didn recently. Unfortun- 
or in our catalog next spring. 
time, we will give you here 
ow for planting this fall. The 
the same next spring, so you 
anting them now so that they 
your garden to start growing 
: Ra cclored hybeld tea rose 
roduced. It is named after Cali- 
amous See desert, and the 
fot. Sur flame-like tones of scar- 
-vermillion. Mojave is a good 
bears a profusion of large flowers 
g stems (ideal for cutting), has 
‘fu apered buds, and is pleasantly 
nt, 2.75 each; 3 or more at 2.40 
Dl Ssoms | measure five to six inches 
nd come singly on long stems per- 
t for sutting. The foliage is pes 
glossy green. All was 
ds First Certificate of fas famous 
sarter his soul to be able to repro- 
‘Iti is acclaimed .by many to be the 
t] hat. ‘The snowy white blooms are 
beautifully formed, and borne 
all. A bouquet of them fills a 
th beauty and fragrance. 1.75 
4 -65, postpaid. : 
INTSMAN (Pat. No. 1012). 
eautiful new bi-color from 
ving ieee slightly rounded 
e of the freest blooming of all 
g the first to bloom in the 
1 continuing to bloom through 
d up until frost. 2. 00 each; 3 
ostpaid. aces 
CCANEER (Pat. NO; 1119). 
t, clearest yellow rose yet of- 
lutely a clear, golden yellow. 
4 ree 
Ss sanded 2 medals in Switz- 
sf 
os 
patented white rose because, up to now, 
we didn’t think any of them were good 
enough. But White Swan is. The dark 
green foliage makes a beautiful back- 
ground for the perfectly formed white 
blossoms. An upright, vigorous grower. 
Long graceful buds slowly open into three 
to four-inch, high-centered flowers. De- 
lightfully fragrant too. 2.25 each; 3 for 
6.00, postpaid. 
The New Floribundas 
It is difficult to beat.such Floribundas 
as Fashion, Lavender Pinocchio, Goldi- 
locks, and a few others and, frankly, these 
new ones don’t. But they do equal them, 
and are of different colors. So we offer 
them to give you a wider color range for 
your garden. Again, as with hybrid tea 
roses, there are many, many new varieties 
coming out, and we try to list only the 
very cream of the crop. 
Give these newcomers a trial—if we 
hadn’t been certain you would like them, 
we would not have searched them out 
and labored on them in the growing 
fields: 
A1384—EMBERS (Pat. No. 1178). As 
brilliant a rose as we have ever seen and, 
in addition, it has a bronze green foliage 
that stands out from all other rose plants. 
This dark foliage provides the perfect 
background for the brilliant, flaming scar- 
let-red blossoms. Embers is well named— 
its blossoms seem to have the glow of hot 
coals. The blossoms do not fade but in- 
stead age to a darker color, providing an 
even better setting for the new blooms. 
This plant most certainly will take its 
place as one of the finest of all Flori- 
bundas. 2.25 each; 3 for 5.98, postpaid. 
A1888—GLACIER (Pat. No. 1025). This 
is the whitest of all Floribundas. We 
have not previously offered a white Flori- 
bunda because we never before found one 
worth listing, excepting the old non-pat- 
ented Dagmar Spath, which is still a fine 
rose. In Glacier we have a new, large- 
flowered Floribunda type with icy-white 
buds that glisten and dance like icicles in 
the sun. These buds open to large, soft 
snow-white blooms up to 4% inches 
across, borne either singly or in clusters. 
Glacier will be beautiful planted with the 
higher colored Floribundas such as Em- 
bers, Fashion, Geranium Red and Goldi- 
locks. 2.25 each; 3 for 5.98, postpaid. 
A1390—MASQUERADE (Pat. No. 975). 
/ We just can’t, with words alone, describe 
the unusual beauty of this rose, so be 
sure to see our color picture of it in our 
catalog for spring 1955. Maybe we can 
give you some idea of its color, though: 
Each bud is golden yellow with tiny ver- 
million marks. The center bud of each 
cluster opens first, becoming rosy pink as 
the petals unfold. This rose pink deepens 
gradually to a deep red; and again passes 
through another lovely color sequence of 
yellow, silver pink, red and orange. The 
flowers are borne in clusters, semi-double, 
and very large. As the flowers gradually 
open at different times in each cluster, 
there usually are blooms of three, four, 
or five distinctly different colors in each 
cluster—hence the name Masquerade. 
Cut a branch of this rose and you have 
with it alone a bouquet of many colors, 
all blended in perfect harmony. 2.00 each; 
3 for 5.25, postpaid. : 
% 
15 
New Double Peony-flowered 
Tulips | . 
(Pictured on Front Cover) 
We would like to give you here more 
detailed information about the brand new 
Double Peony-flowered Tulips pictured 
on the front cover,.in the upper left-hand 
corner. 
The huge, long-stemmed, double, peony- 
flowering tulips have always been popu- 
lar with you, our customers.. So, when 
we had an opportunity this fall to buy, 
directly. from a hybridizer in Holland, a 
mixture of these brand-new varieties, you 
may be sure we jumped at the chance. 
This is the first time they have been 
' placed on the American market. 
Although we have not ourselves seen _ 
the fields of these new tulips in Holland, 
we have received from the hybridizer 
some very good colored photographs of 
‘them. These colored photographs (trans- 
parencies) show quite clearly the size and 
beauty of the blooms, and we assure you 
that they certainly are something to see. 
There is every color, and combination of 
colors, known to tulips in this group. 
And all of the flowers are huge and dou- 
ble-flowered—as large as ordinary pe- 
onies. 
If you want something that will really 
make the neighbors’ eyes pop with envy, 
try these. 
Even though these are brand new hy- 
brids, you will notice that we have kept 
the price just about as low as the price of 
the named varieties of double peony- 
flowered tulips previously on the market. 
We most certainly suggest you try a 
dozen or so of these bulbs, and we guar- 
antee that you won’t he disappointed in 
the blooms. 
No. B6039—postpaid prices: 3 for 75c; 
6 for 1.35; 12 for 2.40. 
x 
I Like My Vegetables Fresh! 
“Sirs: I am sending a picture of my 
great granddaughter, Penny Boeker. She 
says, ‘I like my vegetables fresh!’ ’—Mrs. 
John Jacobs, Midlothian, Ill. 
Flame Violet Gets Compliments 
“Mrs. Field: The Flame Violet I ordered in 
April, 1953, now is a most beautiful plant. 
I have had so many compliments on it, Hope 
to have the same luck with the Begonias [I 
am ordering.’—Mrs. Arthur Smith, 231 So. 
Wall St., Wilmington, Ohio. 
Reasonable Prices 
“Dear Sirs: We surely do appreciate the 
reasonable prices and your free egifts.’— 
Mrs. L. E. Lehman, 1751 Grant, Elkhart, Ind. 
