18 ELMER 
BOUTONNIERES 
Rhapsody 
This charming rose, with its streamlined two-inch urn-shaped bud, 
creates admiration wherever shown. 
Unsurpassed for boutonnaires, corsages and bouquets. 
Blooms are lovely orange tints inside, with a terra cotta hue out- 
side. Petals veined. 
Fragrance an alluring, sweet perfume. 
Plants are compact, vigorous, attaining 3 feet in height, a2 feet 
width; disease resisting; ever-blooming. 
Micky 
This delightful rose was created for those who admire boutonniere, 
corsage type roses, also ideal for floral arrangements. 
Buds of Lulu type, cerise, later changing to a deep coral, semi- 
double, urn-shaped. 
Plants are compact, very vigorous, attaining height of 5 feet, width 
4'/p feet. Ideal as a hedge with a continual mass display of perfect 
buds and open flowers. Petals cling for days. Disease resisting— 
few thorns. 
These two varieties were created by our friend “Douglass Hough- 
ton" of Arcadia, Calif. A man who loves his roses. 
MOSS ROSES 
For lovers of the Historical Old Mosses 
RED MOSS. Large, reddish rose; buds and flowers heavily mossed. 
PINK MOSS. Named CRESTED MOSS; deep pink buds, surrounded 
with a mossy fringe and crest. Very hardy; discovered on a wall 
of a Convent near Fribourg and sent out by Vibert in 1827. 
WHITE MOSS. Named BLANCHE MOREAU; the finest of white moss 
roses. Large, double, fragrant, pure white; intermittent bloom all 
season. 
YELLOW MOSS. Named GOLDEN MOSS; peachy-yellow; sepals 
well mossed; fragrant; cluster of 3 to 5 on long stem; vigorous; 
scanty bloom. 
