Sub-zero hybrid teas from hardier species that bloom] | 
all summer, of great sturdiress and vigor, to survive sub- 
zero- winters. Outstanding in every way. 
WB- ZERO 
Beautiful Brownell Roses 
$1.75 each; 3 for $5.00. 
— CURLY PINK 
Large, massed, two-toned pink blossoms. Very hardy. 
— DICK WILCOX 
Magnificent deep red rose, grows 2 ft. or more in height. 
— LILY PONS 
White with yellow center, large, graceful, free bloomer. 
— SHADES OF AUTUMN 
Bi-colored. Beautiful red, yellow and blush flower. 
— V FOR VICTORY 
Large, very double, yellow, fragrant, constant bloomer. 
Queen O’ The Lakes, Oucen of Minnesota 
The Doctor—Satiny-Pink 
5 s colors. 
Special charming crimson queen of tlowers.. The queen 
Deep velvety of all the double reds. 
CHOICE. — 
#5 GG CEDRIC ADAMS. A new beautiful sturdy, [ze 
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PATENTED ROSES double scarlet to garmine rose. Named after the 
Ever-Blooming Hybrid Teasg 1 each, 5 different coloe t, lj ; 4 
Capistrano, Patent No. 992. (Retails $2.25 ea.; 3 or more CUE Y AS 
$2.00 ea.) Rich shade of deep glowing rose pink, 
in the bud as well as in the open flower. It retains 
it brilliant color throughout the life of the flower 
Geach $1.25; 3 for $3.15; 
Doz. $12.50. 
| NON-PATENTED HYBRID} 
| TEA ROSES 
Golden Rapture—Yellow 
Gruss and Teplitz—Red 
Mrs. P. S. Dupont—Yellow 
Picture—Clear Pink 
Poinsetta—Bright Red 
Pres. H. Hoover—Two Tone 
Talisman—Two Tone 
commentator. 
These super-polyantha roses are rapidly becoming pop- 
ular'and deservedly so. Hardier than hybrid teas and 
more resistant to disease, they are more free and per- 
. without fading. Produces large buds and flowers, 
on extra long, heavy stems. Blooms have a rich, 
heavy, lasting fragrance. A.A.R.S. award for 1950. 
Crimson Glory, Patent No. 105 (Retails $1.75 ea; 3 or 
more $1.55 ea.) Most popular of all the crimson 
roses. Flowers very large deep crimson with per- 
fect form and fine fragrance. 
FORTY-NINER, Patent No. 792. (Retails $2.25 each). 
Brilliantly hued bi-color. Inside of petals is a 
Orient-Red, while the outside is a Chrome-Yel 
changing to a Straw- Yellow. 
Fred Howard, Patent No. 1006. (Retails $2.50 ea; 3 or 
more $2.20 each.) Long, rich yellow buds are tipped 
with delicate penciling of light pink. Strong, hardy, 
fully branched; dark shiny foliage; grows high; long 
stems excellent for cutting; blooms from early 
spring to late fall. A.A.R.S. award for 1952. 
Helen Traubel, Patent applied for. (Retails $2.75 ea; 
3 or more $2.40 each.) Named after one of the great- 
est of American Concert Artists. The color varies 
with the weather, sometimes a ‘light sparkling 
pink, more often a luminous apricot. Its unusually 
large and long buds are magnificent and the half 
open flower and the glorious fully opened blooms 
display the lovely color in a more lavish way. 
Very vigorous grower. A:A.R.S. award for 1952. 
Lowell Thomas, Patent No. 595 (Retails $2.00 ea; 3 or 
more $1.75 ea.) Bud large, long-pointed; flower 
large, very double (35 to 40 petals), high centered, 
lasting, clear canary-yellow, on strong stem. Vig- 
orous, compact, bushy plants; upright, intermittent 
bloomer. A.A.R.S. award for 1944. 
NOCTURNE, Patent No. 713. (Retails $2.00 each). 
he color is bright cardinal red with dark shad 
of crisson. Color is somewhat lighter and bright 
during hot wheather. A. A. R.S. award for 1948. 
Peace, Patent No. 591 (Retails $2.50 ¢2; 
ea.) Ovoid buds and golden-yellow etched with pink 
as they open, color changes from canary-yellow, 
pale golden, to iridescent cream. Petals are edged 
with apple-blossom-pink that deepens as the flower 
slowly opens to glorious 5 inch blooms, A.A.R.S. a- 
ward for 1946. 
Tallyho, Patent No. 828 (Retails $2.00 ea; 3 or more 
$1.75 ea.) A bright color but the contrast is not 
great. The color on the inside of the petals is a 
varying but always a delightful and unique shade of 
pink. The outside of the petals is a rich crimson. 
The buds, before they unfold, are deep cardinal-red. 
RUGOSA oa. No.1 ptans, 51.25 coc 
HYBRIDS 
F. J. Grootendorst 
sistent bloomers, many of the varieties are never without 
bloom throughout the season. Flowers come usually in 
clusters of large individual roses. Ideal for garden dis- 
play and excellent for cutting. 
a Perkins, Patent Applied For. (Retails $2.25 each; 
3 or more $2.00 each.) NEW 1953 A.A.R.S. 
WINNER. This very free blooming Flori- 
bunda rose, with its sweetly pungent fra- 
grance, shows a translucent light fashion color 
with shades of red in outer petals. A _ suf- 
fusion of yellow is present in all the early 
stages of bloom. With aging comes a soft 
coral shell pink. Ma Perkins is strong, yet 
compact. Flowers are cup shaped. Rich 
green foliage. 
RED PINOCCHIO, Patent No. 812. (Retails $1.50 each). 
Masses of 3% inch flowers in unfading cluster. Rich 
carmine; gradually deepens as blooms open. Wild 
rose fragrance. Vigorous; prolific bloomer. 
WORLD'S FAIR, Patent No. 362. (Retails $1.50 each). 
First award “All-American Rose Selections” for Flori- 
bundas, 1940. Produces large clusters velvety blooms 
of fragrant blackish-scarlet with glowing mass of 
golden stamens 
HARDY MINNESOTA ROSES 
Grow into landscape shrubs 
BELLE POITEVINE—Really a pink Hansa. 
F. J. GROOTENDORST—Small bright red 
double flowers all summer long. Grows 8 ft. 
high. Most beautiful. 
HANSA—Grows 5-6 ft. high. Double violet- 
red flowers in June periodically during the 
summer and again in autumn. Makes fine 
landscape shrub. 
2-9) Tho eshrubsn (eachine wae. 5e eee i$1.50 § 
AMELIA GRAVENEAUX Rugosa—Carmine 
red borne on long stems. One of best for 
the north. 
HARRISON YELLOW—Semi-double, moder- 
ately fragrant bright golden yellow flowers f 
in June; grows 4-6 ft. high. 
ng Gs 
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Austrian Copper, single brilliant 
orange-red flowers insiddand yellow 
outside. 
Excelsa, intense scarlet. large clusters of small flowers $1.00 
Rose of Freedom, Patent No. 791. (Retails $1.75 each; Paul’s Scarlet, intense scarlet flowers of excellent shape 
3 or more $1.55 each.) Winner CITY OF PORT- and good gize, borne in clusters. -00 
LAND AWARD for 1947. A Hybrid Tea with beau- 
tiful 60 to 70 petaled, long-stemmed, currant-red 
blooms with delightful true Rose fragrance. 
New Dawn, EVERBLOOMING CLIMBING ROSE. Annle 
blossom pink flowers with old-rose fragrance. $1.45 each 
