REDS 
American Beauty—101 Large, 
bright crimson, and still the 
most popular hardy rose. 
Ami Quinard—102 Very deep 
crimson, almost black. This 
fine old variety is good and fragrant. 
Christopher Stone—103 One of the best 
red roses with velvety textured, crim- 
son petals and rich fragrance. 
Etoile de Hollande—104 Brilliant velvety 
red flowers on long, strong stems. Very 
fragrant. 
E. G. Hill—105 The long buds produce 
double dazzling scarlet flowers, shad- 
ing to a deep scarlet. 
Grenoble—106 Large, beautifully shaped, 
long-stemmed crimson buds, opening 
to a striking scarlet-crimson. 
McGredy’s Scarlet—107 This favorite is 
vivid rose-red with a blazing scarlet 
sheen. Flowers are abundant on vigor- 
ous, healthy plants. 
Red Talisman—108 Cerise-red blending 
into yellow at base. Large, double. 
Southport—109 Brilliant, unfading scar- 
let ave full, cupped flowers. Very fra- 
grant. 
PINKS 
Countess Vandal—110 Long, tapered 
buds opening to salmon-pink flowers 
with shades of copper and gold. 
Dame Edith Helen—111 Produce im- 
mense size soft pink flowers, sweet 
scented. 
Edith Nellie Perkins—112 Beautiful dou- 
ble flowers of soft salmon-pink inside 
ane deep ceppery rose on outer sur- 
ace. 
Editor McFarland—113 Beautiful bril- 
liant pink. Its beauty and merit are in 
its artistic buds on long stems for 
cutting. 
Pink Dawn—114 Perfectly formed, pink 
buds touched with salmon rose. 
Los Angeles—115 A double, luminous 
coral-pink rose, toned gold at base. 
rose-pink 
Very 
Picture—116 Velvety clear 
with undertones of salmon. 
double. 
The Doctor—117 Large, beautiful buds 
opening to enormous, cupped flowers 
of satiny pink. Fragrant. 
YELLOWS 
Golden Dawn—124 Fine, well-formed 
flowers of sunflower yellow, changing 
to lemon. Vigorous; fragrant. 
Golden Rapture—118 Beautifully formed 
buds, fully double blooms of rich yel- 
low; vigorous grower. 
Joanna Hill—119 Very double, deep yel- 
low, shaded bronzy pink in center. 
McGredy’s Yellow—120 Light buttercup- 
yellow, open flower cup-shaped. 
Mrs. E. P. Thom—121 A _ thoroughly 
tested, pure, unfading yellow rose. One 
of the best garden yellows. 
Mrs. Pieerre S. du Pont—122 The long 
bud is reddish gold, opening to deep 
golden yellow. Very prolific bloomer 
and fragrant. 
Sister Therese—123 Cupped flowers of 
golden yellow, with edges spotted car- 
mine. Sweetbriar fragrance. 
WHITES 
Caledonia—125 One of the best white 
roses. Full double and high centered. 
Continuous bloomer. 
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria—126 Soft 
pearly white with a tint of lemon in 
center. 
McGredy’s lvory—127 Large, well shaped, 
creamy white rose. Fragrant. 
Mme. Jules Bouche—128 Large, double 
white blush tints in the center. 
Field-Grown HARDY ROSES 
WESTERN GROWN EVERBLOOMING VARIETIES 
You'll be proud to plant these superior roses, for we have selected only the varieties that do well in our 
severe climate and we do not bring in southern grown, tender stock. All our plants are No. 1, two year old, 
western field-grown stock, perfectly hardy and bursting with energy. Ready to ship March 15. 
PRICES: Roses postpaid for $1.35 each; 3 for $3.75; 6 for $7.00; 12 for $13.50 unless otherwise priced. 
MULTICOLORS 
Autumn—129 Has some resemblance to 
the Talisman. The coloring is burnt or- 
ange streaked with red. Double and 
fragrant. 
Condesa de Sastago—130 A brilliantly 
colored rose, fiery coppery inside the 
petals, golden yellow on the reverse. 
The flowers are large and fragrant. 
Unusually hardy and free bloomer. 
Duquesa de Penaranda—131 Beautiful 
apricot-orange and pink. Vigorous; pro- 
fuse. 
Mme. Joseph Perraud — 132 High-cen- 
tered, perfectly formed flowers that 
shade from shell-pink to buff and or- 
ange in the center. 
President Herbert Hoover—133 A charm- 
ing combination of cerise-pink, scarlet 
and yellow, not in other roses. Very 
fragrant. 
Talisman—134 Flowers a wonderful com- 
bination of coloring, having gold, apri- 
cot, yellow, and old rose, all in one. 
Fioribunda ROSES 
Ma Perkins —190 The new 1953 All- 
America Floribunda Selection. A spar- 
kling coral-shell pink. The lovely buds 
are actually a translucent coral forti- 
fied by shades of red in the outer pet- 
als, and a touch of yellow at the base. 
As the flower opens the coral color in- 
side gradually softens to a glowing- 
coral-shell pink and the deep red 
shades outside slowly disappear as the 
yellow becomes more and more pre- 
dominant. See front cover. (P.A.F.) 
Each $2.25; 3 for $6.00. 
Fashion—157 Coral-pink, overlaid with 
gold. (Pat. 789) Each $2.00; 3 for $5.25 
Pinocchio—164 A rich salmon flushed 
with gold. (Pat. 484) Each $1.50; 3 for 
$3.90 
Red Pinocchio—145 A new deep velvety 
red, considered by many even better 
than Pinocchio. (Pat. 812) Each $1.50; 
3 for $3.90 
Snowbank—165 Buds buff-orange open- 
ing to blush-white and turning pure 
white. Large clusters; long lasting. 
(Pat. 279) Each $1.50; 3 for $3.90 
Vogue—144 New floribunda with its own 
unique brilliantly glowing cherry-coral 
color. Individual flowers 3 to 4 inches 
across, hybrid tea shaped with perfect 
high-centered form. They open slowly 
from a dark cherry ovoid bud to the de- 
lightful cherry-coral open flower. Rich, 
spicy fragrance. A.A.R.S. winner in 
1952. (Pat. 926) Each $2.25; 3 for $6.00 
World’s Fair—170 Large clusters of fra- 
grant blackish scarlet blooms with a 
glowing mass of golden stamens. (Pat. 
362) Each $1.50; 3 for $3.90 
Yellow Pinocchio—143 Our selection as 
the finest yellow floribunda. Sturdy 
We invite you to select your roses in our basement nursery 
bush about 3 ft. tall, producing great 
masses of bloom in an apricot-yellow 
color. When at the peak of bloom, it is 
a rounded mound of yellow. (Pat. 992) 
Each $1.50; 3 for $3.90 
A WONDERFUL BABY ROSE 
Cecile Erunner—184 This dainty little 
“Sweetheart” or button-hole rose has 
long been with us, but is yet very de- 
lightful in the garden. It has small, ex- 
quisitely formed buds and flowers of 
light pink with yellow base. Each $1.35; 
3 for $3.75 
PINOCCHIO 
