrant, 
lasting a week to ten days in water when cut. 
Foliage: Bottle-green, rich and clean. Not troubled with black spot, 
mildew or other Rose maladies. 
Hardiness: Hardy without protection in the Temperate Zone. Can be 
successfully grown with little protection in the colder regions where 
growing Roses heretofore has not been possible or exceedingly difficult. 
Use and Size of Plant: Ultimate height about 2 feet, spreading from 
5 to 6 feet or more if permitted. It is a decumbent, spreading matlike 
plant, making it pre-eminently fit for ground covering, hiding rocky and 
ugly spots, or as edging to Rose bedsi as well asi planting in solid beds 
Or covering slopes. Single specimens are very effective in the flower 
border or low shrub plantings. Each $2.00, Three $5.25, Doz. $21.00 
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: Mabelle Stearns 
